200e

Thanks for the info. more to think about...

--david

--- In 200e@yahoogroups.com, Chris Muir <cbm@...> wrote:
>
> At 9:31 PM +0000 5/14/06, david rothbaum wrote:
> >do the buchla modules incorporate well into a frac system? are there
> >any weird issues with grounding if you were to make some banana to
> >1/8' cables? differences with the control voltages etc. the basic
> >question is how well does the buchla work with the other modern
modulars.
> 
> Keep in mind that my knowledge is theoretical. I have a Buchla
system on order, but don't yet have it in hand.
> 
> You would definitely need a good source of ground. A banana jack on
the back would probably do. I don't know how Buchla handles this.
> 
> Electrically, Buchla's "standards" pre-date the currently accepted
"standards" of 1V/oct, etc.
> 
> Buchla uses 1.2 V/oct (.1v / semitone), so some gain or attenuation
will need to take place for pitch CVs (gain to drive Buchla from
1V./oct, attenuation going the other way)
> 
> I'm still a little confused about the Buchla pulse world. From some
things that I've read, in common terms, it seems like a trigger signal
is imposed onto a gate signal for the pulse jacks.
> 
> If I was you, and I had any FracRack space left, I would probably
make a custom patch panel, that had a bunch of banana jacks wired to
1/8" jacks, and would put whatever signal conditioning I needed there.
I suppose this could also go in a Buchla boat, but that space is more
pricey than FracRack space.
> 
> -C
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