[sdiy] The Anything Box: Laptop as module?

[media.nai at rcn.com]

>You missed my point. No MIDI.

Almost all computer based sequencers use MIDI to generate and manipulate notes.

>If you use FM in the sequencer such as n-
>Track studio and frequency to voltage converters at the output of your
>>light channel audio card you may generate control voltages. For example
>the F/V converter could be set to 1000Hz/volt with zero at 1000Hz. A
>>frequency of 1000Hz in the sequencer will produce 0 volts out of the F/V
>>converter. 2kHz will produce 1 volt DC and so on.
>
>F/V converter chips exist with good (not superior) linearity. Not much
>>other hardware is required. This is on my list of things to do.

The F/V chips I've seen are very expensive -- much more expensive than DA
converters.