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From: lau@cs.ubc.ca (Huh?)
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Subject: Re: Pocket Pedal
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Date: 24 Jul 90 20:34:12 GMT
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From article <4028@iitmax.IIT.EDU>, by ed@iitmax.IIT.EDU (Ed Federmeyer):
> I have a broshure from Anatek that claims that thier products (at least the
> ones in this broushure, merge, pedal, filter, sequencer) require no
> batteries or power supply.  These all seem like products that would require
> active electronics.  Where do they get thier power?  I assume they have
> built in batteries, but how long do they last?  Do you throw out an $80
> pocket merge after a few months of heavy use?  Seems to me that it would have
> been better just to put a battery slot in there so these products will last.
> 
> I dunno, this is all speculation on my part.  Does anyone who's actually used
> one of these "pocket" products have any comments?

I've been using a Pocket Channelizer from these guys for a few months
and it works fine.  It, like most of its cousins, pulls its power off
the MIDI cable (MIDI IN to be exact).  Except for, I think, two of the
boxes (Pocket Sequencer and one other one I can't remember), all of
the Pocket products draw power from the MIDI cable.  I think there's
a recommended maximum of 3 of these boxes that can be strung in series.

The Pocket Channelizer remaps MIDI messages from one channel to another
so my ancient Roland electric piano which send only on Channel 1 can be
used to control instruments receiving on other channels.  It has a lot
other features like velocity switching between two channels, but my
main usage is the channel remapping.

	Just a happy user,
		Eric Lau
		lau@cs.ubc.ca