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  • 11-Mar-24 : A moment of reflection

    I spent Friday evening re-creating the #zeitsequencer artwork in Graphic (whilst logged in to to the Din Records Listening Party) and started getting the most awful flashbacks to 2006 when the company printing the front panels delivered this. They said it was my fault. They said the source file had been corrupted. None of this was true. They'd accidentally changed the QuarkXpress file and didn't want to pay the re-print fee out of their own pockets.

    Eighteen years later and I'm reflecting on the state of British Industry. I'm left feeling dismayed, frankly. Very little has apparently changed. See the Blog for the full update.

  • 09-Mar-24 : i/o boards IV

    I built up four of the new i/o boards - two switch boards and two potentiometer boards - and they worked perfectly first time. I'm pleased. We can now offer a replacement service should any of the boards fail in the field. We'll also offer an upgrade service especially for the potentiometer boards. Fitted with the Thonk 10K potentiometers, the feel is amazing and exactly what it should have been twenty years ago.

  • 04-Mar-24 : i/o boards III

    The re-worked i/o boards for the re-engineered ZEIT sequencers arrived last week. They're a perfect fit. Even better, I tested these boards against a couple of Thonk's 9mm pots. They're also a perfect fit and they feel very solid and very reliable.

    This resolves a long-standing quality issue with these sequencers in that the only potentiometers available at the time (2003) and at a resonable cost were made by ALPS, and they never, ever felt right. We could have used more expensive alternatives but that would pushed the cost of the sequencer to the point where it was no longer viable i.e. £5 per pot x 48 pots = £240!!!!

    Pleased.

  • 27-Feb-24 : i/o boards II

    The new i/o boards arrived yesterday. They fit perfectly and I'm optimistic that they'll work exactly as intended.

    This is good news. It means that we'll be in a position to begin building a small batch of products that were shelved roughly fifteen years ago when supplier problems crippled the company.

    Fingers crossed.

  • 16-Feb-24 : AI Tools

    We've been using a suite of AI tools to develop new and existing products, mostly to get a feel for how the coming wave of AI-based technology can be harnessed to build better instruments. Above is an enhanced version of a photo I took in 2007 of a ZEIT desktop unit using a poor quality, low-resolution digital camera.

    I'm not sure what language that is but it is sure is pretty... Sort of...

  • 19-Jan-24 : Decent Sampler

    Our Decent Sampler project has been on the back-burner for years. I managed to find some time over the Christmas and New Year break to make some progress and we now have several sample libraries in development.

    So far, so good.

  • 19-Jan-24 : Paddle Boards

    We've finally run out of the original i/o boards for ZEIT and ATEM sequencers, which means I finally have a good excuse to re-design them.

    These boards have an interesting history. One day, I might write it all down. :)

  • December 2023 : Web Pages

    We're updating the web site. This version has been re-designed from the ground up and should (hopefully) load on all modern browsers. If it doesn't then please let us know.

    Similarly, we're updating the web site for our partner operation, Unreal Devices. That work isn't quite finished yet. It should be sorted in the next couple of days.

  • December 2023: Backup & Restore

    With the installation of a new CPU board, ZEIT finally has a proper backup and restore utility. At the moment, these programs are stand-alone applications that you will be able to download from the IML web site and then load into the sequencer using the Arduino IDE. This isn't the ideal solution and we plan on embedding the same functionality within software release 02-10, which we hope to release before the New Year.

  • November 2023 : Zeit Power Boards

    The re-designed power distribution boards for ZEIT arrived today. This version corrects a couple of minor issues that crept into version 01-00.

  • November 2023 ZEIT CPU Boards

    Three more CPU boards for ZEIT & ATEM step sequencers. This small batch have just passed all of their file system tests and are ready to begin full testing.

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