Possibly goofy idea...

[Harry Bissell]

Why not hook up the VCO to a knob... and reroute the Pitch CV to the
filter ???

Chop Chop Chop !!!!

H^)  harry the x-acto slasher

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> I haven't seen this one (but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist)...
>
> One of my favorite things to do with my FatMan is to hold down
> a key to play a constant pitch and fiddle with the filter cutoff
> freq knob with rez at max.  One can "select" harmonics.  What I
> would like to do is to build a very simple device that has 5 to 8
> micro switches (perhaps a salvaged keyboard).  These switches
> would conduct to a common point, a DC signal from the wiper of a
> pot wired as a voltage divider supplying 0v to max CV.  The CV
> seen at the common point is supplied as the filter's cutoff freq
> CV.  Each key could be "tuned" by pressing it and adjusting it's
> pot.  A sort of human clocked and human programmed analog
> sequencer.  I would think I could then "play" these harmonics.
> The control voltage output of this could probably be used other
> ways as well.
>
> In the real circuit, I'd probably use analogue switches, controlled by
> the physical switches.
>
> Does this sound useful to anyone else?
>
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