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Re: Imitative Synthesis and Implications for Hardware

2007-04-26 by rogerpellegrini

> Now, I'm not saying that there is no way a digital filter could make
> a good module, but it would need an interface as intuitive and be as
> conducive to voltage control as the other MOTM filters.
> 
> Just to throw things out there, I think these would make good 
digital modules:
> 
> Pitch-to-CV converter
> CV quantizer
> voltage controlled pulse divider
> Clock-synced LFO
> voltage controlled sampler
> voltage controlled pitch shifter
> CV recorder
> CV/Gate sequencer
> voltage controlled reverb
> voltage controlled non-linear delay

Interesting and perfectly valid point of view.  You appear to 
approach the problem as someone primarily interested in using the 
modular synth as a self contained compositional tool - i.e. a system 
that allows for interesting automated sequences, with events and 
modulation determined by the processes defined by the patch.  Hence 
your primary interest in quantizers, pulse dividers, sequencers, CV 
recorders, clock-synced LFO's as well as voltage controlled FX 
devices.  Consistent with that perfectly valid point of view, you 
make no comment on the beauty of Ken's sounds.  My interest is not at 
all in the degree to which my modular can be configured as a free-
standing generator, but instead I'm interested in using it to produce 
some nice sounds.  I think both approaches to the modular are 
perfectly valid.  The machine can be configured to suit different 
situations.  I suggest that the module we've been discussing would be 
very useful for those among us interested in creating nice sounds 
that may or may not be reminiscent of traditional instruments.  
Certainly, if I were to be able to create a string sound, simply and 
with just a few modules that sounds anything like Ken's, I'd be very 
happy!  I'd imagine Paul might have quite a few other customers who 
would be quite happy as well.  

I am suggesting that an analog synth with that sort of sonic 
capability would be absolutely groundbreaking.  (Well, I guess it 
wouldn't be totally analog, at that point . . .)

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