[sdiy] 1v/Oct CV 'standards'?

[Seb Francis]

Personally I like to use 0V for C3 which is -5V to +5.583V for the full 
MIDI note range.  Allowing for pitch bends, etc. this still keeps 
everything comfortably away from the supply rails even for relatively 
low voltage systems like +/-9V.

Seb


Justin Owen wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> For a VCO that  uses 1 volt per octave tuning is there a 'standard' (i.e. most widely used) for what note (or how many Hertz) 1 volt would/should be?
>
> I thought initially it would be 1 octave above 0Hz (genius!) - but apparently the SH101 (and others) had 1 volt sitting at C3? - and now I'm told that some synths might have based it on A (as in A3/440Hz) - not C.
>
> ..or is it generally just the case that any given VCO will have a certain number of useable/stable octaves and then you calibrate/tune it based on a) the musical range you're most likely to be using and/or b) whatever your CV controller is capable of outputting?
>
> Reason I'm asking is that I've got an oscillator here that I'd like to try and get logarithmic voltage control over so I can use my Philip Rees Little MCV to control it via MIDI.
>
> Obviously I can can transpose and switch keyboard ranges in my sequencing program and the MCV will let me fine tune over approx 4 octaves, which should be fine no matter what range I go for - guess I'm just curious about what people here are using.
>
> Cheers - J
>
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