MOTM

I don't understand the issues here.

You want a quantizer: what is a "quantizer"? Well it takes a continuous
voltage
and assigns it to discrete steps. What better to do this than a uP? That
way, under
software, you can have YES/NO quantizing for EVERY pot. You can quantize to
both
chromatic and non-chromatic scales. You can save the setting in EEPROM. You
can have
equal time-per-step like a Moog 960 JUST AS EASY as you can have a data
entry knob
and set the time between notes (relative or in MIDI clocks).

This sequencer DOES NOT REQUIRE MIDI at all. The "default" configuration is
a super Moog 960.
The 8051 has a FREE UART that is 100% MIDI compatible and I have the code
already written!
(used in my Master's Thesis).

You want different triggers? What better way than a uP? Repeat on stage N,
random stages, cycle N times then stop,
wait for N pulses then RUN, etc etc etc. This is HARD in hardware but EASY
in software. All you do is hook the
clock to the Interrupt pin.

I'm NOT trying to make a Maq. I'm trying NOT to use 25 chips to do what a
8051 can do in 3.

Paul S.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gur Milstein <gur-m@...>
To: motm@onelist.com <motm@onelist.com>
Date: Sunday, April 04, 1999 6:53 PM
Subject: [motm] Re: Daughter of MOAS


>From: Gur Milstein <gur-m@...>
>
>Hi.
>no no no just not a maq clone it sucks.
>i dont know what to say no more,i hate this hybride sequencers.
>i want a simple analog sequencer,i want a smart quantizer not just
>the cromatic scale,i liked a lot the doep... desighn both
>of the triger sequencer and the quantizer chack it out.
>if the non MOAS would cost 400-500$ then how much the MOAS
>would cost 2000$,its crazy.
>for a guy like me how dont use MIDI at all i need lots
>of sequencers so do i gone end up with 5000$ of sequencer's ?
>
>thanx
>Gur Milstein
>
>At 06:27 PM 4/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
>>
>>Well, here is a thought for an intermediate version (non-MOAS).
>>
>>1) Use Spectrol 248 conductive plastic pots (the black ones on the '110
>>kit). I get those for
>>about $2.75ea.
>>
>>2) Use a 12-bit ADC to read them in, and a 12-bit DAC for the output.
>>
>>3) Use a 8051 uP (I have full-tilt boogy tools for 8051 and as a warning I
>>LOVE assembly).
>>
>>4) Use a standard 2 line 16char LCD display or I have a surprise for an
>>equivalent. Both cost me about $20.
>>
>>This would fit in a 3U wide, kit would be $400-500, and you get 1X16, 2X8
>>with EEPROM program storage,
>>sync to MIDI clock, etc etc etc. Glide, quantizer, SW upgrades off the
net,
>>blah blah blah.
>>
>>Takers????
>>
>>Paul S.
>>Mr. Mico
>>
>>
>>
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