Ernst, what about the Plan B M24 Heisenberg Generator, the bottom half
of that module seems to do what the TMG does... It has its own clock
controlling speed of the random voltage. Deviation is basically the
same thing as Width on the Blacet ID, or the uper and lower limits on
the TMG. Mean is basically the same thing as the Level on the ID. It
is a pretty cool module. I have one complaint; the Meter panel control
has too much slop. I'm a picky bastard though! There is an explanation
of the modules on the website, you should read it and see if it will do
what you are looking for from the TMG.


Tony

achtung_999 wrote:

>
> Hey Tony,
>
> The Blacet Improbability Drive seems very interesting to me too yes.
> I have been eyeing that one from the sideline..
> I haven't read enough about it yet to make a straight comparison.. Soon...
> And isn't the Blacet a non-eurorack module (a no no for me)
>
> That poll for a window comparator was actually a result of me looking
> how to
> produce a Tendency Mask Generator and missing several functionalities in
> existing modules. I dropped the idea for the window comparator here in the
> list and Bakis was kind enough to make a poll out of it.
> The window comparator has partly some similarities to the Tendency Maks
> Generator. But the TMG is more than that!
> It has its own clock source, the speed of the random voltage, which can go
> really fast.. As I remember well straight into audio speeds.. providing
> different coloured noise textures. (don't pin me on this one it's been
> more
> than 5 years since I worked with it!--more news on that next week). I
> again
> like to point out that what comes out of the TMG is a continous
> voltage. On
> the unit in the studio @ Sonology four seperate units share one internal
> clock but each section has its own pair of border inputs.
>
> Be aware that the Tendency Mask Generator comes from a computer music
> frame
> of mind.
> The idea stems from the German composer Gottfried Michael Koenig (
> http://www.koenigproject.nl/ < http://www.koenigproject.nl/ > ).
> He masked random values to fit in between borderlines to obtain several
> parameters for his compositions. This was all done in the seventies at the
> forefront of computer music research.
> Current head of Sonology, Kees Tazelaar ( http://www.keestazelaar.com
> < http://www.keestazelaar.com > ) was
> keen on getting this to work in the institute's analog studio. Mainly for
> use in his own compositions.
>
> Greetings and thanks for the enthousiastic responses!
>
> Ernst
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Tony Rolando < tony@...
> <mailto:tony%40makenoisemusic.com>>wrote:
>
> > This idea sound very similar to the Blacet Improbability Drive. The
> > upper and lower limits controlled by the "Width" and the center (the
> > level which the random voltage fluctuate around) controlled by "level."
> > The module spits out, amongst other things, random voltages btween the
> > upper and lower limits as set by the width control. Check out the manual
> > for better detail:
> >
> > http://www.blacet.com/ID.html < http://www.blacet.com/ID.html >
> >
> > THis functionality could be easily achieved with the forthcoming window
> > comparator (I think Doepfer announced such a module) and a single random
> > voltage generator. Right
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> > achtung_999 wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > After having tried to convince you people several times why this would
> > > be a cool module.
> > > (also see:
> > >
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/surveys id=12854700
> < http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/surveys id=12854700 >
> > >
> < http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/surveys id=12854700
> < http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/surveys id=12854700 >>
> > )
> > >
> > > I tried to imitate it with some existing A100 modules.
> > > After a long and tiresome time of trying this I thought it was time to
> > > get back to the
> > > source..
> > > I had a long phone conversation with the head of the institute of
> > > Sonology in The Hague.
> > > Mostly to refresh my memory on the exact workings of this intricate
> > > module.
> > > After some talking he came up with an excellent idea..
> > > "why not release a small run of Tendency Maks generators in Doepfer
> > > format "
> > >
> > > Next week I will have a meeting with him and the head technician of
> > > the institute to see
> > > how
> > > realistic this plan is...
> > >
> > > To be continued..
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Ernst
> > >
> > > PS: The working of the module is actually so that it outputs a
> > > CONTINIOUS CV between the
> > > borders! The finished unit will probably contain FOUR seperate
> > > Tendency Mask Generators
> > > which share the same clock.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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