keyboard/sequencer/thingie hybrid

[skinny bastard]

>i cant see waht you have in mind exactly.

Well, let me see if I can explain it this way: Imagine a keyboard that 
instead of keys, has multiple in-jacks where each key would be. When a gate 
or c/v signal goes thru any of these jacks, it triggers the keyboard to make 
a connection between the bus, and the resistor chain. Or, you could build in 
a special sequencer specifically for this module, that would eliminate the 
need to convert the c/v signals to a connection to the resistor chain. This 
may sound kinda wrong, but there would be several ways of attaining this 
(this is in the idea stages, remember). This kind of setup would have 
several advantages that I could possibly see. First of all, the few analog 
sequencers that I've played with, the output signal is usually a gate that 
has to connect to an envelope generator, and then an oscillator to make a 
specific not. You should know how hard it is to manually set up a series of 
oscillators to have the same harmonic similarities (I think I worded this 
correctly....) or in other words, make a melody. This would allow you to 
have a gate AND C/V signal coming out of the sequencer to hook up to one env 
gen. AND have the pitch of each note selected before hand. Besides that, you 
could also hook up a series of drum pads to the different points on the 
"keyboard," and play melodies by playing the drums. All sorts of 
possibilities.... Kinda Dr. Frankenstein, I know, but can you imagine the 
possibilities with this?? Let me know what you think about this, as I'm only 
thinking of the pro's.

>i cant see why you dont just do a loop in a software seq & then
>drive the analog synth with a midi-cv convertor?

I'd have to buy a midi to c/v converter, and I currently have no need for 
one. kinda silly to do that, especially when patch cables are easier for me. 
Besides, this might be fun ;)
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