[sdiy] scales for a pitch voltage quantizer

[Ingo Debus]

Wilfried Dietrich wrote:
> Now to my question. Because the Formant system is lacking
> a pitch voltage quantizer I designed one based on an Atmel
> ATtiny15 controller. The module is already working. The required code
> is very small so I have room for up to 12 different output scales.
> But which ones are the most useful ? At the moment I plan to
> implement the following scales:
> 
> chromatic
> major
> major chord
> major chord + 6th
> major chord + 7th
> minor
> minor chord
> minor chord + 6th
> minor chord + 7th
> pentatonic
> 
> There are two options left (at the moment called Exotic I and II).
> Any suggestions ?
> Or is someone voting for a completely other selection ?

IMHO this is a very small choice. If there's a micro in there anyway,
why not make the scale (user) programmable? I  wouldn't even restrict
the scale to equal-tempered intervals. Having only 12 scales seems quite
preset-ish to me, not in the "spirit" of a modular synth.

Ingo