ASM1 mods/Electronics project

[Andy Main]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the list and was wondering if anyone can help me with my ideas.

I'm planning to build a synth for my final year electronics degree project.  My first idea was to model an analogue synth using a dsp and stuff, but then I remembered that I hate programming, and unless its nice and simple it never works.  This is why I'm an analogue freak (why is there never the jobs for analogue guys?).

Anyway my latest thought is to build an ASM1 (great looking synth from the design).  However this is not enough, so I'm thinking of the following mods:

1.    Full midi-CV implentation (of my own design).

2.    A virtual patching system - like the nord modular in a way but using ADC's to pass a digital values of the output of one module to the DAC at the input of another module.  Thus keeping it mainly analogue.  Note this system can be bypassed for true performance using bananas (not the yellow edible ones!).

3.    An option to switch any of the ports to linear frequency CV for use with other modules.  Note this won't be true analogue but a digital conversion.

4.    Patch storage for the virtual patches, and controller data.

Questions:

Is this going to work - or will there be a problem when connecting mutiple patches into a module (loading won't be the same as before)?

What sort of ratio do most linear CV's work at?

If you don't like the above suggestions (I've been kind of dreaming what would be good to have), can you suggest anything better?

Thanks for any help.

Andy Main
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PS - Can anyone give me a job/recommend a company in analogue (preferebly musical) design in the UK when I graduate next year?
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