Aries Archive [sdiy] how to build a cv keyboard

[Ingo Debus]

Seb Francis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
>>>Some of us would rather use the analog cicuitry found in the
>>>Aries type - true Control Voltage  keyboards, than the newer
>>>midi to control voltage converters mainly available today.  The
>>>way the keyboards feel and play are completely different.
>>
>>I've heard this observation before.  Having never played a MIDI keyboard, I don't
>>really know what it means.  What is different between the two?  My keyboard has
>>low-note priority, for instance - is it related to note priority?
> 
> 
> Perhaps one of the "nice" things is the fact that the notes are not exactly in tune with each other?  With a MIDI-CV with a decent DAC the notes really are exactly equal temperament, probably not so for an analog keyboard.

Not sure that this is true. An analog keyboard (V/oct) is a string of 
resistors - so the main error source should be resistor tolerance. 
With 1% resistors this can be pretty accurate.

Ingo