[sdiy] analog synths with digital controls? how does that work?

[Paul Burns]

Inside the mind of Olivier Gillet
 
http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/04/music-thing-the-chromatone-312/

A cracking little synth btw.

Regards

Paul Burns

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From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of neil harper
Sent: 23 January 2013 01:44
To: Synth-Diy
Subject: [sdiy] analog synths with digital controls? how does that work?

hey all,
the only modern synth I'm really familiar with is my minitaur, but it seems
that most analog synths these days operate in the same sort of way. 

so i'm wondering, how are these analog synths able to save/recall settings
and be modified through a computer?

there's gotta be a digital layer between the knobs and the analog parts of
the circuit right? so does that mean that it's sampling the position of
every knob (which i guess it can multiplex) and then using DAC's to output
the required control voltages for all of the knobs (a dac channel for each
knob)? 

what about things that aren't typically voltage controllable, like the
resonance control of a filter.. 


--
//neil harper
every wave is new until it breaks


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