MIDI for a Hammond

[Bill Layer]

>Bill:
>Don't forget to look at the "MIDI-To-Anything" web page:
>
Wow! I had no idea that the page existed... I'm still pretty new to this
internet stuff.

>Personally I like the JW Electronics MTP-1.
>It's the cheapest, a mere 86 bucks;
>has 32 outputs, is nice and small and simple,
>and has a built-in supply regulator so it
>can run from 7 to 35 vdc.
>
Neat, but how are the outputs controlled? A typical MIDI kbd has 4 octaves,
so counting black keys, this certainly presents more than 32 possibilities.
Just what does the JW unit support?
>
>In fact, it's so good that I'm going to use it to control my 
>tube synthesizers. One can operate a ladder of trimpots
>from the relay outputs to get an ARBITRARY CV scale
>out of it. And run ANY kind of VCO. Linear, exponential,
>what have you............it's no longer necessary to fight
>around with thermistors to make a usable synth.........
>
Heresy in the house of Thermionics! But what a cool idea. All one would
need to do is to construct a 'tuning' box with pitch controls for each note
supported... I liked what you did to the
generic-Japan-plastic-nightmare-cheezo-whatever synth that you used for
your TS-10 controller, but this seems more like the way to go. No loss of
control whatsover, but I doubt pitch bend or mod wheel data could be
implemented. Or...

If the 'tuning' box were to have a pitch wheel on it, that would work, I
beleive. What you think?


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Bill Layer
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