It all started last Friday, Friday the 13th under a full moon, when I
first powered up my Moog Etherwave Pro. After a couple of failed
attempts to play "Turkey in the Straw", I realized that P. Kurstin
has nothing to fear. However, hooking this thing up to Darmok was
much more gratifying. This thing is a blast!
The Etherwave Pro is a bit pricey, but it's gorgeous and is a great
controller for synths because it has CV outputs for the volume and
pitch antennas. There's a picture of it in action at the bottom of
this page (click on the picture to see a bigger version):
http://www.tellun.com/motm/darmok/20060108/20060108.htmlI've had success hooking these CV outputs up to oscillators, filters,
LFOs, VCAs, you name it. Things I would recommend are: use Matthew
Davidson's pitch quantizing ROM with a MiniWave when using a theremin
for pitch control, use the volume output from the Etherwave to
control a VCA so your synth goes silent when you leave the room (the
volume output rises as you step away from the theremin, so it's at
maximum volume when you walk away from it). Luckily, it's easy enough
to hook up a MOTM-700 to control a VCA and EG to make the synth go
silent when you're a few feet away.
I also tackled the request for a MUUB gate delay circuit. There
wasn't room on the panel to have two of these in 1U with voltage
control. I realized that if you really need a voltage controlled gate
delay, you can do it with the MUUB lag processor and the MUUB
comparator. Just use a long linear delay on the lag and use the
voltage control inputs on the comparator to set the switching level
(and thus the delay time). But I think there's still a need for a
gate processor with hold and delay times, and a manual gate
pushbutton, so that's what I built. Preliminary info can be found
here:
http://www.tellun.com/motm/diy/tln866/TLN-866.htmlThis module, and the MUUB lag processor, needs 1M log pots, which
aren't easy to find. Bourns part number is 91A1AB28D25 and both
Mouser and Allied require 500 minimum order. Gulp. This might be
another good part for Stooge Enterprises to stock.