MOTM

In a message dated 3/30/2000 1:06:34 PM, improv@... writes:

>First, the mail-lady just dropped of my 440! Cool! I wasn't even expecting
>it yet. Now that we'll all be occupied with building these things for a
>few
>days, the list will get back from the Sci-Fi soundtrack digressions.


Yeah, I've been wanting to reply to some of the stuff that was said. I hope 
some OTHERS will comment about BOTH SCI FI soundtracks (I guess other 
electronic/experimental scores as well), and HISTORICAL 
ELECTRONIC/EXPERIMENTAL too -- which are most important to you, most 
important influential to modern music, which would you take to a desert 
island, which would you play to break a lease.

>>From: mark scetta <n0nspaz@...>
>>
>>yes this is what i'm doing with the PC Jr. joystick, leaving the cord
>>length to use it remotely (not housed in a module), just cutting off the
>>end connector, removing the internal capacitors and bringing the X & Y
>100k
>>pot outputs to 1/4" neutrik plugs.  i have not yet determined if i'll
>want
>>to put trimmer pots on them. it's working so far.
>>
>>the FIRE button (oops i'm shouting 'fire' in a small room) will go to
>a
>>custom 1/4" jack in my MOTM custom preamp module, wired to +15v thru a
>>couple of resistors for use as a trigger button. can anyone recommend
>what
>>voltage i should use for this? i was thinking that 7v  was a nice
>>compromise. (?)
>>
>Based on your message, I did this with mine, cut the end off the joystick
>and wired it to the +15V lead, and the outputs to 4 jacks (X + Y CV out,
>top and front button out). Works great, with a few quirks. First, the X
>voltage decreases as you move the stick left. That is, if I patch it to
>control pitch on a VCO, the lowest pitch is at the far left and the highest
>at far right. This seems counter-intuitive, but workable, I can always
>patch it through an inverter.

Is that what you meant to type? Pitch ascends as one moves from left to right 
is counter intuitive? Last time I saw a keyboard.... 

JB