[sdiy] and again more asm-1 questions

[Peachey, Dave]

Luciano,

The ASM-1 is a single voice fully modular synthesizer (such that each module
is independent of the other) and, as you've spotted, in order to get
anything useful out of it, you'll need to connect various modules together
in a (usually although not always) logical fashion.  Sorry to restate the
obvious :-)

There are, I'm sure, any number of good books available on the internet (try
Amazon, for example) which can provide reference material on synthesis
techniques but you might want to try a couple of web sites which, although
they don't relate specifically to the ASM-1, do give instructions on how to
link up modules in a fully modular synthesizer.

This first internet reference -
http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~clark/nordmodularbook/nm_book_toc.html - is a web
site which goes into considerable levels of detail on how to patch up the
Clavia Nord Modular soft/hardware synthesizer.  It might be of some use at
this point but it might, possibly, be excessive or too advanced at this time
given your questions.  Check it out for yourself (or do an internet search
on "Nord Modular" for other similar sites) and see if it helps.

My other suggestion is a (very large - 40-odd page, 6.5MB) pdf file from my
own site and relates to patching up the Digisound 80 hardware analogue
modular synth.  It's on this page
http://www.digisound80.synth.net/Music/Synth_DIY/Digisound_Resource/Other_Do
cuments/documents.htm (about two-thirds of the way down) and is entitled
'Part 4 - Step-by-Step Guide to Synthesis'.  It relates specifically to the
Digisound synth range of modules but, given the composition of modules on
the ASM-1 board, you should find the examples to be sufficiently generic to
be closely comparable.  It's also at a more 'basic' level of understanding
the Clavia examples on the other site.

Hope this is some help.

Cheers
Dave
http://www.digisound80.synth.net/

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Luciano Hormazabal [SMTP:hechesi at yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Monday, November 10, 2003 1:53 PM
> To:	synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject:	[sdiy] and again more asm-1 questions
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> hi again, i wanted to ask you people how is the asm-1 interconnected. i
> understand how the modules work, but i read that the modules are not
> interconnected between each other... but then how can you modify, for
> example, the square signal coming from the first vco?? i assume that the
> square would go to the vca or something but it isn't clear in the asm1
> manual i downloaded from the new site. or the asdr output...where does it
> go??... perhaps you can connect the modules in whatever order you prefer,
> and in that case i ask you, what are your choices?? the square signal has
> to go somewhere, logically, but where?? also, from the appendix c, i quote
> "An alternative to a MIDI keyboard would be a digital or analogue
> keyboard. A design for an analogue keyboard will be provided shortly." if
> anyone has a design please tell me. i would be very grateful.
>  
> pd: how did the vco circuit with the function generator work?? did anyone
> try it??
>  
> bye!!!
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