SergeModular

Thanks, Nick.

I will dig out my 202 tonight. This gives me new purpose to finish my
multiple panels.

I have my animal panel mounted in a Halliburton Zero case like an
easel, which provides plenty of room for 2 panels, nearly a 1u rack
(which I have outfitted wtih 1/8in to banana), and the psu. I hope to
complete the setup with a TKB.

By the way, I do not have a serge power supply. My tech outfitted the
case with the appropriate power 1 supply. I have patch points for the
audio ground so I can connect to other pieces of gear.

I was curious about applying external cv to the serge and I wondered
if I would need to ground machines similarly for control. But it looks
like that is not a concern.

And yes, you're right about midi to cv keyboards. However, the .com
keyboard looks handsome with the real wood, so at least it doesn't
look like those plastic units so commonly peddled these days.

Thanks to all for the help.

Klaus

ps...someone sell me a TKB!

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, zaum <zaum@...> wrote:
>
> > Until my ship comes in and I can afford a new tkb, or in the more
> > unlikely event that someone decides to sell a used one, can anyone
> > offer suggestions as to how can I control my serge animal panel?
>
> I've found Serge's CV and gate inputs quite easy to control
> externally with standard gear, all you need is to get whatever you
> use into a banana.
>
> I started with a kenton pro solo and often use a Roland MC202 for
> live gigs since it's so portable, has a sequencer and a voice I can
> send through my Serge panel. I'd think anything with standard gate
> and 1v/oct would work fine.
> >
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone else out there uses a keyboard controller, or
> > midi to cv unit with their serge. Any ground issues, or
> > incompatibility? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I have some adaptors on a single space because I have a custom system
> with extra room because of the extra wide external carrier freq
> shifter, so my ground issues are taken care of though I have not had
> any trouble I can remember with home made cables for CV with the tip
> of a mini or phono connected to a banana. If you don't have that and
> you do have a ground problem it should be very easy to make a scratch
> built panel or box with the ground jack Serge I'm sure provides
> somewhere on your system and some jacks
>
> What would certainly be more of a challenge is something non-standard
> in proportion to how non-standard it is. Like for example a Korg
> MS-20 would have Hz/v and their odd vintage trigger so that won't be
> plug and play.
>
> > I think Doepfer and Synthesizers.com both sell CV Keyboards but I'm
> > more of
> > a sequencer type musician.
>
> A point worth noting is every currently made regular keyboard on the
> market that outputs a CV and gate is really a MIDI keyboard mechanism
> with a MIDI to CV converter attached inside the case. No manufacturer
> has made a standard key CV gate keyboard since the early 1980s. I'm
> saying "standard key" because I'm not talking about a touch plate
> system like the TKB or Buchla 222e. So my point is there really is
> nothing special in the keyboard itself that you can't do with any
> MIDI keyboard and a converter unless of course you like some sort of
> extra feature like say a built in joystick or that French Connection
> ring (though the unit is far shy of what a real Ondes Martenot can do).
>
> As for the Buchla 222e, Don is saying he'll be delivering more soon,
> why I mention that is that there isn't much feedback from users yet.
> I think there were issues with the original touch surface
> manufacturer. What I do know for sure is as currently configured it's
> not really recommended or that suitable for use with a minimal system
> or on it's own. It really needs to be in a 12 or 16 module case to
> connect, power and orient it (it's ranged to being on a vertical top
> boat and a horizontal bottom boat) and wants to talk to a preset
> manager module. Buchla's combined trigger/gate and CV are not
> standard though it's not impossible to make use of them, just not
> near a plug and play situation if you want to make use of most of it.
>
> nick
>