The point of my comment was that I would like to see new ways of
interacting with my modular. Right now, we have keyboards (which I
love, I'm a pianist), we have and are about to get some more great
tools for creating controlled aleatoric stuff (the SOS, existing and
projected logic modules, etc.) and we have basic sequencers that are
about to get much better with the A-154. The currently projected
TKB will be a very usable addition.

However, I would like to get more real time and intuitive control of
events within a pre-determined range of possibilities. Some of this
will be made possible by the VC abilities of the A-154. For example,
changing the offset and attenuation of a waveform going to the 154s
VC stage selection will allow selection of a range of CVs within a
pre-determined set.

Some of this kind of interaction has been explored by others, like
the Buchla 400 series. But, I have no desire to go back to the 400s
obscure programming language. The Serge TKB also hinted at real time
interaction, by allowing a user to select the starting point of a
sequence on the fly. However, the Serge has not taken this idea any
further in the last 25 years.

SO, I would like to see somebody (ie our benefactor, Mr. Doepfer) do
something more in this area. Maybe it could be part of the TKB,
maybe it is better left to some future development. Maybe it is more
than one module.

I, like probably everyone else, have some ideas as to what this
might look like. Some of my ideas might be good, others are,
undoubtedly, misguided. But, that is the joy of a forum like this.

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Bakis Sirros
<synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:

>
> --- Dieter Doepfer <hardware@d...> wrote:
> > From: "Dieter Doepfer" <hardware@d...>
> > To: "Bakis Sirros" <synth_freak_2000@y...>
> > Subject: Please forward ...
> > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:50:54 +0100
> >
> >
> > > Maybe its because the current version of the TKB
> > received an
> > > unenthusiastic response at trade shows. I still
> > wonder if the
> > > keyboard appearance might have caused confusion:
> > it may have looked
> > > to many like a cheap alternative to a real
> > keyboard.
> >
> > This is not the main reason. Our biggest problem -
> > as mentioned several
> > times - are the many different, partly even
> > contradictory suggestions (e.g.
> > number of potentiometer rows, MIDI features,
> > analog/digital sequencer
> > features, mono/polyphony, plates like a "normal"
> > keyboard or simply equal
> > shaped plates and so on ....).
> > In contrast to other projects we see no clear line
> > which features (or even
> > non-features, e.g. we received messages from several
> > customers that they
> > will not buy the TKB if it will include MIDI or if
> > it will look like a
> > normal keyboard or if it will include a digital
> > sequencer or ...).
> >
> > There are no technical but more "political" problems
> > due to the many
> > different opinions about the TKB. We have a feeling
> > that many customers
> > believe that their suggestion is the only right one
> > and we cannot estimate
> > if they will order a TBK too if our version does not
> > match their ideas.
> >
> > But I think that we will manufacture the TKB next
> > year knowing that many
> > customers will be disappointed as the TKB will not
> > match their expectations.
> > And of course we hope that the sales will be
> > sufficient to cover the
> > development costs.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Dieter Doepfer
> >
> > P.S. I'm not in the company from Nov 07 - 10, 2003.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> Bakis Sirros
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