[sdiy] Michael Barton?

[Nicholas Keller]

Right, the Delaying AR is perfect for delayed vibrato and seems to be a rarity in most manufacturers catalogs.   So many synths have delayed vibrato, yet so few modular companies make such a simple enough module for the job. My large mostly Doepfer system can't do it easily, if at all, since my trigger delays don't reset when notes are played faster than the delay time.  The only way I can think to do it is using a comparator and another AR/ADSR to create a delayed gate to trigger yet another ASR for the vibrato...

Seems to me that the world should be screaming out for a delayed ASR module with built-in LFO (sine, Tri, hyper-Tri, or whatever is best for vibrato) and linear VCA.  Everything needed and normalled for delayed vibrato, but still patchable so you can use the ASR, LFO or VCA elsewhere in a pinch. 

Shame you say the simple quantizers aren't accurate.  I was considering adding one to the S&H on my TTSH.  But it's the User Writable one that really intrigued me.  Had me excited when I saw it described as "bi-polar" but alas it doesn't technically work with negative voltages, instead there is a built-in +5V offset available to mix with the input CV.   Good enough for me though, as it replaces an offset mixer module with a single toggle switch.   I also like the idea of creating strange tuning scales, saving them, and applying them any of my CV/Gate gear

Nick



> On Nov 6, 2014, at 9:04 PM, eidorian at aladan.net wrote:
> 
>> On 2014-11-06 17:48, Nicholas Keller wrote:
>> I recently saw Barton Musical Circuits linked in a DIY thread on
>> Reddit and had a look at his modules.  Is he a member here?  I quite
>> like some of them that are rather unique, at least I haven't seen many
>> like them (the quantizers with more than just semi/major/minor modes,
>> the delayed AR, voltage to rhythm, wave animator, random resonator,
>> true gate delay, etc)....but for all I know, you all have your own
>> variations and you've all heard of him!
>> 
>> Just thought I'd see if there was some awareness here of his efforts
> 
> He's mostly active on Muffs and a little bit on E-M.  I've built about half of his modules, they are good fun (I especially like the delayed AR generator).  The original quantizer isn't incredibly accurate, but good enough for a lot of non-crucial applications.  I've got his improved quantizer PCB as well but haven't finished building it yet; I've heard it's pretty good.
> 
> Cheers,
> A.
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