ComputerVoltageSources

Thought I'd pass along two programs I've written which could be turned 
into dedicated modules using the CVS board.  I actually something 
similiar to this some time back.

I have a Kurzweil Expressonmate ribbon and I wrote a program to parse 
the MIDI and provide a CV out.  Sometime later I found just the 
Kurzweil Ribbon mechanism, model PC2, at Sweetwater for $50.  I wrote 
another program that sets one of the OUTs for 5.7 volts to the ribbon 
and I use three of the INs to read the individual sections.  I 
incorporated a diode drop in the ribbon so that I could tell the 
difference between no touch, and the low end contact.  I use three 
other OUTs for CV, trigger, and gate. I use one more IN as a center 
adjustment so that you can tweak the center position of the ribbon 
to 5.0 volts. An application like this only takes about half of the 
parts on the board.

This mechanism is actually three separate ribbons so I had to piece 
the sections into a continuous ribbon in the program.  You could just 
as easily output three separate ribbons. You don't have enough OUTs 
for trigger and gates, but you could easily use the LED outputs for 
the additonal triggers and have three complete ribbons. START could 
be used to toggle between a single or triple configuration. You could 
also expand the capabilities with different modes similar to the 
Expressionmate like return to center, absolute, relative, etc.

Hopefully someday information on these types of dedicated applications 
will be posted. Food for thought.

Dave