[sdiy] voltage controllers!

[mveneziale at LandAm.com]

right... i knew about the volume pedal not being a volume pedal.  i wasn't at the top of my game when you told me about this.  maybe i didn't have my coffee or something.

come to think of it, it was pretty idiotic of me not to realize how simple this is.  paul, you are truly diplomatic for not ripping me here!  :-D

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Perry [mailto:pfperry at melbpc.org.au]
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:11 PM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] voltage controllers!


At 03:24 PM 7/03/02 -0500, mveneziale wrote:
>i have recently purchased the Frostwave Resonator.  this thing is
fantastical. > being an analog unit, it accepts external control from
voltage controllers.  >being a guitarist as well as a synth guy (and yes,
this sounds really cool on >guitar), having CV pedals would be ideal.  the
trouble is, there aren't any >"active" CV pedals out there.  
>...........
>paul perry at frostwave told me how to control voltage using a guitar, a
cable, >a 9v battery, and a volume pedal.  seeing as how i'm running into a
pedalboard >with the resonator at the end of my direct signal (after volume,
wah, and >distortion), i wouldn't want to fool with voltage flowing through
all of my >pedals, which are already powered.

TRhere is some confusion here.
The modified volume pedal isn't used as a volume pedal.
It sits out there all by itself, with it's 9v battery connected to the
input, and the output plugged into the Frostwave CV input. So the battery
connected to the modified pedal, goes nowhere near anything else. And the
signal chain goes nowhere near the modified volume pedal. Which isn't a
volume pedal any more.

paul perry (Frostwave) Melbourne Australia


>
>sooooo... my queries are as follows:
>
>1. does ANYONE know if true active CV pedals exist anymore, i.e., those
which can actually control the voltage going into a unit?
>
>2. if so, where can i get two?  :-D
>
>3. if not, does anyone know how to make one?
>
>thank you!
>
>-m
>
>