From Blandon Ray Sent Fri, Apr 2nd 1999, 18:30
From Blandon Ray Sent Fri, Apr 2nd 1999, 18:30
"Belton @ Seismophonic" wrote: > I was wondering about what you can exactly do with a CV. Meaning, > beyond the typical controlling VCF, VCA, etc... Can you simulate cc > somehow? Like data +/- for any knob on that modular. What I want to > do is: Log all patch cord placement for each specific sound. Automate, > via some CV/MIDI convertor thing, knob movements. Thing is I'm doing some > sound design and the patch cords are the easy part. Knobs are a pain to > log. :) I can't see any reason why you couldn't "automate" knobs with > CV since everything is voltage. It would just be a matter of assigning that > knob to some CV input, right? I need to quickest recall possible for some > clients. Well, in a modular you can really do anything you damn well please with your CVs; that's part of the point. But in answer to your question (if I understand it properly), many modulars have jacks that switch out some normalled connection and essentially replace a knob with a CV input. The source of this voltage can be another module, or a MIDI-CV converter (if you want to convert MIDI CC to control voltage, check the midi2cv8 @ http://www.paia.com or the JKJ Electronics line). If what you want to do is switch hardwired connections based on external signals, I think Doepfer and MOTM offer modules in their systems which an be used for that function as well. In other words, stored control movements and patch changes can in theory be created as MIDI sequences with CCs, etc., converted to CV/gate, switched and routed (with the proper modules), and run through the modular in whatever fashion you desire. Hope this helps... DISCLAIMER: I don't own a modular; I just drool over them until I can afford one. blandon