have you got names against those 5 boards yet?
If not, I would like to be included in the first batch
best regards,
Marcus Wilson
On 11/12/2007, at 9:57 PM, korgpolyex800 wrote:
Hi Atom,I agree with everything you said.i) I'll keep portamento even if it is glitchy.ii) I'll change the Poly key to be the mode key so that each time youpress the Poly key you switch to the next mode (Poly, Chord, Hold,Mono, Poly...).iii) there will be CC's to change the mode too.iv) for visual indication P for poly is already used so we need tocome up with a letter that would indicate portamento mono mode. Ithought "S" would work but it looks like a "5". Anyone got anysuggestions?Further testing last night revealed that the bend is so slow to reactto changes at higher slide rates that the portamento rapidly turnsinto stepped DCO semitone changes. So it sounds best at really slowrates where you glide from one octave to another over a period of 5 to10 seconds. Even then you can still hear the little glitches. My lastoption now is to try to speed up the master clock reaction to bendchanges and try to improve the sample and hold circuit. I wish I had afrequency counter and oscilloscope right now.But, when I run into walls like this I take a break so that I can comeback to it with a fresh perspective so I think I'll leave it all aloneas I have other pressing work to do.Wish those 5 boards would get here soon.Mike.--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:>> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007, korgpolyex800 wrote:> > > I could rewrite the code to toggle between Poly and mono modeusing the > > Poly key. Another way might be to make the Poly key the selector for > > Poly, Mono, Chord and Hold mode. Each time you press the poly keywould > > move you into the next mode. That would free up the chord and hold > > buttons to be used for selecting global mode and extended parameter > > entry modes (or other things if we decide to add more).> >> > What do you all think?> ================================> > that would work, since the modes are (or can be) exclusive...probably not > everyone on the list has a PC1600 (or similar), but i'd be happy aslong > as i can select the modes using standard MIDI CCs. do you thinkyou'd be > able to provide visual indication of which mode is currently selected?> > > > I now need to determine if the glitch is caused by the master clock > > being incapable of tracking the output of the DAC when a square wave > > edge change occurs in the bend or if the DAC sample hold circuitis too > > slow. If it's just the sample and hold then I may be able toreduce the > > sample hold capacitor to improve the highest possible rate ofchange. If > > it is due to the master clock not being able to change frequenciesfast > > then I think we might be out of luck. So much so that the only way to > > get good portamento would be to build a new master clock that wasable > > to slide the full five octaves.> ==================> > maybe you'll come up with a different way to approach the problem..?> > even if it's glitchy, i'm sure it's still usable... i was justtalking to > tom (the guy who i made the first moog-slayer for) and he reminded me > about a patch i wrote for him on a CZ-101... listening to itstraight from > the CZ it sounded kinda cold and very digital, but in the foreground of > the mix and with some reverb (we probably used a BOSS SE-50) it sounded > sweet and analog and warm and huge. years later it still impressedhim. so > i'd be interested in it even if it is glitchy...> > and if you "fix" it in a later release, leave the option of using the > glitchy version... seriously... one never knows what genres of musicmight > be formed from an obscure glitch...> > > -- > ...atom> > ________________________> http://atom.smasher.org/> 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808> -------------------------------------------------> > "What luck for rulers, that men do not think."> -- Adolf Hitler>