MOTM

On 3/8/06, Dale Kay (Inquisitor Betrayer) put forth:
>A standard would be needed for all the DAW software to know what was recorded.

The DAW would not need a standard to know what is recorded.  A DAW
can already record events via USB, MIDI, Ethernet from a number of
different sources, and can also generate data internally.  A
Firewire-to-CV, or USB-to-CV converter would be a playback device,
like a MIDI-to-CV converter.  All it would need is a plugin in an
existing standard such as AU or VST to show up in the DAW as a
virtual instrument.  So it would not require any sort of new industry
standard in order to work.

>Some of us record midi and audio together, midi only and audio only
>depending on the need. The USB key board and control surfaces I have
>now, use a driver to do this, such that in Sonar, I can see them,
>select them and record them. Now I can edit them as needed or alter
>then feed back into the system etc.

Well, a device that can *record* CV onto a computer is a separate issue.

However, it could also be done using plugins or drivers that allow it
so show up  as an audio or MIDI source in a DAW, just like the driver
for your USB keyboard.  However, trying to record CV as audio into a
DAW would not be practical and could cause problems with the host,
and using software to convert the data into MIDI would result in a
significant loss of information.

Imho, recording and editing CV information to its full advantage
would require a stand-alone application.  For example, Numerology is
an excellent stand-alone sequencer application for OSX.  While it can be
synchronized and exchange data with a DAW, it works on its own like a
virtual hardware sequencer with different modules than can create
clocks, lfo's, gates, pitches, etc. than can be patched together in
different ways and used to record tracks without using MIDI.

>All for it if the big boys will make a standard.

All it takes is one company willing to make a product.  No standard is needed.