[sdiy] Minimoog Keyboard Interface

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On 5/23/10 5:51 PM, "Dave Manley" <dlmanley at sonic.net> wrote:

> Joe Rounceville wrote:
>> It probably borders on hopeless to try to find a real Pratt-Read keybed (at
>> least at a reasonable price), and that's about where I'm at.  I've got just a
>> few more circuits to build (contour generators) before I'm going to be stuck
>> on "the keybed problem".  So I was hoping somebody could give me a bit of a
>> hint on how to take a modern poly keybed and build a conversion circuit so it
>> could be hooked up to the keyboard interface circuit of the mini.
> My 2 cents: there are a lot of Pratt-Reed keyboards in old busted Arp
> Omni and other old synths of that ilk, that can often be picked up for a
> very low price on ebay.  The switches on these might not be exactly like
> the Mini's original keyboard but it will probably be easier to adapt one
> of these then the keyboard from a modern synth.
> 
> At one point I asked an ebay seller if he'd just send the keyboard and
> not the whole synth with case, power supply, etc.  He agreed.  Makes
> shipping easier and cheaper.
> 
> -Dave
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On what note did the Mini-Moog start on?

These were 3.5 octave keyboards , Yes?

I have an old Oberheim TVS-1a Pratt-read Keyboard that I might be willing to
sell if it is still usable condition.

I have not looked at it for about 20 years since I put it away. I still have
the two voice analog controller as well.

Regards,

Terry