Adam, I am managing to put together a few original Expressionist as time permits. I have a couple here now ready to go AND I just found a few more new chassis without any scratches. A couple were scratched just from improper handling. If you REALLY want one, I can get one together for you. Regards, Tony Karavidas Encore Electronics http://www.EncoreElectronics.com Designers of "The best MIDI to CV converter on the planet." -Keyboard Oct. 1997 > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Schabtach [mailto:adam@...] > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 8:20 PM > To: MOTM listserv > Subject: [motm] Newbie question: MIDI to CV options > > > Greetings, all-- > > Forgive me if this is an FAQ, but I've perused the archives of > this list and > haven't been able to find a consensus in answer. > > I'm interested in purchasing a MIDI to CV converter to control my MOTM > synth-in-progress. I was planning to put off this purchase until the synth > itself is mostly finished, but now I have discovered that such a converter > is a handy source of known voltage values for calibrating filters and > oscillators. Hence I'm thinking about buying one sooner rather than later. > > These seem to be my options: > > -Encore Expressionist - generally highly regarded, and Tony sure > seemed like > a nice fellow when I met him at NAMM. But apparently it's not currently > available, pending release of the new version sometime later this > year, and > Tony by his own recent admission is kind of tied up with other things, > possibly making the release date of the new Expressionist even > more hazy...? > And they don't seem to pop up on eBay very often. :-) > > -Kenton Pro 2000 - Paul sells 'em so they must be good, right? > > -Paia midi2cv8 - yes, I know that mentioning Paia and MOTM in the same > sentence is like mentioning Yugo and Porsche in the same > sentence. I'm just > wondering whether anyone has tried one. I realize that I'd have > to fabricate > my own MOTM-style panel and possibly add a voltage regulator to get the > right power to it. > > -synthesizers.com's module - actually I've mostly ruled this out because I > want more CV outputs than it provides. > > Have I overlooked any options? Any comments, suggestions, etc. from owners > or users of any of these modules are most welcome. It is probably worth > mentioning that I am at least as interested in using this device > to generate > modulation voltages from MIDI messages as I am in using it for > the standard > MIDI-note to CV/gate conversion. > > Thanks much, > --Adam > > -- > Adam Schabtach > adam@... > http://www.studionebula.com > (Drop by to see MOTM project weblog and photos) > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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RE: [motm] Newbie question: MIDI to CV options
2002-04-21 by Tony Karavidas
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