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--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, "cray5656" <amni56@...> wrote:
>
> hi all
> I have a month to go before i get my Buchla and was wondering if the
> 250e AFG will be able to sequence my EMS Synthi AKS via this 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Sequencer-Cable-VCS3-Synthi-AKS-EMS-
Putney_W0QQitemZ230288463095QQcmdZViewItem?
hash=item230288463095&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177
> 
> ????
>


I still don't have a Buchla (been waiting a while but the little I've bought hasn't shown up).  

Okay so that adaptor takes care of accessing the Synthi's gate (which is only on a socket 
connector like that or a mod to the synthi). I'd think you'd need something to get rid of 
the Buchla's trigger which might be hot enough for the synthi.

Since they are both linear CV and the Synthi is lower scaled, trimming the pitch CV is 
necessary and should work fine if you want to try to get the Buchla pitch values to 
correspond on the synthi. You could use the external input trimmer on the synthi if you 
aren't using the external in for something else. But you'd bypass that with the adaptor 
cable you mention. Something to trim with should be easy enough to find or build.

An extra twist you've probably discovered if you have any sort of external control system 
for the synthi is that you get a voltage drop as you matrix patch in the second VCO and 
likely a few other modulation combos as the matrix isn't properly buffered. I'll always 
patch in and scale both VCOs and then turn down their volumes if not needed right away.