MIDI-to-CV frustration

patchell patchell at silcom.com
Fri Aug 18 02:54:49 CEST 2000



"Goddard, Duncan" wrote:

> > "Goddard, Duncan" wrote:
> >
> > > is it really cost-effective these days to build one's own midi-cv
> > converter?
> > Heritic!?......Never let cost effectiveness be your guide.  What is fun to
> > do
> > should be your guide.  (And judging from the rest of message, you don't
> > seem to
> > think that is fun, which is just fine, everybody know what is fun for
> > themselves).>
> >
> >
> no, my point was not that building stuff doesn't appeal to me, just that I
> prefer building or modifying stuff that makes a noise or contributes
> actively to the process somehow. I don't see how a normally-functioning midi
> to cv converter has anything particularly to contribute to the character of
> the music I want to make, beyond allowing one lot of toys to talk to the
> other lot.
> so, not heresy exactly, but prioritizing.

    Sorry, I did know what you ment, I should have put a :^) to let you
know I
was teasing you a bit.  My mistake.

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