Doepfer

Hi!

> Has anyone tried a combination like this? I have a Roland MC-4 sequencer with only CV and Gate (No MIDI), and I'd like to use a DX7 (with MIDI, no CV) as the source/controller. 
> 
> Has anyone done something similar with the A-192-2, or the MCV4? 

What are you trying to do?  If you're trying to play notes on the DX-7 and record them on the MC-4, then yes, that should work using the MCV-4 or A-192-2 to convert them.  I haven't tried this, but the Yamaha and Doepfer devices both use the MIDI standard very well, and the Doepfer and Roland ones use the 1V/Oct standard very well, so it should work fine.

Hope that helps,
Zoë.

Thanks for the reply!

Yes, I'm trying to use the MC-4 to sequence notes on the DX7, and record them from the DX7 output (the same way you'd connect an analog monosynth with the MC-4, but without the converter in between).

But the MCV-4 and the A-192-2 convert in different directions, only one-way each. For instance, the MCV-4 is MIDI to CV, and the A-192-2 is CV-MIDI.

I'd guess the A-192-2 would work in this case, right?

Thanks!

Hello

> I'd guess the A-192-2 would work in this case, right?
Yes.

But why doing it the complicated (and expensive) way? If you want the 
advantages of entering note on an numeric base, then use a c64 with 
24track or an atari ST with Creator, and you are already in the MIDI domain.

Florian

actually the first gen DX7 has a pretty crap midi implementation (yamaha engineers got "mono mode" completely wrong & velocity only goes up to 100 not 127). if it's a DX7II then no prob.




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 From: Zoë Blade <zoe@bytenoise.co.uk>
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2013 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] A-192-2 with CV-only sequencer and DX7 midi synth?
 


  
Hi!

> Has anyone tried a combination like this? I have a Roland MC-4 sequencer with only CV and Gate (No MIDI), and I'd like to use a DX7 (with MIDI, no CV) as the source/controller. 
> 
> Has anyone done something similar with the A-192-2, or the MCV4? 

What are you trying to do?  If you're trying to play notes on the DX-7 and record them on the MC-4, then yes, that should work using the MCV-4 or A-192-2 to convert them.  I haven't tried this, but the Yamaha and Doepfer devices both use the MIDI standard very well, and the Doepfer and Roland ones use the 1V/Oct standard very well, so it should work fine.

Hope that helps,
Zoë.

Hmm, just to clarify, to make sure we're not talking at crossed purposes:

DX-7 -> A-190-2 -> MC-4 should work.
MC-4 -> A-192-2 -> DX-7 should work.

But only in that order.  I got a bit confused as you mentioned the MCV-4, which I believe is the same as the A-190-2, but different (going in the other direction) from the A-192-2.

Just be mindful of whether you're converting *from* MIDI *to* CV (to play notes into the MC-4 via the DX-7's keyboard) or vice versa (to play DX-7 sounds in a rigid, quantised manner).  But as Florian said, if you want to control a DX-7 numerically, you'd probably be better off with some old step sequencing software instead of the MC-4, that already has MIDI out.