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motm@yahoogroups.com, Scott Juskiw <scott@t...> wrote:
> I sometimes try to use my Pro-One to control my MOTM. But as
> mentioned above, the keyboard is quite crummy, and I usually give
>up after a few minutes. The key mechanism needs constant maintenance
>to repair dead keys.
I had a similar problem. Mine was getting keys that wouldn't trigger,
or that would double-trigger.
The problem was corrosion & deposits on the trigger wires. I was able
to fix the problem using a contact cleaner pen (a few bucks at Radio
Shack). Carefully rubbing the tip against the top and bottom of the
trigger wires took the goo off.
There are a couple of other features on the Pro-one that I find
handy in a modular contect. The glide is applied to the CV out, which
handles my needs. The 40-step sequencer and the arpeggiator work fine
for electronica synth patterns. You can control pitch and filter
cutoff with external CV's, so the MOTM can assimilate it. Finally,
the Audio In can be used as a envelope detector/gate generator.
Sequential threw in a lot of quirky features that would be expensive
to duplicate new.
The keyboard IS still crummy, though! It's too bad that there's not
much of a market for interesting new CV controllers!