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Hi Genkyo,

I think you'll need to do a bit more searching on this subject as, if I remember correctly, although the oscilators on the EML-101 works on 1.2v/oct, the input jacks scale in a different way, which is why you can't get it to work. Have a look at Dave Cornutt's website linked below as it's pretty informative on this and other subjects concerning the 101.

http://home.hiwaay.net/~cornutt/Music/Web%20Page/EML.html

The consensus seems to be that if you want to be able to control all four oscilators & scale properly you need to connect directly via the keyboard connector. You're not the first person who has wanted to MIDIfy your 101, but I don't think anyone has actually achieved it. I gave up as it would have cost GBP 300 or more for Kenton to build a converter into the 101 and anyway, I don't like or use MIDI!

Best wishes,
Matt

On 20/10/2009, electrocomp2010 <21centuryman@...> wrote:

 

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your reply. Since I posted my last message I've had some advancement. I've found in the new feature section of the manual (last page) that the CM3 jack in the KEYBOARD section is actually controller input to control the KB2 oscillators (OSC 3 and 4). I connected the CV to CM3 and the gate to trigger, and I was almost successful to control those two oscillators, but the scaling was about a half step off. The Kenton Pro-2000mkII was set to the 1.2V/octave scaling. Do you think this means the Kenton's voltage setting is not right for the EML and if the Kenton can generate the correct voltage then the correct scaling can be achieved? I tried other CV/Hz settings but 1.2V/octave was the closest to the regular scale. What do you think?

Genkyo

--- In emlsynth@yahoogroups.com, Matt <matt.fretton@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Genkyo,
>
> I don't think anyone has actually done it. When I bought my EML-101 I spoke
> to Kenton, who thought that they would be able to add MIDI funtionality if I
> took the synth to them, but in the end I prefer to work completely non-MIDI,
> so didn't get it done.
>
> I don't believe there is a practical way to use an external MIDI converter
> with the 101 as the only way to control all four oscilators is through the
> keyboard connector, or by getting inside the synth.
>
> Matt
>
> On 16/10/2009, electrocomp2010 <21centuryman@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I just joined the group and this is my very first post. I've read some past
> > discussions about controlling EML synths with MIDI and no one seemed to have
> > found the way. But those posts were from a year ago so I decided to ask once
> > again if anyone has figured out anything since. Here's what I want to do:
> >
> > 1. To play EML-101(#781) via MIDI (using Kenton Pro-2000 mkII).
> > 2. To sync EML-400 sequencer speed to MIDI clock.
> >
> > Any input will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Genkyo
> >
> >
> >
>