question: diy keyboard kit/fatman question

[Andrew Schrock]

Well, you can bypass the VCA and take the output right from the VCF. A
warning however, all of the modulation sources (ADSR, A(S)R) are
triggered by the midi note on, so the results will be fairly
uninteresting. 

You must have a computer, can't you rig up a simple midi output? Or
purchase a cheapie midi keyboard? You can get something really cheap for
$50-100 which will work fine for your purposes. I use an mk-4902 "MIDI
KEYBOARD" (can it get any more generic??) for my music with no real
difficulties. Then again, I don't require good keyboard action. 

later
Andrew

-| Andrew Schrock | aschrock at cs.brandeis.edu |-

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Jeremy wrote:

> I am new to the synthesizer world. I recently purchased a FatMan analog
> synthesizer from PAiA electronics, but it has no keyboard or anything. I
> was wondering two things: 1) is there a way to plug the FatMan into a
> speaker/amp and make noise, WITHOUT controlling it with a midi keyboard,
> since I'm on a rather limited budget and just want to play with noise for a
> bit. . . 2) does anyone know of a DIY electronics kit that I could purchase
> and put together to create a keyboard with midi in/out that I could control
> that FatMan synth I already have built with?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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