MOTM

Blacet has a Preliminary MiniWave graphic on his web site.   Check it 
out.  It looks interesting.

http://www.blacet.com/MW.html

Andy

Yahoo!!  We're getting closer!!

At 12:32 AM 3/2/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Blacet has a Preliminary MiniWave graphic on his web site.   Check it
>out.  It looks interesting.

Based on that graphic, it is identical to the current MiniWave 
featurewise with the addition of a bank attenuator (also present on 
the Stooge panel), and a second set of banks, for twice the number of 
tables. Cool!

I'd still like to see that 8/6/4 bit "Grunge" switch feature...

Moe

--- In motm@y..., andy@g... wrote:
> Blacet has a Preliminary MiniWave graphic on his web site.   Check 
it 

> out.  It looks interesting.
> 
> http://www.blacet.com/MW.html
> 
> Andy

--- In motm@y..., mate_stubb@y... wrote:
> I'd still like to see that 8/6/4 bit "Grunge" switch feature...

If you're getting custom wave EPROMs made, you could always design 
waves with "lower resolution".

In fact, that makes me think that one cool possibility for a wave 
bank would be one that starts with a smooth sine wave (wave 0), which 
becomes a "stair-stepped" (lower resolution) sine wave (waves 1-14), 
that eventually turns into a square wave (lowest possible resolution -
 wave 15).

    -Doug
     ceres@...

Does the Wiard Mini-Wave morph from one wave to the next as on PPGs and
Waldorfs?

Thanks!
Shemp

> Based on that graphic, it is identical to the current MiniWave
> featurewise with the addition of a bank attenuator (also present on
> the Stooge panel), and a second set of banks, for twice the number of
> tables. Cool!
>
> I'd still like to see that 8/6/4 bit "Grunge" switch feature...
>
> Moe

--- In motm@y..., "Tentochi" <tentochi@c...> wrote:
> Does the Wiard Mini-Wave morph from one wave to the next as on PPGs 
and
> Waldorfs?
> 
> Thanks!
> Shemp
> 

Technically no, not in the sense that you specify a beginning 
waveform and an ending waveform, and the module fills in intermediate 
waveforms on the fly.

You CAN sweep via CV through 16 waves in a single bank. Several of 
the banks in the stock ROM are set up to do a morph from wave 0 to 
wave 15. They don't calculate the intermediate waves on the fly - the 
intermediate steps are already burned into the ROM, but the audio 
effect is still the same. If you set the input switch to bipolar mode 
( +/-5V ), the module allows switching from one wave to the next only 
on zero crossings, so you don't get audio glitches as it changes 
waves.

So practically, yes you CAN morph, you just are limited to whatever 
is burned into the ROM, and 16 waves per morph max. If the timbre 
shift is drastic from one end to the other, you will hear some 
timbral stepping, since 16 waves isn't always enough. This is why the 
idea of a ZIF socket and ROM burner is attractive - designing your 
own custom morph banks.

Moe

I don't suppose any of you would want to sell me your Stooge version 
of the Blacet/Wiard Mini-Wave would you?  I'd even be willing to pay 
a bit of a premium.  I was too late to the game for the initial order.

If you do send me a note at chupacba@...

Thanks,

JP