[sdiy] Michael Barton?

[Nicholas Keller]

Holy curse.  That looks fantastic too.  Michael should hire you to design some panels.  No offense to anyone already making panels for his modules...I haven't seen any other that Michaels own hand-labeled creations. 

Nick



> On Nov 6, 2014, at 11:32 PM, "Dave Brown" <davebr at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> I did a 5U module for the Barton Dual Quantizer.  I like it a lot.  Details
> are on my website at http://modularsynthesis.com/modules/DJB-013/djb013.htm
> 
> I replaced an earlier quantizer I had done some time ago.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of
> eidorian at aladan.net
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 8:11 PM
> To: Nicholas Keller
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Michael Barton?
> 
>> On 2014-11-06 19:26, Nicholas Keller wrote:
>> Shame you say the simple quantizers aren't accurate.
> 
> In my defense I actually only said they aren't "incredibly accurate"...
> 
> As far as I can tell they're good enough for most people (including me), but
> I saw comments that there were tracking problems at the extremes of the
> output range.  Michael himself pointed out that it's a simple circuit, very
> low parts, low cost and not perfect.  I'm quite sure that's why he created
> his enhanced "dual nice quantizer", which by all accounts is excellent.  It
> uses an MCP4822 D/A converter for better linearity and precision, same as
> the one used by a lot of the modern circuits like the hexinverter MIDI2CV
> and the MIDIBOX's AOUT (I think).
> 
> I found the thread on Muffwigglers where this was discussed: Michael wrote
> "My goals for the design were for it to be small, easy to build and have
> minimal control so it could be used as a small standalone module or added to
> the output of a sequencer. I wasn't trying to compete with Doepfer or any
> other manufacturer/designer in having the most features, the largest voltage
> range or the most precise accuracy."  His username is "Boogdish" -
> http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56585
> 
> Bottom line - Michael's stuff is interesting, good and different, check it
> out:  http://bartonmusicalcircuits.com/synthstuff.html
> 
> Cheers,
> A.
> 
>