Of course the 8-bit/16-bit switch idea would also be a easy "Double
delay time" feature.
-James

On Aug 13, 2008, at 10:33 AM, James Husted wrote:

> If the delay could be made with standard SIMM memory modules for the
> RAM that would be a real plus to me. You could sell it with a
> standard size SIMM or without one so the user could supply their own.
> This way the delay time would be only dependent on the size of the
> SIMM installed and easily upgradeable. As far as 8-bit vs 16-bit, the
> 8-bit would be fine for me. Most of my use will be processed later
> anyway. Also many forget that 8-bit is really not that bad. All those
> old Fairlight recordings from "the day" are 8-bit. Of course this
> come from a guy with 3 Mirages!
> -James
>
> On Aug 13, 2008, at 12:49 AM, hardware@... wrote:
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>> The A-189-2 is probably the next derivate of the universal AD/DA
>> system. It
>> will be probably a voltage controlled digital delay with VC
>> feedback and
>> additional VCF. The internal structure will be similar to the BBD
>> module
>> A-188-1 (i.e. an high speed VCO that generates the clock for the
>> digital
>> delay circuit and a digital delay instead of the BBD). The memory
>> length of
>> the delay will be probably switcheable in 16 steps between 128
>> bytes (for
>> flanger/Karplus Strong) and some Mbytes (for long delays in the
>> range > 10
>> seconds).
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Dieter Doepfer
>>
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