[sdiy] Modular Levels was [SDIY] Verniers for patch recording

[Tim Parkhurst]

So how about this...

Modules with signal levels more suited to modern, low voltage electronics.
Then you could start using nifty things like digipots. Makes interfacing to
micros and things like that a lot easier too.

Would it be possible to make a synth with signals (both CV and audio) that
was limited to 0 to +5V? Of course, this makes the power supply a lot
simpler, but do you absolutely HAVE to have a negative supply and bipolar
waveforms to properly do vibrato and other modulation effects? (or could you
get away with simply offsetting the frequency of the VCO or VCF?) One more
sticking point might be the fact that you would need to use a scale besides
1V/Octave to get reasonable range. It would be a very simple thing
(electronically) to change the range to 0.5V/Octave, but I think you might
get a lot of resistance from people simply because it was different. (I say
"stuff 'em if they can't take a joke.")

*YES* you would have to make a module or two that would level convert so
that you could use other existing equipment, and yes you would definitely
want to protect the I/O so that it didn't get fried if you ran a 20V p-p saw
wave from your Moog modular through it, but it could enable a whole new
batch of neat, programmable, analog/digital hybrid low cost stuff.

Whaddaya think?



Tim Servo

"No 1V/Octave? What the HECK is Tim smoking now?!?" - Albert Einstein



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