flickr by verbos2002."This is my new creation. The 263 quantizer / shift register. It is a dual 4 stage analog shift register and an 8 channel chromatic quantizer for Buchla systems. The switch in the middle chains to 2 shift registers together for one 8 stage one. These will be available for sale soon, when I get all the bugs out."
Looks like a dream come true.
ReplyDeleteWow, this looks fabulous. I want one. Any idea on price?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the pulse output jack for?
In order to make a shift register, you have to delay the pulse several times to sample the signals from last to first sequentially. The pulse out is delayed one additional stage. You need this pulse out to chain shift registers together. I just added the switch as a convenience.
ReplyDeleteI think it will be around $500.
It seems really great. A good addition to the Buchla canon (vague pun intended).
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I might have done differently, layout-wise, is to have the shift register outputs a shorting bar away from the quantizer inputs.
Agreed on the shorting bar, I was scratching my head about this simple and good idea as well, considering the barren panel. Buchla's an outside-in, interface first experience, this certainly hasn't had that attention.
ReplyDeleteI'm appreciative of the effort to be sure!
>I think it will be around $500.
ReplyDeleteThis is wayyyy to cheap for people who can afford Buchlas.
How bout making something that looks new rather than copying Buchla's style?
ReplyDeleteI like how well it blends with the rest of the Buchla modules. In fact, I wish it had more stuff on it so that it would more closely approach the typical insane Buchla density.
ReplyDelete"How bout making something that looks new rather than copying Buchla's style?"
ReplyDeleteIt adhears to every other design aspect of a buchla system, i.e. form factors, power supply voltages, functional voltage/signal levels, distinction in signal type by jack type (although to be accurate, both of mark's modules have been cv only); why not go for the gusto of have an accurte font to match. :)
Think for a second about quantizing all 8 shift register outputs versus merely quantizing the two inputs...
ReplyDeletenice work mark, I was playing with an A100 Shift register yesterday and thought it would be nice to have one in my buchla.. then I saw your post! -r
ReplyDeletePardon my ignorance, never having played with one.. what kinds of applications/effects do you use shift registers for. I understand how it works... I just don't know if I have ever heard anyone use one.
ReplyDeleteAny sound clips available anywhere?
Looks great BTW.
Reed said "Think for a second about quantizing all 8 shift register outputs versus merely quantizing the two inputs..."
ReplyDeleteIf the shift register is digital you're certainly right. The only one I've used was the Serge ASR, which tended to droop over time.
here's a good description of a shift register from the serge website:
ReplyDeleteThe ANALOG SHIFT REGISTER is a sequential sample and hold module for producing arabesque-like forms in musical space. Whenever pulsed, the previously held voltage is sent down the line to three consecutive outputs to produce the electrical equivalent of a canonic musical structure. A pulse output permits linking two or more Analog Shift Registers together to form longer patterns. The DUAL ANALOG SHIFT REGISTER is available for high-density systems.
Mark's has eight outputs, in two speperate banks of four, in addition to quanization facilities.
The canonical use of a shift register is to generate musical canons.
ReplyDeleteThe early Serge literature described it as a musical arabesque generator.
So, Mr. Verbos, when are you making either a 258 or 259 Clone? THAT is what I want to know :)
ReplyDeleteI would rather see new Verbos modules, rather than clones of old ones, myself.
ReplyDelete>> I would rather see new Verbos modules, rather than clones of old ones, myself
ReplyDeleteI agree, with your, but 258s and 259s are hard to come by.
Various scales would be cool on the quantizers.
ReplyDeleteIn the Buchla world, various scales are accomplished via analog stage addressing of a sequencer or Marf.
ReplyDeleteWhich works well if the required range is less than or equal to the number of steps in the *ARF. A DARF can be used as a comparator, too. That doesn't mean that there's no need for comparators in the Buchla world.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see something like the Modcan Quantizer in the Buchla world.
I don't mean to denigrate the Verbos 263 in any way. I do think it's an interesting addition to the available Buchla modules, as was the Verbos expanded Pulser before it. If I wasn't already using a software pulser clone in my Gyre program, I probably would have gotten one of those, too.
The use of "Buchla world" puts me in the mind of an amusement park, which actually isn't too far off the mark.