MOTM

On 8/26/07, Paul Schreiber put forth:
>c) I understand that people change the scale via CV all the time. But, and
>this is an important thing to consider, is it changed *precisely*? Or do
>people "just want it to change" every so often, and not care *exactly* what
>scale is used, just to it's "not the last one".

I would say most people would want to change it to something specific.

>Because this implies 2 things:
>
>1 - the scales are in the 'correct' order
>2 - you are somehow feeding a "target voltage" in there and picking out the
>*exact* scale of interest

That's not necessarily true.  For example, while I rarely ever used
my MiniWave to quantize CV's, I often use it process audio.  Imho,
sweeping through the banks is uselessly chaotic.  Then again, the two
ROMS that I have installed in mine vary greatly from bank to bank.
However, sometimes I do switch from one specific bank to another.  In
that case, by using the bank offset and CV scaling, I can use a gate
or pulse LFO.  Alternately, one could use a comparator, MOTM-700,
etc.  If you wanted to use an EG or LFO for more than two exact
results, you can also use a quantizer to control another quantizer :)

>The other implication is being able to have a "scale librarian" (why I
>prefer the USB model) because then you can re-order the scales/banks around
>to your liking. You *need this* in order to 'sweep through' a scale set in a
>given sequence. Otherwise you are at the mercy of how the scale ordering is
>done at the outset.

That isn't true if you are using a step sequencer, or CC's with
MIDI-to-CV converter -- the internal order of the scales doesn't
matter as you can externally sequence reasonably precise voltages in
any order.

>Many people like this MiniWave feature, but I suspect they just "throw" CVs
>at it an see what comes out :)

While I often I sweep the waves with an EG or LFO to hear what
happens, I can then adjust the modulation source (320, 800, etc.) and
the offset and scaling on the MIniWave itself to get what I want.