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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Any reasonable CV keyboards out there? Other options.
From: jwbarlow@...
Date: 2003-06-17
In a message dated 6/16/2003 1:27:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, scott@... writes:
I
just wanted to point out that a Pro-One is a nice synth, just not a
great CV controller.
That's why I mentioned it. I borrowed one once (a long time ago) and was really impressed considering what it is.
One of the things that's wrong with the more "vintage" keyboards is that they used a three buss system (one for gate, one for trigger, and one for the CV). These take a certain (minor adjustment in) technique to play since the "J" wire (is that what its called?) will touch the different busses at slightly different times -- or only touch one or two busses if the key isn't pressed all the way down. Also, there can be problems if the resistors weren't matched closely enough or if they have drifted -- I believe I have both problems with my ARP. (Vintage keyboard experts -- please correct me if I'm wrong here!)
I think that the Pro One probably uses a single buss and derives the gate and CV (probably no trigger) from that. And the sequencer is nifty too!
JB