[sdiy] Looking for Midi->CV

[David Ingebretsen]

My vote is for the Encore Expressionist. It is designed for new and old
systems. A bit on the high end but worth the money. 16 bit resolution, 8
output pairs, user configurable.

>From their site:
	
"Expressionist is a professional, eight channel MIDI-CV converter. It is the
most capable MIDI to control voltage converter on the market. The high
resolution D/A converter gives the finest resolution for real control of
your equipment. No more zipper noise like you've seen in other products.

"The Expressionist offers eight complete channels of control voltage. This
means you can connect a greater number of analog modules without having to
purchase a handful of one and two channel converters. A channel consists of
a 1/4" control voltage jack, and a 1/4" trigger jack. Each channel has
available pitch bend, four modulations, four LFOs, six octave transpose, two
types of portamento, voltage offset and tracking, and trigger polarity. The
trigger jacks can be programmed to be a Positive Gate for triggering
synthesizers such as Roland, ARP, and Oberheim. The triggers can also be
programmed as S-Triggers for Moog synthesizers.

"The Expressionist supports both types of control voltage: Volts/Octave and
Hertz/Volt on every channel! The first type is most popular and is used by
Oberheim, Moog, Korg and others. The second type is used by early Korg,
Yamaha, and others.
There are four global LFO that reside in the Expressionist. Each LFO can be
modulated by different sources on different MIDI channels. These can then be
mixed in various ways within each CV channel. The four modulation sources
can be note position, velocity, aftertouch, or any of the standard MIDI
controllers. The Expressionist also has a Roland compatible DIN SYNC output
connector to allow MIDI clock to run your pre-MIDI drum machines and other
devices."


David

David M. Ingebretsen M.S., M.E.
Collision Forensics & Engineering, Inc.
2469 East Fort Union Blvd. STE 114
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
www.CFandE.com

801 733-5458 Office
801 842-5451 Cell

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~~ -----Original Message-----
~~ From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
~~ bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Benjamin Budts
~~ Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:16 AM
~~ To: Ben Stuyts
~~ Cc: synth-diy DIY
~~ Subject: Re: [sdiy] Looking for Midi->CV
~~ 
~~ 
~~ I would go with a Kenton pro solo, very intuitive and neat design and it
~~ supports lots of extra's, you cant build a unit for that price, there's
~~ a review about the unit on the website of sound on sound magazine.
~~ I use one with my Analogue systems RACK and do know a couple of other
~~ guys using the same unit.
~~ 
~~ Ben Stuyts wrote:
~~ > Hi,
~~ >
~~ > I currently use a MOTM-650 for all my MIDI->CV needs, but I'm looking
~~ > to add another small portable unit. I'm going to use it to control
~~ > some old Moog, Korg, Yamaha monophonic synths. I could not find one
~~ > that fits all my needs, so I'm looking for advice:
~~ >
~~ > - Preferably USB, but DIN midi okay.
~~ > - Portable (USB powered would be great).
~~ > - Switchable V/oct or V/Hz output. (So 16 bit CV-out is needed?)
~~ > - 1 or 2 channels.
~~ > - CV out, Gate out, Aux (velocity, etc) out.
~~ > - DIY ok.
~~ >
~~ > Thanks for any suggestions!
~~ > Ben
~~ >
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