[sdiy] Modular Levels ...

[Steven Allen]

john mahoney wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Parkhurst" <tparkhurst at siliconbandwidth.com>
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I like this idea (no surprise there). Digipots, moving sliders, switches
> (relays?), etc. A computer making patch changes, tweaking knobs in
> real-time, on a modular? And using MIDI to do so? Imagine...
> 
> > *YES* you would have to make a module or two that would level convert ...
> 
> Right. Use a certain ratio to make conversion easier, like 2:1. (OT: Funny
> choice of words. A Certain Ratio were a late 70s band from Manchester. Might
> still be around.)
> 
> > ... a whole new
> > batch of neat, programmable, analog/digital hybrid low cost stuff.
> >
> > Whaddaya think?
> 
> Raise your hand if you *don't* want new, neat, low cost synth stuff. :-) At
> the very least, it's a great way to make modulars programmable. No, wait --
> that's "to make programmable modulars." This is really a call for a new
> synth standard, which means there is a big question:
> 
> "Should we give up the idea of making current modulars programmable?"
> --
> john (Pondering the potential of a new generation of digitally-friendly
> analog synthesizers.)

Yea , But
 Wouldn't it be just as easy to use an virtual synth? 
What's going to happen when the digital interface goes down? Seems like
sometimes it hard to tell if the module is working or the controls are
set for the heart of the sun.
Will lower signal levels mean more noise? Digital noise bleeding into
the analog chain?
 DSP and programming, forget all the quirky amazing things that happen
just when they shouldn't.
Guess I'm seeing the analog devoured by the digital....again. But.....
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