hi bakis, here a few thoughts that came to me while reading the
doepfer post below. please foward them to doepfer.

We think about a new basic board for

> Regelwerk/Schaltwerk that will have a completely new
> 16/32 bit microprocessor with more power and more
> memory. But this will take a lot of time and we will
> not start the development before a lot of other
> devices (Trautonium Manual, Sensor Keyboard, Pocket
> Dial II/plus, possibly Nintendo Controller, A-102,
> diode filter and USB versions of the Pocket series)
> are finished. It is a very basic decision for us to
> start with a new processor as a lot of financial and
> personnel resources are included (assembler,
> compiler, development board, emulator and the time
> to learn the language, features and programming
> model of the new processor and the included
> peripherals like timers, serial interfaces, ADC/DAC,
> self flash programming, USB and so on).

Could you please include USB ports in the new cpu upgrade boards for
the regelwerk and schaltwerk. it would obviously help sell both
products. it will help bridge the gap between hardware and software.
think of all the laptop users that are out there. it would be a great
way for them to control their analog modular gear and their software
from a simple USB port.

the schaltwerk should remain the song and pattern machine and the
regelwerk should do patterns and midi controls. a survey of all the
midi controllers on should be done. that way you could use the best
features from all the others amalgamate into the regelwerk.

rm