Module Ideas & Other Stuff
2000-03-24 by alt-mode
Quite a bit of mail on lots of very interesting topics today and yesterday! Let s keep it going! All this has tickled a few brain cells for me too... I think
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AH Party-goers??!?
2000-03-24 by Paul Schreiber
Anyboby going to the AH party in Orlando next weekend??!? If so, give me a ring 888-818-6686. Paul S. BTW: typo in rant: T8 was Sequential s downfall. Nice
Re: [motm] Breaking out of the synth cesspool [even longer]
2000-03-24 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 3/23/2000 9:30:57 PM, synth1@airmail.net writes:
Re: FS1R & SoundDiver
2000-03-24 by alt-mode
SoundDiver 2.1 currently supports the FS1R. It took me a minute to get at all the parameters for the voices but it all seems to be there. I don t know if
Re: [motm] Partial solution, or up your ante!
2000-03-24 by jwbarlow@aol.com
What do you mean up my auntie? Up your auntie Barlow!!! I go to work one day, with a couple of ideas about generating non-harmonic overtones, and come back
Re: [motm] Breaking out of the synth cesspool [even longer]
2000-03-24 by Nathan Hunsicker
On this note i propose that if we ever do get together as a group (with modulars in hand, or car, or moving van) we should play an orchestral piece with each
Spring reverb and amps
2000-03-24 by revtor@aol.com
All, Playing MOTM through an amp. I have a peavy KB60 12x1 amp its nice and loud etc.. I think the reverb is kinda shitty though.. Ive mesed with a 2600 s
Breaking out of the synth cesspool [even longer]
2000-03-24 by Paul Schreiber
Any interest in a rack
2000-03-24 by J. Larry Hendry
I have my MOTM gear is a 44 space free standing rack. It is similar to some of the open frame tele-com racks you may have seen with one exception - The side
Re: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-24 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 7:18:19 PM, synth1@airmail.net writes:
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-24 by ivancu@aol.com
On the Roland VP-70 note, I also have a HEAVILY processed Kalimba (African thumb piano) and hope to trigger some MIDI-based sounds with it. Figured it was
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-24 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 6:51:08 PM, improv@peak.org writes:
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-24 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 6:37:56 PM, nate@etanstudios.com writes:
Modular Zen.. long and pointless
2000-03-24 by revtor@aol.com
Has anyone thought of a modular synth in terms of being an instrument in its own? Im sure you have, but as was mentioned in a previous post the similarities
Re: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-24 by ivancu@aol.com
... Sure there were the Mini solos (pop as well as the Chick Coreas and Jan Hammers of the world), but a big influence on me was the Mini bass sound.
Re: [motm] JH's favorite module... future MOTM exculsive?
2000-03-24 by Paul Schreiber
There are some legal issues to be worked out. Paul S. ... From: To: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 7:14 PM Subject: [motm]
JH's favorite module... future MOTM exculsive?
