In a message dated 2/2/2000 9:22:13 AM,
RevTor@... writes:
>Hey,
> Im a new member here, My name is Steve and I live in NewJersey. I too,
>am
>an analogoholic, and I hope you can all help me as I can help you with
>our
>addictions.
Hi Steve, and welcome! The list has only been around for about a year, but in
the last three months or so it has gotten quite active. I thought I'd at
least try to address and acknowledge some of your ideas of your initial post
(I think Larry H. will be happy to send you the latest update of the future
-- wish list -- modules, I think one just was sent yesterday -- I love the
sound of that Ladder VCF so far <grin>).
>first one I had was for a "VC Patch Bank"
>-Yeah i know modulars are all about experimenting, but in reality this
>
>wouldn't stop creativity at all.
I would be interested in a VC Patch Bay both as a studio tool and as a synth
module (maybe 8 in or 8 out), BUT the good news is there already is a smaller
version available -- THE MOTM 700 DUAL VC ROUTER. This module is perfect for
routing either audio or control voltages (it uses a separate circuit
optimized for either AC or DC that is switch selected). The routers are also
bidirectional, so you can either switch one source between two outputs, or
switch between two different sources. Check it out! It's great.
>The second idea I had was for a maybe 4 or 5 u wide panel with a matrix
>of
>LED's that you could control by row or column with CV's to make them light
>up
>and switch color etc... Might not be too practical or useful, but would
>be
>cool, no?
Bradley would buy one!
>Third Idea was for a controller. All analog, all CV's/trigs. Instead
>of a
>keyboard, how about a giant piece of ribbon controller surface maybe 8
>by 15
>or 12 by 12 inches for equal x-y axis response. You could play it with
>a
>finger or maybe even get a method for it to read how many and where your
>fingers touched down on the plate and then the CV's would track your fingers.
I used to imagine using a device like this (a coordinate controlling surface)
but the more I thought about, the more I realized this would be very
difficult to build. I can imagine some sort of scanning (like the raster scan
on a TV screen) ribbon controller, but getting any kind of ribbon controller
(even the one dimensional standard ribbon controller) "stuff" is quite a
problem. There is a lot of interest amongst several list members (especially
me) in alternate controllers, so this subject will be revisited in the future
I'm sure. If you have the stamina, there have been several posts in the past
-- in the archives (ouch!).
> Polyphonic ribbon controller. but you'd need outs for each finger..
>hmm
>gonna have to think about this one a little.. maybe two panels side by
>side,
>separate one for each hand. Ok, we could limit it to two fingers.. would
>be
>fun
>the last idea I had was for a final mixer/panner.. maybe about 6 ins with
>pan and level knobs for each, maybe have a few onboard LFO's and A/D env
>generators assignable .. Could free up some modules by having level and
>panning lfo's and AD gens. internal.. A few stereo outs and phones outs
> a
>master level knob.. would be a good way to interface a modular to the
>rest
>of your rig instead of it hogging up your whole mixer..
>Just some ideas to chew on...
Same as above -- I think that most of accessories you mention would be better
suited for separate dedicated modules, and so far this has been the direction
MOTM has been going.
JB