MS20

[Niklas Lindberg]

On  1 Sep, Paul Perry wrote:
> At 01:28 AM 31/08/97 -0700, BJ wrote:
>>I hope that all people on this list knows that the MS20
>>dont need any external converters for driving it from a
>>1V/Oct keboard/MIDI to CV konverter.
>>All you need is (love) a inverter for the trigger input,
>>easily made with a transistor!
> 
> .......technically you are right, BJ, EXCEPT if you want to play in tune....
> not a feature I personally want or need of course ;)
> 
> .......actually what you don't need with a MS20 is any convertor at all,
> since the midi just goes to a module with a fairly pure tone, the audio 
> then goes to MS20 ext audio in, and there are the Hz/V cv and gate for you.
> 
> paul perry melbourne australia
> 
I think what BJ was thinking of was the fact that you can control the
MS20's pitch directly with a V/Oct CV. Just connect it via the
VCO freq in (and not CV in) and then adjust the tracking with the
EG1/EXT pot. Value normally between 8.8 and 9.2 :)

I got this tip from another friend over here, 
Morgan Karlsson at Synthesizer Network.
Don't know if he's on this list...

/ Niklas