2000-03-24 by revtor@aol.com
Reading about JH s Int.Scanner got me interested, it does sound like a very cool, very useful module, especially how its set up where any input or scan input
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-24 by improv@peak.org
... So it s not the same unit, but I imagine it s the same technology. The cool thing about this piece is that it took advantage of the unit s inability to
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-24 by Nathan Hunsicker
the vp-70 is a black 1U rackmount unit -Nate
Re: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-24 by Paul Schreiber
There will be some FS1R support in the Version 3 software in May. Wait until then!! ... From: To: Sent:
Re: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-24 by J. Larry Hendry
... Wonderful song from the Flat as a pancake album. I did recently find this on CD. Larry H
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by improv@peak.org
... I saw a performance once that used the vp-70 (I think, is it the small white table-top Roland pitch-to-MIDI box?) in a way that really blew my mind. It was
Re: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-23 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 11:09:47 AM, hodad1@mindspring.com writes:
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Nathan Hunsicker
I hate to trash a piece of equipment, but I had a vp-70 and it was absolutely horrible for tracking and instrument other than an unfiltered vco it rarely
Re: RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 3:41:11 PM, daveb@eai.com writes:
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 3:12:07 PM, ben@amazon.com writes:
RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Dave Bradley
Cool web site! The Voicetracker was one of those few boxes appearing over the years that did not seem to have a reputation for sucking. Dave Bradley Principal
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by hodad1@mindspring.com
On a similar note: In an old Roland Users Group mag, there s an interview with Skunk Baxter talking about guitar synths. He mentions experimenting with using
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Paul Schreiber
Another good, but obscure CD that is 100% guitar synth is Mark Dwane Angels, Aliens, and Archetypes . New-Age-y, lots of FM/D-50 stuff but the entire CD is
RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Dave Bradley
A tape head doesn t do anything special for you over a pickup. Here s one way a P/V converter can work: 1. Filter out as many harmonics as possible so you can
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by improv@peak.org
... Yeah, but to be fair, so does any musical instrument. There seems to be this prevalent attitude that synths are supposed to make us sound good immediately,
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Ben Vehorn
Well, it s not polyphonic or a guitar synth, but I have something called a Fairlight Voicetracker that works really well. It takes an audio signal in and
RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Dave Bradley
The only halfway decent systems I ve heard about in the last few years involve a custom guitar, that does not use pitch to voltage at all. To get around the
RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Dave Bradley
... Precisely this approach has been taken by several guitar synths in the past. Of course, guitar wankers who tried it complained about the feel of the
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 1:40:59 PM, synth1@airmail.net writes:
RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)
Again jumping on the expound-on-random-idea wagon, if normal guitars track better than bass guitars due to lock-in time on low frequencies, then could you
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Paul Schreiber
The Roland GR series uses a hex pickup and 6 pitch-to-cv converters. Success is based on your playing style. It takes months and months of practice to even
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Doug Pearson
... As with any other modular synth application, there s no right answer , but presumably the pitch- CV output will control a VCO, the envelope follower
RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Dave Bradley
Nope. You still would have to have a pitch to voltage converter for each string, assuming you need to generate 1V/Oct cvs to make a VCO track correctly. If you
RE: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)
Perhaps a more complete solution would involve engineering a guitar with outs for each individual string. But then, you re talking about 6-note polyphony for
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by Paul Schreiber
Correct. Pitch-to-voltage is like this Holy Grail that 20 years of research still can t do a decent job. Paul S. ... From: To:
Re: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-23 by james holloway
on the fss list some people have interfaced stuff like KAOS pad or other multi knob boxes to the FS1R. seems to work pretty good for them. I just play with the
Re: [motm] Guitar synthm MOTM style?
2000-03-23 by ivancu@aol.com
In a message dated 03/23/2000 8:21:35 AM, synth1@airmail.net writes:
Re: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-23 by hodad1@mindspring.com
... in ... I agree with this. I really dig mine. But I also agree that the programming interface is wretched. After playing with the FS1R a while you find
RE: [motm] Next filters
2000-03-23 by Dave Bradley
... Bandpass output to go with LP, HP, and notch? Built in VC of filter mode using JH s circuit? Dave Bradley Principal Software Engineer Engineering
RE: [motm] Partially Mad
2000-03-23 by Dave Bradley
JH s interpolating scanner is more suited to this than a sequencer. It already has the VCAs built in to crossfade from one input to another when swept by a CV.
RE: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-23 by Tkacs, Ken
SoS may currently be out of print, then. I think Carlos intends to re-release as much of her stuff as possible (including the Tron and Shining soundtracks) via
RE: [motm] Are there any "new" sounds? [long]
2000-03-23 by Tkacs, Ken
Great comments Paul. I second the suggestion that if you are into Synthesis with a capital S (and if you re using a modular, I think you qualify!), you MUST
RE: [motm] Partially Mad
2000-03-23 by Tkacs, Ken
So you d be directly controlling the waveshape? That could be interesting; I don t think you d get direct control over the partials that way but it could
RE: [motm] Pushing Partials Around/Microtonality
2000-03-23 by Tkacs, Ken
I ll have to see what texts I have. Wendy Carlos discussed this subject a lot in interviews (see Keyboard and EM) when her Beauty in the Beast album came