Re: [microsound] nord micromodular

["Chris (the Hex)" <hex314@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Steven Taylor" <kung.funk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Its a very nice tactile alternative to pure software synthesis, and offers
a good alternative to programs like
> super collider/generator, in combination it offers fantastic possibilities
(but alas
> no midi out from internal sequencers.. well not yet.

Yeah, the no-MIDI-out limitation is unfortunate.  I tried a little
experiment that almost got me around this -- well, for cc's anyway.  See, I
figured that the control paths and audio paths on the Nord Micro seemed
pretty interchangeable, and since the control signals could be used to
modulate anything inside the modular, why not?

So I set up a patch with lots of interconnected, slow LFOs and sent the
control signal directly to the Nord's outputs.  Then I plugged the outputs
into my Peavey 1600x control voltage input and something happened!  The cc
values read by the slider box jumped around.  I fiddled with the patch until
there was nothing left but a single LFO being routed to the outputs, but it
still only varied from about 0 to 30 instead of through the full 0 to 127
range.

It seems that the Micro is capable of outputting a control voltage, but it's
not scaled to a range the Peavey wants;  it expects a 0-10 volt signal.  If
I could figure out what the exact min and max voltages are being sent by the
Micro and put together some voltage scaling circuitry, it could work.  But
I'm not good enough at electronics.  If someone designed such a thing, I
could build it, but I can't figure it out from scratch.

So, some food for thought.

<uku>

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