>From: "thomas white" <djthomaswhite@...>
>
>OK, call me ignant but what modules are necessary for the MOTM to be a
>guitar synth? I know the envelope follower will generate the gate but will
>it generate the pitch CV as well? Pre-amp for sure. What else in what
order,
>etc! Help please
hello all, hello ignant (sorry:-)
the basis for a guitar synth would be a pitch to voltage convertor- to
convert the musical signal into a useable CV, a gate trigger - for your VCA,
and an envelope follower - so you have dynamic control from the guitar. then
all you need is stick a synth on the other end, connect all the gate cv
stuff as usual and put the envelope follower output into a filter cv or use
it to modulate your VCA. i believe paul's forthcoming envelope follower
module will have all the necessary functions. if you can't wait, have a mess
around with a korg MS-03, (i have one) the pitch to voltage conversion is
pretty bad, but you can get a great Bootsy bass sound with just that and the
#410 filter
which reminds me - i got an old german autoharp - like a zither but with
chord dampers on sprung bars across the strings - maybe i ought to get
around to putting pickups on it Bootsy autoharp - now there's a first..?
oh yeah, and pitch to voltage convertors hate having chords played into them
(damn...)
cheers
paul b