MOTM

Well, I threw together my MOTM-300, and have a very simplistic (and 
kludgy) hard-sync patch running right now.

This is the first time I've had the MOTM making anything by itself 
(aside from a medicore chaos patch between a 320 and a 420 RES 10 as an 
osc)... and now I understand the idea of a modular addiction.

MOTM 420 self-oscillating, run through the MOTM-120 to make the output a 
square wave (and higher-level), using that output as a SYNC source for 
the 300, and using the 320 as an FM source on the 300.  Of course, at a 
low 'rate' on the 320, you get those great hard-sync sweeps, but as you 
increase the 320 to audio frequencies, the sound goes... well, you know.

BUT IT DOESN'T GO HIGH ENOUGH!  Clearly I need an 'actual' (see: 
full-range) oscillator to drive the FM on my 300, or at least some sort 
of DC source (no midi->CV converter yet...) to bring the 320 up an 
octave or two.

God, the sounds coming out of this are amazing.  As the hard-sync 
'sweeps' (using the LFO's sawtooth output) past certain frequencies, 
there's a 'resonance' effect when the frequencies it hits are 
mathematically related to the sync source (octave, 5th, whatever)

Man.

Ok, I'm done ranting now, but clearly i need more oscillators.  Actual 
modulars beat the snot out of VA, and I've been using virtual modulars 
since Generator 1.0.

-Geoff

On Tuesday 22 June 2004 09:41, Overand wrote:
> BUT IT DOESN'T GO HIGH ENOUGH! \ufffdClearly I need an
> 'actual' (see: full-range) oscillator to drive the FM on
> my 300, or at least some sort of DC source (no midi->CV
> converter yet...) to bring the 320 up an octave or two.

Do you have an '800 available? It can be used as a constant 
CV source. Plug its output into the '320 FM input. Turn up 
the '320 FM dial. IRRC, this does the trick to bring it to 
a way higher frequency range.

- Robert

Wow, excellent idea!  I'm saving my 800 kit for when my girlfriend gets 
back from out-of-state.  I thought it'd be a good one to start her out 
on.  Of course, she's left me hanging as to if she's still going to be 
my girlfriend when she returns (ouch), so now I'm debating just 
assembling it.

(Maybe the problem is the approach.  Instead of handing her flowers, I 
hand her a soldering iron.  Hmm...)

Also, I've got a UEG on the way, so that shoult make things 
interesting.  Man, what I wouldn't do for a Midi->CV converter right 
now, though.  Curse Paul and his MOTM-650, if it weren't for that coming 
out, I'd probably have bought an expressionist, or some kenton box or 
other.  I just can't see myself needing more than 4 channels, though, so 
I can't bring myself to spend money on more than one midi->CV converter.

Donations?  <grin>

-Geoff

Robert van der Kamp wrote:

> On Tuesday 22 June 2004 09:41, Overand wrote:
> > BUT IT DOESN'T GO HIGH ENOUGH!  Clearly I need an
> > 'actual' (see: full-range) oscillator to drive the FM on
> > my 300, or at least some sort of DC source (no midi->CV
> > converter yet...) to bring the 320 up an octave or two.
>
> Do you have an '800 available? It can be used as a constant
> CV source. Plug its output into the '320 FM input. Turn up
> the '320 FM dial. IRRC, this does the trick to bring it to
> a way higher frequency range.
>
> - Robert

>(Maybe the problem is the approach. Instead of handing her flowers, I
hand her a soldering iron. Hmm...)<


Which end?

Therein could lie the problem...


johnm

On Tuesday 22 June 2004 10:07, Overand wrote:
> Wow, excellent idea! \ufffdI'm saving my 800 kit for when my
> girlfriend gets back from out-of-state. \ufffdI thought it'd
> be a good one to start her out on. \ufffdOf course, she's left
> me hanging as to if she's still going to be my girlfriend
> when she returns (ouch), so now I'm debating just
> assembling it.

You could also try an LFO in that same '320 FM input, just 
to see what it does.

Sorry to hear about your gf...

- Robert

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Overand <overand@o...> wrote:
> Wow, excellent idea!  I'm saving my 800 kit for when my girlfriend 
gets 
> back from out-of-state.  I thought it'd be a good one to start her 
out 
> on.  Of course, she's left me hanging as to if she's still going to 
be 
> my girlfriend when she returns (ouch), so now I'm debating just 
> assembling it.
> 
> (Maybe the problem is the approach.  Instead of handing her 
flowers, I 
> hand her a soldering iron.  Hmm...)

Maybe you should just move...

Build the '800, dude.  Tell her to call if she feels like it. She's 
just toying with you.  There's a lot of girls out there, but few have 
the range of your modular synth. 

Seriously- if I can find love, ANYONE can!

Chub - advice for the love-lorn AND electronics experimenter alike...

Sorry to drag personal crap to the list.

She's "left me hanging" in a very temproary sense.  I'm going to pick 
her up from her out-of-state trip today, we're not 'out of 
communcation.'  And there are lots of girls out there, but there's only 
one who I taught how to use Buzz, and only one who I hiked a few hundred 
miles of the appalachain trail with.  If possible, I'd like to stick 
with her.

End of topic.

-Geoff

charlesosthelder wrote:

>--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Overand <overand@o...> wrote:
>  
>
>> <>Wow, excellent idea! I'm saving my 800 kit for when my girlfriend 
>> gets<>back from out-of-state. I thought it'd be a good one to start 
>> her out on. Of course, she's left me hanging as to if she's still 
>> going to be my girlfriend when she returns (ouch), so now I'm 
>> debating just assembling it.<>(Maybe the problem is the approach. 
>> Instead of handing her flowers, I hand her a soldering iron. Hmm...)
>
>
>Maybe you should just move...
>
>Build the '800, dude.  Tell her to call if she feels like it. She's 
>just toying with you.  There's a lot of girls out there, but few have 
>the range of your modular synth. 
>
>Seriously- if I can find love, ANYONE can!
>
>Chub - advice for the love-lorn AND electronics experimenter alike...
>