[sdiy] Leaving off a pot?

[Michael Bacich]

On Oct 8, 2006, at 10:12 PM, <scottnoanh at peoplepc.com> wrote:

> For my Model 2 Klee sequencer, I'm using red LEDs and driving them  
> with just
> a little over 2 mA - the brightness is fine.  Not sure if I have  
> low current
> LEDs (bought bulk over a year ago), but 2 mA low current LEDs is  
> what I'm
> specifiying for it.

This is probably also good if your power supply is also driving any  
audio circuits.  The less current the LED's draw when they're  
switched on, the less chance that they'll put spikes on the power  
supply lines, and the less local power supply filtering you'll need.

I'm intrigued by the name you've chosen for your sequencer.  Did you  
name it after Klee simply because he was a great artist, or is your  
design somehow inspired by Paul Klee's theories of color and how it  
relates to sound and music?  It seems to me that his idea of  
"polyphony" as applied to visual art composition could also be  
applied to certain kinds of musical composing devices and  
structures.  Is that where you're going with this sequencer?

It would be nice if your sequencer could make music that sounded the  
way this looks:

http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/auth/klee/klee.highway-byways.jpg

Or this:   http://www.sai.msu.su/wm/paint/auth/klee/klee.ancient- 
sound.jpg