[sdiy] Re: Re:A bit confused about a paia midi->cv

[Stephen Begin]

It wasn't presented as an option, whatever it is.  When I put it together, I
was just following the instructions blindly.
All the jacks are stereo and it looks like when a plug goes in it connects
the ground to one of the pins of a transistor.
I'm not really experienced enough to figure out what exactly that means in
terms of how it works.
Maybe I should be asking paia about this one :)
Thanks!
Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
To: "Stephen Begin" <trypannon at hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:35 PM
Subject: Re:A bit confused about a paia midi->cv


> At 01:25 PM 25/03/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >One of the "features" of this unit, as it would seem, is that it has
"Open
> >collector transistors on each output" which "provide for "S" and Wired-or
> >Triggers".  Is there any way to translate that into beginnerspeak?
>
> Some synths (MS20, minimoog etc) unlike Roland, have the gate voltages
> backwards, that is 0 for on & + for off.
> With the midi-cv units tyhat I manufacture, you set this with dip
switches.
>
> With the PAiA unit I think (from yo9ur description) that they are giving
you
> an option to hardwire it, or at least bring out alternate opposite sense
> outputs.
>
> paul perry (Frostwave analog fx manufacturer) Melbourne Australia
>
> Good luck!
>
>