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<FONT FACE="Verdana">By the time you add up the costs (kit, power supply, module or casing and options) why don’t you consider the (non-kit) Kenton Pro-Solo, which I have found to be extremely reliable. www.kenton.co.uk<BR>
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on 1/5/02 7:01 PM, Rob Mantel at rmantel@nitline.net wrote:<BR>
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It's 2002 now, and I guess I can't stick any longer to my motto 'I don't do<BR>
digital'. I decided I want to build a midi to cv/gate module for my Formant<BR>
(that I am currently completely rebuilding in a new case, with an extra vco<BR>
and some other modules, new front plates with a redesigned layout, new<BR>
better pots, no more 741's, large switchcraft jacks instead of cheap 3.5 mm<BR>
jacks, new MOTM style knobs (can you guess what my next project will be?)<BR>
etc etc).<BR>
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Like I said I don't know anything about digital electronics, so I would like<BR>
an 'easy' kit, of course with a lot of functionality, but also not too<BR>
expensive. Browsing the web I found a couple of possible options, and what<BR>
looks best to me now, I think, is the paia midi2cv8<BR>
(http://www.paia.com/midi2cv.htm). Did anyone on the list build this kit?<BR>
Does it work ok? Any problems? Any reasons why it wouldn't work for the<BR>
Formant? Any other reasons why I should not pick this kit but something<BR>
else?<BR>
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Any advice would be highly appreciated,<BR>
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Rob<BR>
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PS. Completely out of topic, thats why in the PS, so don't shoot me please.<BR>
Anyone ever see schematics for a t-card or even a backplane for fibre<BR>
channel harddrives somewhere? Those t-cards look extremely simple, but sell<BR>
for $50 each!<BR>
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