MIDI-to-CV converters

[J. Larry Hendry]

Funny that rotating note assignment is a difficulty for you (but, I
understand why).  One of the things I dislike about my Kenton pro-2000 is
the lack of rotating note assignment for the occasions where I would like
to have polyphonic modular.  What would be cool would be to hack an
interface like that with a switch so you could select the number of notes 1
through 6 in the rotation.

Larry Hendry


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> From: Greg Montalbano <Greg.Montalbano at ucop.edu>
> To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl
> Subject: MIDI-to-CV converters
> Date: Friday, May 12, 2000 1:39 PM
> 
> I've been messing around with modifications to the SIEL DK-600 (splitting
> the controls for LFOs I & II, adding external audio inputs, etc), and
> noticed that, like other early MIDI synths (the SCI Six-Trak comes to
> mind), this one converts MIDI information -- either incoming through the
> port, or from the internal CPU board -- into analog control voltages; 
the
> DK-600 provides six perfectly useful pitch cvs, dynamics cvs and gates
that
> can drive external analog instruments.  The only problem with this
> particular synth is the rotating note assignment, which makes it
difficult
> to use when driving something like a Pro-One.
> 
> My question is:  has anyone out there ever tried something like this with
> the Six-Trak or some other early MIDI synth that employed MONO mode? 
(sold
> all my Six-Traks some time ago;  never got a chance to try this out).
> 
> ~G~