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An Octave Catstick showed up on eBay; I think there was some discussion of this device a few years ago in this forum.  Nice photos here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3733608535

Does anyone have a schematic for this?  Looks like a fun DIY project to clone/improve it.

Ivan

Holy crap that went for a lot!  Hey Larry - how's the progress on that
joystick interface? :)

Cheers,
George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ivancu@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:52 AM
Subject: [motm] Joysticks, Catsticks


> An Octave Catstick showed up on eBay; I think there was some discussion
of this device a few years ago in this forum.  Nice photos here:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3733608535
>
> Does anyone have a schematic for this?  Looks like a fun DIY project to
clone/improve it.
>
> Ivan

I haven't seen any schematics.  Remember that the Catstick has 2 LFOs and 4 
VCAs along with the fixed voltages and the spring loaded joystick.

My Catstick has a modification that allows you to precisely set the maximum 
and minimum X and Y ranges without holding the joystick at the max 
levels.  These are four small switches above the joystick.  You can see it 
here:
http://www.oldtech.com/synth/OctCatstick.html

That Catstick on eBay went for an absurd price!  I thought I paid a lot for 
mine but it makes me consider selling it just for the ROI!

         Eric

At 11:52 AM 7/9/2004 -0400, ivancu@... wrote:

>An Octave Catstick showed up on eBay; I think there was some discussion of 
>this device a few years ago in this forum.  Nice photos here:
>
><http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3733608535>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3733608535
>
>Does anyone have a schematic for this?  Looks like a fun DIY project to 
>clone/improve it.