Greetings, all--
Forgive me if this is an FAQ, but I've perused the archives of this list and
haven't been able to find a consensus in answer.
I'm interested in purchasing a MIDI to CV converter to control my MOTM
synth-in-progress. I was planning to put off this purchase until the synth
itself is mostly finished, but now I have discovered that such a converter
is a handy source of known voltage values for calibrating filters and
oscillators. Hence I'm thinking about buying one sooner rather than later.
These seem to be my options:
-Encore Expressionist - generally highly regarded, and Tony sure seemed like
a nice fellow when I met him at NAMM. But apparently it's not currently
available, pending release of the new version sometime later this year, and
Tony by his own recent admission is kind of tied up with other things,
possibly making the release date of the new Expressionist even more hazy...?
And they don't seem to pop up on eBay very often. :-)
-Kenton Pro 2000 - Paul sells 'em so they must be good, right?
-Paia midi2cv8 - yes, I know that mentioning Paia and MOTM in the same
sentence is like mentioning Yugo and Porsche in the same sentence. I'm just
wondering whether anyone has tried one. I realize that I'd have to fabricate
my own MOTM-style panel and possibly add a voltage regulator to get the
right power to it.
-synthesizers.com's module - actually I've mostly ruled this out because I
want more CV outputs than it provides.
Have I overlooked any options? Any comments, suggestions, etc. from owners
or users of any of these modules are most welcome. It is probably worth
mentioning that I am at least as interested in using this device to generate
modulation voltages from MIDI messages as I am in using it for the standard
MIDI-note to CV/gate conversion.
Thanks much,
--Adam
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Adam Schabtach
adam@...http://www.studionebula.com(Drop by to see MOTM project weblog and photos)