[sdiy] MIDI Phaser Idea

[dougall]

Have a look at the midibox stuff at http://ucapps.de  They have some
plans midi controlled CV, lfo's and envelope generators.

On 7/16/06, Michael Ruberto <frankentron at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, here's the idea:
>
> Phaser with MIDI. Stand alone rack unit with an LFO and an EG. EG can be
> triggered from MIDI gate and LFO can be synced to MIDI tempo. Phase and
> Regeneration controlled from Panel Control, LFO, EG and MIDI. LFO can be set
> to a range of note divisions when used in sync mode and will have a few
> different waveforms e.g. triangle, sine, random, ramp and staircase.
>
> Now the problem:
>
> How to implement the MIDI control. A simple MIDI to CV interface with Gate,
> Pitch and Velocity would do the trick except for the LFO. Is there a simple
> way to sync a standard analog LFO with MIDI tempo?
> I can't think of how this would be accomplished. This brings me back to an
> idea I had quite awhile back about MIDI controlled modulators. EGs and LFOs
> that are generated with software using a microcontroller which will also
> handle the MIDI. The MIDI modulators can also save patches and settings etc.
> Would the digital route be a better solution?
>
> M. A. Ruberto
>
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