[sdiy] Henry Walmsley's page

[David G. Dixon]

> > Yes, except that the clock speed is exponential relative to the control
> > voltage.  In principle, any sequencer can be used as a waveform
> synthesizer
> > if you run the clock fast enough, but I doubt any of them would track at
> > 1V/octave.
> 
> The Arp 1600 series sequencer will do that (track at 1v/oct).
> Actually, all you need to do is use a 1V/oct VCO as the clock and
> you're all set. The trick is getting the VCO to run fast enough to use
> the sequence CV as audio, but if you're looking for LFO range, then
> most VCOs will easily fill the bill.

Yes.  I'm definitely going to look at using the 2164 Expo feeding an LM311
V/F converter (thanks Ian!) as the core for a Walmsley-type circuit.  I was
wondering what my next module challenge was going to be; now I know!

> >> You got me there Paul ;)
> >
> > Did he, really, Kyle?  I can't speak for anyone else, but if I were
> > interested in expensive, flashy modules designed with the busy musical
> > professional in mind, I probably wouldn't be in my garage sucking solder
> > fumes every other night!  The whole point of this enterprise for me is
> the
> > joy I derive from building it myself and all that goes with it
> (learning,
> > sharing, discovering).  If I can't build it myself, then I'm simply not
> > interested in it.  Of course, thankfully for Paul's bottom line, we're
> all
> > different!
> >
> I think there's room for many different approaches in the DIY
> universe. I know I have mostly hand built modules in my system, but
> there are also a few commercial modules in there. I don't think the
> two are mutually exclusive (and I for one would LOVE to have a MOTM
> Cloud Gen or a Morhping Terrarium gizmo in my setup).

Sorry: I was in a snarky mood lastnight.  However, the MT would hold more
appeal for me if it allowed control over what the waveforms along each row
and column actually were.  Programming the wavetables for interesting sound
evolutions would seem to be the most interesting part of the concept.
Notwithstanding my bias, kudos to Paul for a really ambitious and very
innovative module!