[sdiy] Model 2 Klee Sequencer (was "Leaving off a pot?")

[Fernando de Izuzquiza]

http://www.cgs.synth.net/modules/cgs41_diatonic_converter.html




El 19/11/2006, a las 0:12, Michael Bacich escribió:

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> On Nov 18, 2006, at 2:34 PM, <scottnoanh at peoplepc.com>  
> <scottnoanh at peoplepc.com> wrote:
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>> When more than one stage is active, the voltages programmed by the  
>> active
>> stage pots add up to form the output.
>
> In my opinion, this function would be most interesting if you were  
> running the summed CV output through a scale quantizer that  
> constrained the output voltages to only notes that fell within a  
> particular musical scale or mode (for instance C Major, or D minor  
> Pentatonic).  This would ensure that the various unexpected  
> combinations of the summed multiple stages would always yield  
> "musical" results.  Yes, I know that everyone's definition of  
> "musical" is different, but I happen to like tonal music, and I  
> think this method of creating unexpected combinations of notes that  
> still sound tonal would be very fun.
>
> By way of contrast, if you were to tune two stages to a bunch of  
> notes that were tuned to a particular musical scale or mode, for  
> instance, the aforementioned C Major or D Minor Pentatonic, and  
> then summed the random-ish combinations of those notes, you would  
> end up with a few very nice note output combinations, and probably  
> just as many (if not more) few real clinkers -- that is, notes that  
> did not sound good in either scale.  (for instance, if there were  
> two stages being summed, both with all notes tuned to a C Major  
> scale, if the two stages happened to output the E natural note, and  
> those two E naturals were summed together, the resulting output  
> would be G#, not exactly the most harmonious note to use in a C  
> Major improvisation).
>
> Then again, Don Buchla hated keyboards -- at least the kind with  
> black and white keys.  I imagine that he wasn't too fond of the C  
> Major scale, either.
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