[sdiy] A question of CV ins

[Elain Klopke]

probably like the xoxbox but with the option to add rack mounting
wings to it like my mixer does. And I love feature creep. I've had to
bash it back a few times already.

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Kyle Stephens <lightburnx at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's an issue of physical space for the jacks then, unless you had some kind of 19" rack mount box with controls in the front, jacks on the back (just throwing ideas out there).
>
> Or like a Sherman, with the jacks on the front: http://www.sherman.be/images/sherman_rack.jpg
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> Or do you fancy a x0xio-style console: http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2068/62/110/696922075/n696922075_1406902_3005.jpg
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> If this is essentially a self contained instrument though, then if you wanted external CV sources you'd presume there to be external gear to generate and moreover mix them (thus negating a need for _multiple_ inputs), like a master clock or envelope.
>
> What might be interesting is a MIDI-esque "In" and buffered "Thru" to pass CV along vs. terminating at the synth, though that might cause noise problems (?). And perhaps when the "In" jacks aren't engaged, the "Thru"s act as "Out"s from the synth.
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> All this is in the name of maximizing flexibility of limited jacks, due to presumed limited case real estate, also presuming the other controls will dominate the rest of the available, accessible space.
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> Another area: how will things be norm'd? Typical VCO->VCF->VCA patch, or more flexible? It gets real hairy real quick, and therein is the tradeoff: quick (hardwired) access vs. total (patchable) flexibility. Switches and modulation busses make for a good compromise. The architecture therein is another minor can-o-worms though. Features, they come a'creepin.
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> Squirm-squirm-squrim,creep-creep-creep...
>
>
> _Kyle
>
>
> --- On Sun, 1/22/12, Elain Klopke <functionofform at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Elain Klopke <functionofform at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] A question of CV ins
>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 6:53 PM
>> So, say this ends up being something
>> that works nicely and people
>> want. (that all being a couple months away or so), It'll
>> probably be
>> several modules pre-patched (normalized)  inside with
>> the back panel
>> being the CV and external signal ins.Does that change
>> anything?
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