At 3:39 PM +0000 2003/05/21, elle_webb wrote:
>Dave's panel design looks like it would allow me to use a stock kit
>for now, and then add the additional boards and ROMs if I wanted at a
>later date.
>
>Would this be a sensible approach for people building their first
>Mini-Wave?
The stock MiniWave has a switch to select between two banks of waves,
but only one ROM is supplied with the kit. Dave's mod replaces the
switch with a rotary and requires a little rewiring. You could
certainly use Dave's panel and install a switch in place of the
rotary to get stock MiniWave functionality. Then later you can drill
a larger hole for the rotary when you want to add Dave's expander
board.
>Also, can anyone comment on how they are using the additional banks
>on the MiniWave, what ROM's they like, etc?
I've only used the standard ROM and the Socket Rocket. I use the
scale quantizer to create random melodies and non-linear transforms
for voltage controlled waveshaping and distortion. I also have a set
of Matthew Davidson's ROMs but haven't had a chance to use them yet.
I expect to use his scale quantizer quite a bit since it greatly
expands on the scale quantizer that comes with the MiniWave.