Hi Frank n All !
Hi Frank n All !
The Paia does not look too bad, if a fairly precise dac is used, or
the hack with the 12bit dac is done (leave 4 lsb bit's at 0) . This
is the hack Harry mentioned . And yes, use multiturn pots to
calibrate . Got an old Philip Rees M->CV, with simple trimpots on
the front . A pain to calibrate, and i had to leave the top shell
off of the case, as the thing was seriously overheating and getting
erratic .
Another diy solution could be :
http://www.techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk/mididac.htmTony Allgood is on the diy-list, and pretty helpful .
Pic and pcb available, but the Omeg pots, well they're of UK origin,
(www.maplin.com sells them-not the best of sources :) ) he even
mounted it on a MOTM compatible sized panel . 12 bit this .
As a full kit the Paia is hard to beat for it's price . You could
get one of these now, and later use it as secondary controller, or as
drum trigger with velocity .
I plan to get a couple of these, but i get by with what i got, right
now (that Rees box, Kenton Pro One (Hz/V too), Roland MPU101) . The
usd is too high vs. the eur to go on a spending spree (MOTM excepted,
of course ;-) ) . So European stuff is cheap, right now . Ok, ok,
the ukp is not in the euro zone, and England is bloody expensive for
us as well . Hmm, where's the time records cost me less than half of
Belgian prices, argggggg ...
Hope this helps .
Cheers .
Keep 'em oscillating :)
Hugo
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