MOTM

At 04:28 PM 11/29/99 -0600, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>You can get this indirectly with a Kenton Control Freak + a MIDI-to-CV
>converter. 8 sliders, 8 switches,
>all assignable.
>
>Paul S.

Does anyone sell a MIDI controller (or even better, an analog controller -
I don't do MIDI) with joystick(s)?  Unfortunately, the manufacturer of that
other modular system I'm using doesn't sell the
two-joystick/two-button/voltmeter controller except as part of a system
package (fortunately, it does include 1/8"<->1/4" multiple jacks so I can
use it with my MOTM).  Joysticks rule (as any EMS owner will tell you), and
allow control possibilities that are impossible with knobs (at least
impossible to someone as uncoordinated as I).  I guess a Korg Kaoss Pad
could sort of do the "2-D" controller trick (for MIDI users, at least ...
actually, the designer of said other modular system was using a Kaoss Pad
for fx processing of his EMS when he jammed w/us in Chicago a couple months
back).

	-Doug (who can't believe that he hasn't hooked up a CV pedal to his MOTM yet)
	 ceres@...

>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Bivins <dbivins@...>
>To: MOTM <motm@onelist.com>
>Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 6:19 PM
>Subject: [motm] Controllers for modulars
>
>
>> From: "David Bivins" <dbivins@...>
>>
>> It's been a while since anyone's mentioned Tannerins, ribbon controllers,
>> etc. I fantasize about a knob/slider/whatever box that I can use with my
>> modular. Basically it would be a box with some big, weighted knobs (like
>the
>> size of the rotary encoder on the Moog Source), some sliders, some
>buttons,
>> two or three joysticks, etc. and a bunch of CV and gate outputs on the
>back
>> for interfacing to the modular.
>>
>> 1) Is anything like this available?
>> 2) Correct me if I'm wrong (like *that's* never happened on this list),
>but
>> wouldn't such a controller be relatively easy to build given that I'm not
>> trying to scale or anything so precise?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David (who really should be working)