Rare PLAN B MILTON Sequencer in Serge Format

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"Serge format 4 rows of 16 voltage steps, 2 rows of trigger steps
Includes standard rack ears (4U tall) and a Blacet external power supply (120v can be switched to 240v).

No menus or complex key commands!

There were several of these built around 10 years ago. Talking to people some assume they've owned, seen or heard stories about this specific unit. After further asking they tend to NOT have realized there were several made, even some in different formats like Modcan or Wiard. Still this is a very rare model that does not come up for sale on a regular basis.

Can also be run off a MOTM supply, uses a standard +15v, -15v DC.
I'm including a detachable ground cable and detachable banana clip with 2 leads.
The strategy is the sequencer is grounded to the PSU then the PSU is grounded via a lead to other racks/boats/PSUs to share a common ground which is necessary with banana systems and quite simple.

This sequencer has a powerful voltage addressing of sequencer steps feature as an alternate to the traditional gate/trig input advances a stage which is also available.
A voltage value, even from a keyboard 1v/oct can optionally be sent to the sequencer to choose a step based on voltage level.

A trigger can optionally be sent to only sample an incoming voltage value at that time rather than continuously change steps as the voltage changes.

Please note you you would use an external quantitizer, clock, slew or router switch module to achieve those functions. The Milton provides a banana for a gate out per step in order to trigger external events on a specific step patched into.

Basically, while not built as a Buchla sequencer, the voltage is not quantitized and should be useful unless something very specific and Buchla is required like a gate/trigger combo or addressing steps in a specific way without scaling. Then again there are more and more specialized tools to connect Serge and Euro to Buchla.

Conversely one could directly park this over another non-Serge Banana system, connect the ground and be in business. If one wants to connect this to Euro or 5U you will need some kind of jack conversion adapter and ground tie but the voltages should be fine

While not overly complex, just a general advisory that you will need a basic understanding of modulars to use it and interfacing cross system if you have something not Banana based. Please look up the general strategies to interface say software, MIDI or drum machines to an analog sequencer. They should work with this sequencer."