[sdiy] Reaktor and CV scaling...

[mark verbos]

have you tried sending controls into the MOTU? I guess you'd have to 
invent something for reactor to recieve for anything un-audio. I'm just 
wondering if the INPUTS are DC coupled as well.

mark


James R. Coplin wrote:

>I don't know if anyone else has messed with this, but I just stumbled on the
>fact that I can use reactor as a CV generator for my modular rig! I don't
>know if it is sound card dependent but I use MOTU stuff which gives me an
>absurd number of analog I/O's. This might not work on other manufacturers
>cards.
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>The output is not full scale (I'm not sure what it is, I'd have to get a
>volt meter out). However, it is enough to be usable. I had a very complex CV
>generating module which is basically a bunch of LFO's and envelopes all
>locked to regular clock divisions and then summed. I was able to patch this
>out into my Serge panels to control the cutoffs etc. I was also able to just
>set up knobs and route them to other outputs for use as automated controls.
>The only problem is the output isn't quite hot enough for 1v/oct. Can anyone
>who is messing with this with success let me know of an amplification
>circuit that would raise these CV's into the expected range? If you could
>have a patchbay wired to amplify the output from these MOTU racks you would
>have the capability to make one hell of a modular memory/controller. With 3
>MOTU 24i/o's that would give you 96 outputs available to patch! Anyone else
>messed around with Reaktor as a control source as opposed to a modular
>replacement/effect?
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>James R. Coplin
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