In a message dated 1/3/2001 8:11:22 AM,
bigd@... writes:
>Id rather see efforts in this area put into a
>sequncer of some kind. Most arpegiator effects can be achived in a analogue
>sequencer, and then the benefits of alos having a sequencer!
I know we've discussed this before. Given the improbability of the MOAS ever
actually happening (and Paul's decision to push DoMOAS back for a while) a
reasonable alternative which would cover at least a basic sequencer and the
arpeggiator desires might be a very simple digital (there! I said it!)
sequencer which would take a voltage in, allow it to be quantized (to
semitones, quarter tones or even less), and store that voltage in memory to a
length of N steps. An external clock could then be applied (to a clock input
of course) so the module would have all the stored voltages appear in
sequence at the output for all N cycles and then recycle. You could probably
add hold, up/down, reset inputs without any trouble.
I bet this would be a simple and rather cheap module to build (INPUT -- ADC
-- PIC + controls -- DAC -- OUTPUT). I bet Crow has already built one of
these.
It would hardly replace a sequencer IMO, but it could be a very useful module.
John (who thought that maybe UK Paul found himself on the submarine Seaview
when he mentioned having to fight off a fake squid attack) Barlow