[sdiy] presets on a modular

[john mahoney]

From: "Peter Grenader" <peter at buzzclick-music.com>
>
> Of the examples you show, I like the first one, as the others (imho)
look
> like they would require a bit too much work to recall and presets
are (also
> my opinion) supposed to be a fast, painless and on the fly kind of
affair.

Not sure what you mean, Peter. I guess that "the first one" means
Morbius's proposal? (It's only on the Yahoo group, sorry SDIY folks.)
His system and mine are very different, but they use the same
imaginary method to select a preset.


> OK, as long as we're in fantasyland here, picture this:

I was trying to be in realistic fantasyland. ;-)  Meaning a system to
work with existing Synthesizers.com and compatible modules.


> No patch jacks, anywhere.  Instead, lit momentary buttons....

Are you talking about completely new modules?


> For me, this would be the affirmation of the ultimate 21st century
analog
> modular.

If one is going to build a preset-compatible system from the ground
up, one major issue that should be dealt with is that of voltage
levels. A 21st century modular should (IMHO) use lower voltages.
Perhaps 0 to 5V for everything, or maybe even 0 to 3.3V. Besides
reducing power consumption, this opens up new options, like digital
potentiometers that can only handle 0-5V signals.
--
john