keyboard/sequencer/thingie hybrid

[skinny bastard]

This sounds like something that I would definitely dig. I just always seem 
to get a hair up my a** about having everything customized to the way I want 
it and need it. Hence my getting into modular synths in the first place. 
Thanx for the info.. Will be looking........

James Tiller


>From: "Byron G. Jacquot" <thescum at surfree.com>
>To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>Subject: Re: keyboard/sequencer/thingie hybrid
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:15:31 -0400
>
> >Was driving back home tonight listening to music, when I started thinking
> >about a possible DIY project. You see, if you're anything like me, you 
>don't
> >have the skills to play a melody over and over again on a piano, while
> >keeping any decent sort of rhythm, wouldn't it be great to have some way 
>of
> >hooking up a sequencer to your keyboard to do that work for you. What I
> >mean, would be designing a c/v keyboard with complete circuitry, except 
>for
> >the keys missing. In place of the keys, there would be a jack to accept
> >incoming signals from the sequencer. Obviously, there would need to be 
>some
> >method of converting the c/v signals from the sequencer to trigger a 
>switch
> >to make the connection with the bus. I'm sure that someone has come out 
>with
> >something wold assume that someone has created something (non-digital) to
> >act in this same manner (using a sequencer to create beats, but having a
> >full range of notes to choose from), but I have no clue where to look for
> >one. Anyone with info or input, please let me know.
>
>Before you get too deep into this, you might see if you can find any info 
>on
>the  Serge (AKA Sound Transform Systems) Touch Key-board / Sequencer.
>
>It's got this touch-sensitive keypad, and a 3 or 4 channel analog 
>sequencer,
>with some really crazy control between both of them.  You can have a 4-CV
>per key controller, or run it as a regular sequencer, or completely warp
>everything out buy having sequence pieces that are mutated by the keys
>you're touching.  It's very interactive, and fairly intuitive after a 
>little
>while.
>
>They also have a CV quantizer module, so you don't have to tune every note
>you're trying to play.
>
>I can't seem to find anything on the web, though...
>
>Byron Jacquot
>

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