keyboard/sequencer/thingie hybrid

[Grant Richter]

The EML 400 was vaguely like this.
To make quantizer they just duplicated their keyboard circuit
and used solid state switches controlled by a comparator
ladder instead of keys.

Crude, but effective.

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>From: "skinny bastard" <skin_job at hotmail.com>
>To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
>Subject: Re: keyboard/sequencer/thingie hybrid
>Date: Mon, Jun 19, 2000, 11:00 AM
>

>>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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