Well, in the tech world, fanning is applied to one output going to
many inputs. The opposite is called .... mixing! (and a few other
things as well). Serge had prgrammable patches back in his original
designs anyway. The triple bi-directional switch and the 4 stage
programmer were designed to allow rapid changing of patches.
I was recently reading Mark Vail's description of the first
programmable synths, which were somewhat lacking in their ability,
simply because all they did was memorize the routing, and not any of
the CVs. As such, this matrix would only be a partial sollution at
best. I have been doing a lot of thinking on the very subject over the
last few weeks, and I do plan to put a 12x10 pin matrix in my
sequencer/programmer panel. All that it can achieve is to allow
quicker patching of "sequences" (i.e. which programmer stage is
triggered by which seq output - remember my serge is ancient). With
the over 80 jacks per panel a Serge usually has, a 16 x 16 would
really be too limited for anything but handling "live performance"
patches, where it would actually prove to have a significant benefit.
My AU$0.04 worth (approx US$0.02)
Ken
many inputs. The opposite is called .... mixing! (and a few other
things as well). Serge had prgrammable patches back in his original
designs anyway. The triple bi-directional switch and the 4 stage
programmer were designed to allow rapid changing of patches.
I was recently reading Mark Vail's description of the first
programmable synths, which were somewhat lacking in their ability,
simply because all they did was memorize the routing, and not any of
the CVs. As such, this matrix would only be a partial sollution at
best. I have been doing a lot of thinking on the very subject over the
last few weeks, and I do plan to put a 12x10 pin matrix in my
sequencer/programmer panel. All that it can achieve is to allow
quicker patching of "sequences" (i.e. which programmer stage is
triggered by which seq output - remember my serge is ancient). With
the over 80 jacks per panel a Serge usually has, a 16 x 16 would
really be too limited for anything but handling "live performance"
patches, where it would actually prove to have a significant benefit.
My AU$0.04 worth (approx US$0.02)
Ken
--- In SergeModular@y..., John Papiewski <johnp299792@a...> wrote:
> ...Anybody care to comment on the usefulness of being able to fan 16
outputs
> to one input, without any individual attenuation?