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Subject: Re: [motm] While Paul's away....

From: jwbarlow@...
Date: 2000-05-18

In a message dated 5/15/2000 6:18:52 PM, I writes:

>Maybe Juergen can answer this since Paul is away ...

and he did!

While he didn't have time for a lengthy description (not that I would've
understood it anyway) he mentioned that in the 820 getting a pot to control
the degree of curve was actually very difficult while keeping the module
stable and with no offset over the full range (remember, while I might be
using this to do weird stuff, a lot -- maybe most -- people will be using
this for some sort of portamento control at least some of the time). So an
OTA won't work in this application for VC. And similarly, a VCA would work
but would also most likely introduce problems with offset and the rest.

I've lived without VC curve shape on a lag processor this long, I don't think
I need it now.
JB


What
>I'm
>wondering is if the curve shape control of the MOTM 820 does something
>like
>this (output to VC input)? If so, can this be done externally (i.e., patch
>the output to the VC input) through a VCA to allow VC curve shape control?

>BTW, I don't really think VC curve shape is that big of deal -- while being
>nice to have, I'm not at the moment sure how I'd use it.
>JB
>
>In a message dated 5/15/2000 3:35:39 AM, davevosh@... writes:
>
>><< except the linear / expo shape). >>
>>
>>
>>larry,
>>you make the module sound quite nice but, if we`ve gone to all this trouble
>>to make it fantastic, why not add another ota and jack and make this
>last
>>function vc-able, too ? especially if the board isn`t finished yet, maybe
>>this can be squeezed in - ?
>