[sdiy] VCO control Range

[Michael Zacherl.]

On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:44 AM, Laurie Biddulph wrote:

> But what about the link up with MIDI?
>
> MIDI starts at 0V and goes up from there. It doesn't support  
> negative voltages. So if you set 0V to equate to MIDI Note 0  
> (8.176Hz) then you can only work with positive voltages.
>
> So we have our VCO set for 0V = 8Hz and then we connect a CV  
> controller that has a range of -10 to +10V, what do we do with the  
> negative voltages?


That entirely relies on the MIDI/CV conversion part.
It hopefully can scale and shift the output voltages to overcome the  
limited MIDI ranges.
But then again I don't allow MIDI to cripple my valuable high  
resolution analogue gear and I just don't use it!

   Michael.



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