Hi Bryan,

> I'm wondering if the a-149-1 (Quantized/Stored Random Voltages) is
> very similar to the Wiard Noise Ring.  It appears to be similar, but
> it switches between a high, a low and a medium state while the Wiard
> unit switches from a high and a low state.

Sorry if i'm either stating the obvious or misunderstanding you, but
the A-149 does way more than switch between 3 states. The first
section, Quantised random voltages, outputs n+1 and 2 to the power of n
states, n being voltage controllable. This means that i.e. for n = 4
you'll get 5 different states at the n+1 and 16 different states at the
2^n output. n+1 output is quantised to increments of one volt, the 2^n
to 1/12 volt.
The stored random voltages section ouputs 256 different states on two
outputs, one with all 256 states equally probable, one with a weighted
probability distribution...with voltage control of the weighting.

Although i've not used a Noisering yet, the description on the Wiard
site outlines a rather different behaviour....so i guess you'll want
them both (which is in full agreement with all other statements so far
;) )


cheers
denis




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