My thoughts on a dedicated "octave switch" type controller:
I prefer a module that is generalized such that it can do several things.
For this type of function, I'd use an adjustable voltage quantizer module.
You can input any old dc control voltage, and adjust the output quantization
to perfect octaves to handle your tuning chores. Then you can also use the
module for general purpose quantizing. I'm going to diy one soon based on
the old Polyfusion circuit while we wait for Paul's super duper ROM based
microtuneable quantizer.
Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@... > -----Original Message-----
> From: ivancu@... [mailto:ivancu@...]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 6:57 AM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] Osc Controller
>
>
> From: ivancu@...
>
> In a message dated 3/16/2000 6:22:36 AM, davevosh@... writes:
>
> << the single thing i hate the most about my doepfers vco`s are
> the "range"
> ( octave) switches. a stable, wide range vco is limited by their
> addition,
> IMHO. yes, they make conventional pitch / note music easier but the whole
> idea of voltage control is freedom. >>
>
> AGREED! The octave switching should be on the controller-end, not at the
> VCO. That way us "alternative controller" guys who don't think along the
> lines of keyboards aren't limited.
>
> Somewhere along the line somebody made a compromise choice and
> decided to use
> a keyboard to control a synthesizer. But a synthesizer
> inherently is not a
> keyboard instrument. If you keep thinking along the keyboard
> paradigm you
> end up where MIDI is at, where it is very difficult to continuously play
> "between the keys". This is very limiting and instead of expanding the
> electronic music universe, attempts to constrain it.
>
> Ok, rant off.
>
> Ivan
>
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