PLAN B analog blog

been pondering the fact that having control voltage generated from computer would be 
very cool
would be a very cool module - say firewire input from a computer with say 8 Digital to 
analog converters that can handle the required voltage standards - software driver so it is 
seen as an audio interface with 8 outputs - rather then some odd device type that would 
be hard to access from a daw or such

would be incredibly easy to create a series of plug ins/apps that could go where no lfo/cv 
controller has gone before - max/msp pluggo comes to mind

i'm in process of testing the da's i have - but i know i'll be beyond their design intentions 
so i don't expect much - if anybody knows of an easily hackable cheap mac compatible DA 
let me know - 

kinda seems like what Buchla has pointed out in the 200e line
and it would make live performing so much easier

btw - i wouldn't expect the same as the analog counter parts - let analog do what it does 
well and let digital do what it does

thoughts?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y-6sv-u3fDw

But I would love to see a dedicated device for this sort of thing,
with a full 5volts CV.  It would be awesome if it was precise enough
to get accurate frequency controls too.  I hear that the RME fireface
has better signals, but the MOTU works ok...good enough for cheap free
 LFOs.  


--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "criticalmonkey"
<criticalmonkey@...> wrote:
>
> been pondering the fact that having control voltage generated from
computer would be 
> very cool
> would be a very cool module - say firewire input from a computer
with say 8 Digital to 
> analog converters that can handle the required voltage standards -
software driver so it is 
> seen as an audio interface with 8 outputs - rather then some odd
device type that would 
> be hard to access from a daw or such
> 
> would be incredibly easy to create a series of plug ins/apps that
could go where no lfo/cv 
> controller has gone before - max/msp pluggo comes to mind
> 
> i'm in process of testing the da's i have - but i know i'll be
beyond their design intentions 
> so i don't expect much - if anybody knows of an easily hackable
cheap mac compatible DA 
> let me know - 
> 
> kinda seems like what Buchla has pointed out in the 200e line
> and it would make live performing so much easier
> 
> btw - i wouldn't expect the same as the analog counter parts - let
analog do what it does 

> well and let digital do what it does
> 
> thoughts?
>

there's a DIY option, see:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ComputerVoltageSources/

--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "criticalmonkey" 
<criticalmonkey@...> wrote:
>
> been pondering the fact that having control voltage generated from 
computer would be 
> very cool
> would be a very cool module - say firewire input from a computer 
with say 8 Digital to 
> analog converters that can handle the required voltage standards - 
software driver so it is 
> seen as an audio interface with 8 outputs - rather then some odd 
device type that would 
> be hard to access from a daw or such
> 
> would be incredibly easy to create a series of plug ins/apps that 
could go where no lfo/cv 
> controller has gone before - max/msp pluggo comes to mind
> 
> i'm in process of testing the da's i have - but i know i'll be 
beyond their design intentions 
> so i don't expect much - if anybody knows of an easily hackable 
cheap mac compatible DA 
> let me know - 
> 
> kinda seems like what Buchla has pointed out in the 200e line
> and it would make live performing so much easier
> 
> btw - i wouldn't expect the same as the analog counter parts - let 
analog do what it does 

> well and let digital do what it does
> 
> thoughts?
>