Matrix-1000 editor

[Ingo Debus]

Martin Czech wrote:
> Thats why i keep the atari, I edit sounds with that machine and run the sequencer
> on a IBM-compatible machine.

You can easily run a sequencer and an editor program on one machine the
same time. There's a multitasking OS for Atari too.

> Yes, a company named Jellinghaus here in Germany did a hardware editor for the dx7
> ages ago, lots of knobs, it was a financial disaster, and it is said to  have
> brought the whole company quite down.

Jellinghaus is still alive. They reside here in Dortmund. But it is only
a shop, they don't do own development anymore.

> There are a lot of microcontrollers with 8 bit ADC and ports for setting up the
> switch-matrix for the pots. Given that you have a development environment
> for such a thing, and you know the sysex code for all parameters,
> and you have already a midi interface in the micro-board, the first pot/parameter should
> be done in a hours time...

What about multitimbral synths? One controller panel for each voice?
==:-)

Ingo