MOTM

Sorry for this slightly off-topic question. I have a Korg Delta; a low 
budget synth/organ/string keyboard (top-divided VCO, I belive)from 
1981. It has inputs for "vcf fcm" and "trigger". Can I control this 
thing with my Kenton Pro-2000? Hz/volt? Can I damage anything if I 
just give it a go?

Thanx,
Mr. Nezumi

My guess is no.  My understanding is limited.  I will throw out what I know
and think I know for those more informed to build on or correct.  The "vcf
fcm" sounds like it might be for foot pedal to control the filter frequency
cut-off.  Is the trigger is more likely an output?  Or, is it labeled input?

If I remember this board correctly, it is more of what I would call an
ensemble than a synth.  Since you have all tones available at once, there is
no such thing as voltage control of any oscillator (remember that are all
derived from top-down division).  So, it is more organ like.  The tones are
simply keyed into the mix, but are active all the time.

The advantage of these machines is unlimited poly.  However, you usually do
not have much control over waveshape (maybe some tabs).  They can make some
boss analog string sounds with appropriate external processing.  How about
running the output through your MOTM-410?

Larry H

----- Original Message -----
From: <mrnezumi@...>
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Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 11:20 AM
Subject: [motm] [OT] Korg Delta/Kenton Pro-2000


Sorry for this slightly off-topic question. I have a Korg Delta; a low
budget synth/organ/string keyboard (top-divided VCO, I belive)from
1981. It has inputs for "vcf fcm" and "trigger". Can I control this
thing with my Kenton Pro-2000? Hz/volt? Can I damage anything if I
just give it a go?

Thanx,
Mr. Nezumi





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Thanks for the comments Larry. I have owned the
Delta for several years, but I am far from the
original owner. I have never been able to locate an
owner's manual and there is conflicting/confusing
info on the web. I agree that the "VCF fcm in" is
most likely for a foot pedal (but I'm ignorant as
to what the difference is between a CV from the
Kenton and a CV from a pedal - though with the
introduction of the 850 I'm gathering there is
one). The trigger is most definetly an input, as it
has a trigger output jack as well. Whereas it does
have "full" polyphony, I had hoped the maybe it
could be controlled monophonically with the trigger
in. I'm at loss for what else it could trigger. I
put 'full' in quotations because even though it has
polyphony it has only one envelope for all voices.
This can be used to great effect, but it is a
one-trick-pony. The Delta does a passable (but far
from great) string sound, but it really excels at
robot era Kraftwerk sounds. There are trim pots to
tweak the Q and cut-off and it can be made to
squeal in an acidic manner. If I pipe in a CV from
the Kenton through the trigger-in could it hurt
anything? Hz/v?

Thanx,
Mr. Nezumi
(meow)


--- "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...> wrote:
> My guess is no.  My understanding is limited.  I
> will throw out what I know
> and think I know for those more informed to build
> on or correct.  The "vcf
> fcm" sounds like it might be for foot pedal to
> control the filter frequency
> cut-off.  Is the trigger is more likely an
> output?  Or, is it labeled input?
> 
> If I remember this board correctly, it is more of
> what I would call an
> ensemble than a synth.  Since you have all tones
> available at once, there is
> no such thing as voltage control of any
> oscillator (remember that are all
> derived from top-down division).  So, it is more
> organ like.  The tones are
> simply keyed into the mix, but are active all the
> time.
> 
> The advantage of these machines is unlimited
> poly.  However, you usually do
> not have much control over waveshape (maybe some
> tabs).  They can make some
> boss analog string sounds with appropriate
> external processing.  How about
> running the output through your MOTM-410?
> 
> Larry H
> 
-
> From: <mrnezumi@...>
> 
> Sorry for this slightly off-topic question. I
> have a Korg Delta; a low
> budget synth/organ/string keyboard (top-divided
> VCO, I belive)from
> 1981. It has inputs for "vcf fcm" and "trigger".
> Can I control this
> thing with my Kenton Pro-2000? Hz/volt? Can I
> damage anything if I
> just give it a go?
> 
> Thanx,
> Mr. Nezumi
> 
> 


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