I was thinking more along the lines of easy switching of single oscillators
during a stage performance. I didn't want to modify the 300VCO, it's
perfect the way it is, my only problem is having to retune one oscillator
if i want to feed two off the same cv and drop one of them 1 or 2 octaves.
-Nate
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>In a message dated 3/16/2000 6:22:36 AM, davevosh@... writes:
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><< the single thing i hate the most about my doepfers vco`s are the "range"
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>IMHO. yes, they make conventional pitch / note music easier but the whole
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>AGREED! The octave switching should be on the controller-end, not at the
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>VCO. That way us "alternative controller" guys who don't think along the
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>Somewhere along the line somebody made a compromise choice and decided to use
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>a keyboard to control a synthesizer. But a synthesizer inherently is not a
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>end up where MIDI is at, where it is very difficult to continuously play
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>"between the keys". This is very limiting and instead of expanding the
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>Ok, rant off.
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>Ivan
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