Re: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-02 by The Old Crow
... The ratio divider, type 1 *is* meant for frequencies 50Hz. Handling sequencer clocks is a different matter and will have its own uC-based
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Re: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-02 by JWBarlow@xxx.xxx
I admit this isn t the kind of thing I ve been thinking about, but it does sound interesting! I also liked your idea about the PPL based module, but I too have
Re: String module...
1999-11-02 by J. Larry Hendry
... OK Chris, I sent you that wire today you asked for. You will notice it is tied in a noose after that comment... LH
Re: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-02 by J. Larry Hendry
... You should start a PWM chain letter to five of your friends and put your name at the bottom of the list. ROTFLMAO LH (feeling Stoogey)
Re: Thoughts on gate & trigger processing modules
1999-11-02 by J. Larry Hendry
... to ... Scott, this is easy. 275 parameters = 275 knobs. See... Larry (wants hundreds of knobs) Hendry
Re: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-02 by J. Larry Hendry
... Yep, I can see something like this. Analogish strings run through the 410 filter. Lots of whooshing and swishing. Would there be any way that some KNOB
Re: Thoughts on gate & trigger processing modules
1999-11-02 by The Old Crow
... Heh heh... In 1987 I built what is easily my most complicated device in terms of controls: a complete DX-7 parameter entry system. It was built into a
Re: FW: Tomita Snowflakes / Speaking of strings...
1999-11-02 by The Old Crow
... Scan this and send it to me! I ll translate it. ^^ --Crow /**/
Off-Topic: EMusic Album
1999-11-02 by Tkacs, Ken
Apologies for the OT note, but the spirit moves me: I was just flipping through the CDs for some BG music, and I pulled an album that many of you may enjoy,
FW: String module...
1999-11-02 by Tkacs, Ken
VC phase for each sub-octave...? We need that Shapard Function Generator!! ... From: Paul Schreiber But *imagine* a super-120 with a) individual outs b) VC
FW: String module...
1999-11-02 by Tkacs, Ken
I thought you said in an Email a month ago that you *liked* analog delays? You can do a lot with the PICs... if you know what you re doing... I don t. :( ...
FW: Tomita Snowflakes / Speaking of strings...
1999-11-02 by Tkacs, Ken
Tomita s Sound Creature is a pretty rare album, I think--at least in the States (Tomita albums in *general* are pretty rare these days). I found it as an
Re: String module...
1999-11-02 by Paul Schreiber
Correct, the 120 sums the sub-octaves together. But *imagine* a super-120 with a) individual outs b) VC phase for each suboctave c) VCA for each output Nice
Re: String module...
1999-11-01 by hodad1@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Okay, I ve got questions. First, I love string patches on my Dx 100, & I probably have more experience programming & tweaking string patches on that than
Re:Yeah, Baby, Yeah!!! WARNING
1999-11-01 by J. Larry Hendry
If you order this CD, DO NOT get the insurance unless someone is home to sign. Mine arrived today but it arrived signature required and I actually work during
Re: String module...
1999-11-01 by Christopher Jeris
... Awww, does this mean no MOTM VC analog delay? John hasn t said whether the Blacet Time Machine will be offered in kit form at all ... :) (no hurry, I have
Re: Tomita Snowflakes / Speaking of strings...
1999-11-01 by Paul Schreiber
... The original design is a bitch, because of cap tolerances and the small GB (gain-bandwidth) of the op amps used. Today, we use OP275s, 2% caps, 1%
Re: String module...
1999-11-01 by Paul Schreiber
BBDs...eeech!!! Rather use a digital approach. a) I can get 32K x 8 SRAMs for $1.20. That s 1 second of delay at 32Khz sample rate. b) I can get 512K x 8 SRAMS
RE: String module...
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
... I have this vision of duplicating the Korg Polysix s voltage-controlled effects board as a MOTM. It would be a fierce one for kit-builders,
RE: Tomita Snowflakes / Speaking of strings...
1999-11-01 by Dave Bradley
... Not familiar with Sound Creature . Does he actually speak on it, and talk about his synthesis technique? Have you got this album? ... He does use
RE: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
... Heh, I already answered a PWM DAC question on another list, so I m safe for today--especially with this talk of strings. :) I want to use pulse outputs
RE: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
... A uC sawtooth generator is a bit more involved than a pulse generator, but once the basic phase accumulator is working it is a relatively simple matter to
RE: Re:Yeah, Baby, Yeah!!! WARNING
1999-11-01 by Dave Bradley
That s why all my MOTM stuff gets sent to work, where there is a full time shipping department. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that it s harder
RE: String module...
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
I ll try to remember to bring the Trident Service Manual and the Anderton article in tomorrow. It may not be easy pulling the string section alone out of the
RE: String module...
