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Re: [motm] Re: 120 (was: first post)

2005-03-27 by Richard Brewster

It's the cross product mode that makes the MOTM 120 really interesting, 
especially when used a control module for aleatoric patches.  The 
individual pulse outputs of the DB-120 board come in handy to control 
envelope generators, sync-able LFOs, and of course the MOTM-700.

-Richard Brewster

Michael Zacherl (aka TonTaub) wrote:

>When Andy Wilson donated his 120 for the raffle last year in Cambridge I wasn't
>sure if I want to win it. ( http://www.modulus-music.com/synthdiyuk/2004/ )
>However, meanwhile I think it's a pretty much underrated module.
>Just picture the possibilities in combination with a S&H, etc.
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>I wonder how Alan's doing with his 120. ;-)
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>    Michael.
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>Quoting Scott Juskiw <scott@...>:
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>>At 6:10 AM +0000 2005/03/26, Jim Carlile wrote:
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>>>How does the DB-120 expand the stock 120's capabilities?  I see the 4
>>>individual outs which seems like it could come in handy.. what the
>>>heck is the staircase output like?
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>>Those four individual outputs are the main advantage. Consider it to
>>be like a non voltage controlled pulse divider. The staircase wave is
>>like a digital ramp wave created from a binary weighting of the four
>>individual outs. In ASCII art:
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>>       _|   |
>>     _|     |
>>   _|       |
>>_|          |
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