i know one of the motivating factors (or selling points?) of the hawk-800,
and more-so the aTomaHawk, is that people won't have to drill holes in
their 800s. i guess that's a concern for some, but not me...
in fact, i just realized the opposite concern; i want to drill ∗more∗
holes in my 800! but not just for fun... here's my latest wish-list-item
for the aTomaHawk: input for 6+ voltage dividers, which can be assigned to
any destination per patch.
for some, that would mean 2 pedal inputs! for some, that would mean a
bunch of front-panel ∗KNOBS∗! for some, knobs & pedals! maybe even some
DIY d-beam or theremin controllers?!?! or virtual-reality gloves!?!?
or....? more ideas here -
http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas/pc1600mod/ and here -
http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas/pc1600mod/pc1600mod.sensors.htmlthe 800 remains a budget synth, and most 800 owners aren't going to buy a
hardware midi knob-box after upgrading. aTomaHawk support for knobs would
give tremendous hands-on control, starting at about $2-5 per knob (for
those inclined to do the extra work).
if this happens, i'd like to see support for 6-8 knobs (nothing wrong with
more!). by support, i mean having a regulated +/- for the voltage
dividers, and one input per linear pot. then leave it up to the end-user
to decide if/how they want to install knobs, motion sensors, flex-sensors,
light sensors, etc.
for sanity, the output from the knobs will have to have a buffer that
dumps excess data. for bonus points, the knobs should send CCs to midi
out... but that might be asking too much.
implementation-wise... if all of the parameters of the synth can respond
to midi CC, then each patch would only have to add what CC each of the
knobs is interpreted as. ie, if EG1 attack is tied to CC-73 then the user
would select the menu for knob "A" and select "73" to control EG1 attack.
or are we using N/RPNs for midi control? that can still be made to work.
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...atom
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