[sdiy] circuitbending expensive gear (or ESD-safe body contacts)

[S. P. W.]

This would work...

http://www.paia.com/theremax.htm

Basically a theremin with CV outs.

also, you could use one of these:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Mar03/articles/alesisairsynth.asp

The band I am auditioning for this friday has one, it is pretty cool.
It does no midi or CV though,  but is fun for the whole family.

While we are talking about CV I got a yamaha expression pedal with TRS
1/4 plug, plugged it into my Matrix 6, and get only a change from 0 to
2 according to midi monitor with the full range of motion. Did i get
the wrong kind of pedal, or am I missing something. Values possible
are from 1 to 64 or so, so that seems a bit limited to say the least.
I have heard of a CV pedal, is that what I need?

take care,

Steve



On 1/24/06, Amos <controlvoltage at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I am interested in the idea of adding conductive "body contacts" to a synth
> or two, perhaps inserted into a modulation path as an additional shaper.  I
> know from experience that electrostatic discharge into circuits can be a bad
> thing (like if there is a digital +5V line nearby)...
>  what might be a good way to have a conductive contact bending my modulation
> CVs while being sure that I can build up a good static charge and zap myself
> into it without harm?
>
>  Just a random midnight brainflash... I may be overlooking the obvious or
> asking the impossible (more likely the former), and any feedback would be
> great.  Thanks!
>


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