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
... I was going to flip through the old String N Thingz manual to see what elements could prove useful in a module. ... Send me copies/scans of the string
RE: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
A sawtooth and a narrow pulse have very similar frequency spectra. (But with a pulse, you can pulse width modulate a little bit for extra animation, simulating
RE: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-01 by Dave Bradley
OK, cool! Now, 2 other things: 1. Don t sawtooth waves sound more like strings than pulse? Any way to get around that? 2. You have 8 voice polyphony generated
RE: Tomita Snowflakes / Speaking of strings...
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
My understanding is that he used a lot of oscillators with PWM, and fed that through some Roland delay units for that super-space string sound. I don t know
RE: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
... Octave divider(s), yes. *But* ...programmed in uC code. I can make coarse or fine changes in pitch by altering the period registers. Based on a MIDI or
Tomita Snowflakes / Speaking of strings...
1999-11-01 by Dave Bradley
Speaking of strings, does anyone know if the killer strings Tomita synthesized on Snowflakes Are Dancing was due primarily to the Moog String Filter, or were
RE: String module...
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
I shouldn t admit this, but I had a similar thought about two weeks ago... wondering if the pulse-division methodology in the PAIA Stringz & Thingz could be
RE: In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-01 by Dave Bradley
Tell me more! Top octave / divide down generated stuff? How do you solve the problem of detuned oscillators, where the beating frequencies don t remain
In a moment of clarity...
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
Tinkering with a balky piece of equipment in the lab today, my mind wandered over to more pleasant things--such as MOTM module ideas. I had this sudden
Yeah, Baby, Yeah!!!
1999-11-01 by CHRIS PARKER
Hello List! I just had a fantastic weekend, and needed to tell everyone! When I got home last Friday, there on my doorstep was the new Wendy Carlos
RE: Teletubbies (was: thoughts from a newbie)
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
No that s okay. It s actually... kind of..... hyp...no...tic... Again! Again! ... From: Paul R Bower [mailto:vulture.squadron@syol.com] From: Paul R Bower
RE: Re: AlgoComp, was Subotnick
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
Thanks for the info! ... From: Thomas Hudson [mailto:thudson@cygnus.com] ... You may find some interesting stuff at: http://geneticmusic.com/software/index.htm
Re: Re: thoughts from a newbie / rapidly becoming old lag
1999-11-01 by Paul R Bower
... yeah, sorry about that... cheerspaulb
Re: AlgoComp, was Subotnick
1999-11-01 by Thomas Hudson
... You may find some interesting stuff at: http://geneticmusic.com/software/index.htm Another interesting program you can find free on the net is Music Box.
RE: Custom Chips
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
... You know, once you learn how to work with SMDs, its not that difficult. In fact, these days I can solder/desolder SMDs *faster* than through-hole
RE: Thoughts on gate & trigger processing modules
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
This reminds me--I ve been tinkering around with NCO programs for a fast microcontroller. Input a 24-bit binary digit representing the setpoint
RE: Custom Chips
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
Man, that s very sad. You re probably correct, but that bums me out big time. I already have friends who are musicians, engineers, etc., and can t understand
Re: Custom Chips (was:Thinking on Mixer)
1999-11-01 by The Old Crow
... Yes and no. The military uses incredible quantities of DIP-packaged stuff, and changing the standards that form their vendor design requirements is *very*
RE: Our Team
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
A through-zero VCO? Cool!!
RE: Modular Synth Comparison Table
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
Text Wrap is available in Excel, too. When it comes to tables, there s not much, if anything, that Word can do that Excel can t. Select cells, right-click,
RE: Thoughts on gate & trigger processing modules
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
It s like the sub-harmonic divider, but goes up instead of down, no? You can use a phase-locked look and divider network to theoretically create harmonics
RE: Yet MORE cabinet rail stuff
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
Really? You can t find rails longer than 12U? Hmm, I ll have to look around. I have some rails that I bout 10 years ago (don t remember where) that are, no
Re: Custom Chips (was:Thinking on Mixer)
1999-11-01 by Paul Schreiber
Well, I was a telephony designer in a previous life (central office analog-to-T1 muxes) and he is correct. And, since I had CO designs, they needed *written*
RE: Subotnick
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
Funny you should mention algorithmic control. This weekend, I was cleaning out some old floppy discs and I came upon a copy of Cool Shoes Sound Globs, a
RE: Custom Chips (was:Thinking on Mixer)
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
In a casual conversation with a friend who is an engineer in the telephony community, he told me that he is FORBIDDEN to design anything using a part that is
RE: Never Touched an Arp
1999-11-01 by Tkacs, Ken
If it makes you feel any better, I used to look at pictures of the 2600 and think that it was one of my dream machines. But then in the very late seventies I