Thanks Nick for the information. By 'quantize', i was more thinking of a situation where you program voltages of different increments over 10 parts of the touchplate, and that way you could play a 'quantized' chord (if i'm understanding it correctly). This would be very powerful, in that one could experiment with all kinds of exotic tunings.
I read today about Andre Stordeur's use of the TKB to emulate a Balafong-
http://www.angelfire.com/music2/theanalogcottage/balafong.htm
I'm also interested in your question about the TKB having a high step priority. Can a user set it up so that each channel outputs simultaneously, or is it sequential only? That is, is it possible to use it to play 'chords'? (using up to 10 fingers, for example). I've only ever read about the TKB being used sequentially.
This led me to think about the recent topic here "what Serge m-odules would you like to see". I'd be interested in a TKB with no sequencer, just each touchpad having maybe 3 control outputs that you can adjust for sensitivity. That would be my ideal controller.
I read today about Andre Stordeur's use of the TKB to emulate a Balafong-
http://www.angelfire.com/music2/theanalogcottage/balafong.htm
I'm also interested in your question about the TKB having a high step priority. Can a user set it up so that each channel outputs simultaneously, or is it sequential only? That is, is it possible to use it to play 'chords'? (using up to 10 fingers, for example). I've only ever read about the TKB being used sequentially.
This led me to think about the recent topic here "what Serge m-odules would you like to see". I'd be interested in a TKB with no sequencer, just each touchpad having maybe 3 control outputs that you can adjust for sensitivity. That would be my ideal controller.
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> Subject: [SergeModular] Re: Controlling a serge
> To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
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> > Someone on the Buchla yahoo group just wrote that the
> 222e Input port/ touchplate can
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> be programmed to different voltage increments (doesn't
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> even set it up to play 'chords', and who knows,
> possibly even to quantize!
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> Definitely, though they both have very different
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> On the 222e are using an LCD to program a defined output
> behavior for each pad (which
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> sets). Besides CV and trigger/gate outputs there is a data
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> note values along 4 oscillator channels plus a number of
> other data bus channels for other
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> kinds of data in addition to the physical outputs. Also for
> what it's worth you have a pair
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> Now something you might or might not be saying which I
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> don't have one or have seen the manual. I know 14 of
> the 27 of the touch surfaces return
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> a finger position on the pad value. I don't know if you
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> quantitize it to say chromatic steps internally let alone
> define those steps as something
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> other than 1.2 v/oct. Your friend might just be talking
> about what you can adjust an
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> individual pad to as the basic voltage value it outputs,
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> numeric value - so it's no problem individually
> defining touchplates with standard notes
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> values in say a 1v/oct scale. Because there are multiple
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> On the TKB you have 4 pots per touchplate. You can manually
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