MOTM

A couple more features for the wish list:

Glide knob, turned on and off from an input jack.
Octave +/- transpose

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Bradley [mailto:daveb@...]
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 2:31 PM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [motm] DoMOAS live performance features
>
>
> From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
>
> > O.k., o.k. already!
> > How's that, Dave? :)
>
> Now that wasn't so bad, was it<g>?
>
> > - Immediate change of number of steps -
> > I did this on my (former) Roland 104 (for the sys 100) sequencer via a
> > stepped knob. I'd like to be able to change it on the fly,
> perhaps using a
> > switch under each knob (push the appropriate switch to set that
> > knob as the
> > last step) or even the ability to program one of several, generic
> > "function"
> > buttons with several lengths that would be useful to me in a performance
> > (e.g. for straight stuff I might select 4, 8 and 16).
>
> Good one! May not be panel space enough for dedicated button per
> stage, but
> I'm sure there's a solution that's fast and easy to use.
>
> >
> > - Conversion to a straight trigger sequencer -
> > Each knob corresponds to a step. If the knob is pre-12 o'clock,
> > it's off. If
> > it's post-12 o'clock, trigger on. This would let the sequencer act as a
> > trigger sequencer for percussive sounds.
> >
> > - Preset- and user-defined voltage quantization -
> > Ability to quantize voltages to western scale as well as user-defined
> > increments. If the user input only certain intervals, one could randomly
> > spin wheels to come up with variations on a set-interval theme.
> >
>
> I think that the quantizer could also accomplish your trigger
> sequencer just
> by quantizing to only 2 levels - zero and max voltage. Not sure what you
> meant by "randomly spin wheels to come up with variations on a
> set-interval
> theme".
>
> > - Switchable, multiple clock outputs -
> > Let's have sync24 (Roland), sync48 (Korg) and various ppq amounts, two
> > dinsync outputs (switchable as mentioned), one dinsync input
> (switchable),
> > two 1/4" clock outputs (switchable), one 1/4" input. I want to
> > interface my whole studio with this bad boy!
> >
>
> Add Midi out to the list, then make it an optional add on so that you only
> pay for it if you need it.
>
> > - Room to turn knobs -
> > I know we've gone over panel design already, but if those knobs are too
> > close together, my clumsy fingers won't be able to grab 'em. The
> > Roland 104
> > knobs are *almost* too close, but not quite.
> >
> > - At least 16 knobs -
> > I can't recall the latest word on this, but I don't want any less
> > than this
> > for live use.
>
> Last I heard was 7 spaces, 16 knobs - which would be 2 rows of 8, in
> slightly less than current MOTM spacing. Could go to 3/4" knobs
> to maintain
> finger room. This still doesn't leave tons of room for push
> buttons and leds
> per stage, input set and output gate jacks per stage, VFD display, alpha
> dial, extra programmable buttons, clock controls and jacks, etc!
>
> My guess is that it will end up taking a full 10 spaces.
>
> > - Rest switches -
> > Switches (buttons) above or below each knob that designate a
> > rest. Put LEDs
> > in them to show that a step is active. Make these double as the
> > aforementioned pattern-length buttons, and you can put *two* LEDs in
> > each--one two show "on" and one to show "last step."
> >
>
> This is a great idea. Seems trickier to implement in CV/Gate land than in
> MIDI land. If you just hook a seq. output to a VCO's pitch, then a rest is
> not possible. You'd need something that provides a gate or
> trigger for every
> stage that is NOT a rest, and gate the VCO with a VCA.
>
> OK folks, David stepped up to the plate, now it's your turn!
>
> Moe
>
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