[sdiy] favorite lin/log convertor? (Moog-Korg interface)

mark verbos mverbos at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 10 05:39:28 CEST 2005


You can plug your CV into the pitch modulation CV input and trim the 
scale with the knob. It will be a little hard to dial in, and probably 
will drift in a matter of minutes, but it will track exponentially like 
you want it to.

Mark



Amos wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am only the latest to run into the East vs. West, American vs. 
> Japanese battle for total control of oscillator frequencies...
> 
> just to confuse me further, I see that my MS-10's oscillators output a 
> very friendly -5V to +5V Oct/Volt CV... however there seems to be no 
> getting around the VCO CV input and its fiendish demands of 0V-+8V Hz/V 
> signal.
> 
> Are there any tricks to defeat this without extra hardware (checked the 
> AH archives with no luck)
> 
> I know there are MIDI->CV boxen with Hz/V output, but I am trying to 
> keep this strictly analogue.
> Specifically I'd like to use my x0xb0x (303 clone for the few who might 
> not know) as a controller.
> Unfortunately for this application, the 303 lives in Moogland, although 
> it only puts out +1 to +5V (odd for a "bass" instrument?)...
> 
> so forgive my ramblings, ultimately I am asking:
> 
> what's the best way to get an MS10 to grok CV input in Moogs?  If I have 
> to build it myself, so much the better.. ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Amos



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