[sdiy] modular/softsynth interface [was: Synth UI]

[Ian Smith]

Kyle,

I'm thinking a bit more clearly now and may be able to explain...

>From Modular:
Audio signals to be processed by the softsynth
CV to be converted to MIDI most likely to control parameters of the softsynth

>From Softsynth:
Audio signals to be processed by Analog modules
MIDI to be converted to CV to control Analog modules

I suppose a stupid question is: Do things like ADSR envelopes generated by a softsynth come out as a MIDI signal or is it just an internal thing that has nothing to do with MIDI?

I confess that I don't know as much about the MIDI protocol as I probably should.

-Ian

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> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:39:03 -0700
> From: lightburnx at yahoo.com
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Synth UI [was: Modular - sound or song]
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
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> If you treated the sent and received signals as MIDI, a MIDIbox solution would be order. There's an analog send/receive module, or maybe one for each function (forget off the top of my head). Is it some kind of system feedback you're looking for? The MIDI box is more of two one way streets in each direction, less a bidirectional path, so far as I can tell at least.
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> The site's pretty extensive, though that translates to very wide open possibilities. I'm going to build one once my modular's up and running, as it would act as the best of both worlds, analog sound and digital control (or perhaps 'orchestration' is a better term, what with triggering of analog envelopes etc.).
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> Sneakthief on the list here is a big fan of the system.
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>
> _kyle
>
> --- On Thu, 4/9/09, Ian Smith  wrote:
>
>> From: Ian Smith 
>> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Synth UI [was: Modular - sound or song]
>> To: "synth diy" 
>> Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 11:12 AM
>>
>> Hey all,
>> Completely unrelated... or maybe only tangentally related
>> to the topic at hand, but has anyone made a module that can
>> interface with a computer and allow a software synth to be
>> integrated with an analog modular?
>> Bear with me here...
>> I guess the best way I can think to describe it would be a
>> MIDI to CV that went both ways... but not quite...
>> something where you can take a CV from the analog and
>> assign it to control a parameter in the digital whatever on
>> the computer. and then have control and audio signals from
>> the software come out and control or be modulated by the
>> analog synth.
>> Does anyone understand that? Am I making any sort of sense
>> here?
>> -Ian (always another idea) Smith
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