Doepfer

Cool. Can't wait to hear some user reports!


>  > I agree that the VOLTA looks amazing at first glance, but for me, the
>>  great strength of analogue synthesis is the hands-on control and the
>>  luxury of being able to get away from the screen. Sure, it's cool to
>>  be able to get the better control output resolution from your DAW,
>>  but it's still fundamentally unsatisfying to rely on drawing ramps,
>>  curves and other control data rather than feeling them.
>>
>It's no different than, say drawing envelopes and lfo's in Absynth or 
>any other sophisticated softsynth. Most "chicklets" (the functions of 
>Volta) bear a lot of similarities to Motu's MX4 functions (they're 
>actually lifted out of MX4), so they're very flexible and farreaching.
>
>For me, it will be the combination of having a complete DAW 
>functionality combined with modular hardware that will be the killer 
>app. Since Volta is just a plugin, it's no problem to use an external 
>hardware controller to control it, just like you can with any other 
>VSTi.
>
>>  Perhaps I'm mistaken but from what I understand, VOLTA is only a one
>>  way system which, because of DC protection on all (?) interface
>>  inputs, does not allow for CV control i.e. actual performance - to be
>>  recorded.
>>
>
>No. Volta is a 2-way system.
>You can feed a signal from your modular (any signal) back into Volta 
>and process it any way you like. That way you can for instance host-
>sync your CV's and signals with any effect (or soft-synth or whatever) 
>in your DAW. Or you can record the output of your ribboncontroller and 
>treat it as data. In fact, once you feed signals back into Volta it 
>becomes kindof a virtual instrument. The possibilities are endless.
>
>So, since you can feed your modular signals back into Volta, it gets 
>really powerful to send these signal backs to your modular, once 
>you've ehm, done things to them (in Volta).
>
>
>>  ... so we're still waiting for somebody to design a DC capable, CV
>>  recorder.
>>
>Why ? Volta can do this, no problem.
>Your DAW becomes your CV recorder, and it's only limited to your 
>available memory/HD space.
>
>>  Otherwise, even with this new VOLTA app, we're still going
>>  to have to use Morton Subotnik's ghost tracks method if we want to
>>  record actual performances of CV data.
>>
>This is the exact reason why I'm gonna use Volta. No more ghost 
>tapes... :-)
>It's no problem to record/output a whole composition with and through 
>Volta, since it can use your DAW's automation system as a CV source. 
>I'll be working with a 9.1 kinda-surround system soon, and you can bet
>I'm gonna use Volta to control it (over a whole composition at once).
>
>>  (I'll probably buy VOLTA when it's released though as I'm sure it'll
>>  be useful for lots of stuff!)
>>
>Volta is huge !
>
>It's exactly what I have been dreaming of (and promoting) for at least 
>10 years. It's also very similar to what I proposed as a new Doepfer 
>module in the last poll... Only, Volta is much better than what I had 
>in mind.
>
>Regardless, the real power of Volta lies in it's ability to process 
>signals at 192KHz rate (or whatever you DAW is capable of), which 
>gives for sikly smooth and stepless CV's, even over very long 
>durations. That, and the fact that you can feed everything from your 
>modular back into it. Just think of all those wild things you can 
>dream up with that, and still be in sync with anything you do on your 
>DAW....
>
>Altough it's already a very capable product with step-sequencers, 
>endless LFO's and EG's, S/H's, S/T's, Heisenberg functions, ramp 
>generators (via automation), MIDI effects on the input (real-time), 
>etc... it's not finished yet. A contour sequencer will follow soon, 
>and perhaps also some functions to do stuff with incoming CV's (touch 
>& ribbon controllers. etc)...
>
>And it costs no more than one module.... replacing many of them in one 
>go.
>
>
>Personally, I can't wait to get my hands on one.
>
>
>PS. Anyone has a Motu Ultralite III for sale ? ;-)
>
>
>_g
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>  > sean
>>
>>  >David wrote:
>>  >>
>>  >> The idea has been around for a while with a few academics in the
>>  >> world
>>  >>
>>  >><http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1992>http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1992
>>  >>
>>  >><<http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1992>http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1992
>>  >
>>  >>
>>  >> SO had the internet :-).
>>  >>
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