MOTM

I think this would be cool, especially if you had some options on the
scaling. I.e., there could be a rotary switch or whatever to select
temperaments or something.

Do you think it would be able to produce those "Seaview sonar" type sounds?
;)

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	jwbarlow@... [mailto:jwbarlow@...] 
Sent:	Wednesday, 03 January, 2001 12:24 PM
To:	motm@egroups.com
Subject:	Re: [motm] I think I'm gonna arpeggiate


In a message dated 1/3/2001 8:11:22 AM, bigd@... writes:

>Id rather see efforts in this area put into a
>sequncer of some kind.  Most arpegiator effects can be achived in a
analogue
>sequencer, and then the benefits of alos having a sequencer! 

I know we've discussed this before. Given the improbability of the MOAS ever

actually happening (and Paul's decision to push DoMOAS back for a while) a 
reasonable alternative which would cover at least a basic sequencer and the 
arpeggiator desires might be a very simple digital (there! I said it!) 
sequencer which would take a voltage in, allow it to be quantized (to 
semitones, quarter tones or even less), and store that voltage in memory to
a 
length of N steps. An external clock could then be applied (to a clock input

of course) so the module would have all the stored voltages appear in 
sequence at the output for all N cycles and then recycle. You could probably

add hold, up/down, reset inputs without any trouble. 

I bet this would be a simple and rather cheap module to build (INPUT -- ADC 
-- PIC + controls -- DAC -- OUTPUT). I bet Crow has already built one of 
these.

It would hardly replace a sequencer IMO, but it could be a very useful
module.
John (who thought that maybe UK Paul found himself on the submarine Seaview 
when he mentioned having to fight off a fake squid attack) Barlow