[sdiy] quantizer questions..(Ray Wilson model just built)

[Dan Snazelle]

OK OK

very very important.

for those of us NEW to quantizers ...as in never having used them before...YOU MUST use a linear input on the vco to really hear all the melodies. no wonder i was getting nothing...i was plugging into a regular 1/v oct cv in.

i dont think ray's site mentions this fact because i am probably the only person who did not first think about what kind of voltages this thing puts out.

now my only question is..the switches....do they react INSTANTLY or does it take a second for the counters to clear out? sometimes the switches seem to more to the incoming voltage than others. is this just calibration or is it the delay?

thanks so much. sorry to sound like an idiot.

this module is amazing.

hell i was thinking i had made one of the coolest tracks ever tonight using it through 1/v oct AND THEN i figured out i was plugging it into 1/v when i should have been using linear fm.

thanks


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> From: subjectivity at hotmail.com
> To: raywilson at comcast.net; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] quantizer questions..(Ray Wilson model just built)
> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:22:28 +0000
> CC:
>
>
> i highly appreciate it. i think the issue is more what the other writer (sam) said..i am probably putting in the wrong kinds of inputs. i got it working great tonight with a circuit of my own which puts some strange noises.
>
> http://electro-music.com/forum/phpbb-files/endless_noise_fixed_135.pdf
>
> the odd thing is...everything i THOUGHT would sound cool through a quantizer kind of sucks. but some things that just sound like weird FM style stuff put through the quantizer come out as insane melodies. and with the RIGHT input i am getting lots of notes out. not just three.
>
> very cool.
>
> i dont think there is anything wrong with mine and i want everyone to know that
>
> AS USUAL THE BOARDS ARE SUPER HIGH QUALITY AND A GREAT GREAT CIRCUIT!!
>
> i must thank you SO MUCH RAY for putting out a low cost quantizer for the MASSES! with no weird chips...i was very close to trying to build the scott stites one on vero and i am not so hot at veroboard so i am so glad this came out!
>
> thanks.
>
>
> (AND SAMPLES WOULD BE GREAT ;)
>
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>> From: raywilson at comcast.net
>> To: subjectivity at hotmail.com; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] quantizer questions..(Ray Wilson model just built)
>> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:06:00 -0600
>>
>> Hi Dan
>>
>> Something shes a not a hookda upa right.(Italian accent). Anyway... did you
>> connect the switches for setting half, whole and fourths mode? Are you sure
>> all of the components are on the board. I forgot a resistor in one of the D
>> to As when I built mine and things were very weird until I saw the component
>> legend with nothing in that position. I am certain that when built and
>> connected properly the unit works well. It will follow about 6 volts of
>> notes and will indeed output discrete voltages at multiples of .08333 volts.
>> I will be putting up some samples so you can hear what it should sound like.
>> I am connected to my sequencer and it outputs up to seven volts. Once you go
>> above what the unit can output it will only output the max voltage (63 x
>> .08333V). If you are only getting a couple of notes Something shes a not a
>> hookda upa right.(Italian accent) again.
>>
>> Are you seeing the waveforms I have shown on the page? Follow the circuit
>> description and probe away until you find what's up. If you lived in Parker,
>> CO I would be more than willing to lend a hand.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan Snazelle"
>> To:
>> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 6:21 PM
>> Subject: [sdiy] quantizer questions..(Ray Wilson model just built)
>>
>>
>>>
>>> OK.
>>>
>>> I built Ray's quantizer according to specification.
>>> http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth/VOLTAGEQUANTIZER/VOLTAGEQUANTIZER.php
>>>
>>> But i have never used a quantizer before so i am not sure if what i am
>>> hearing is correct. I suppose I thought i would hear more chains of 12
>>> notes...but lets say i put in my wogglebug (smooth out) which is basically
>>> a fluctuating voltage...or my sample and hold fed from noise at medium
>>> speed...well i guess i expected the quantizer to play strings of lots of
>>> in tune notes.
>>>
>>> instead it seems to play 3 or 4 notes. and they ARE in tune with each
>>> other but they are repetitive as hell and get annoying quick (Much more
>>> quickly than the sample and hold)
>>>
>>> i am not sure how to get the INITIAL VOLTAGE knob to properly interact
>>> with what i put in.
>>>
>>> and with a sequencer (and maybe its because rays is only 3 octaves and my
>>> seq goes beyond that) but once again i am just not getting stuff OUT of
>>> the quantizer that has a much complexity as what goes IN.
>>>
>>> maybe this is a matter of calibration.
>>>
>>> ANY TIPS ON good sources for quantizing or on the kind of results i should
>>> be expecting would be MUCH appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> i feel a little lost. i did want it to make simple melodies, but not so
>>> simple that it is just 2 notes going back and forth. one thing, is there a
>>> way i could level shift my CV source going IN so it was less than the 5
>>> volt maximum (which would give me more room to go up or down)
>>>
>>> thank you so much for any help!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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