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Re: manual keyboard / arpegiator..?

2003-02-14 by ps_minor <pscottm@hotmail.com>

hey, great suggestion indeed..

i'll take this apportunity to put in yet another wish for 3 or 4 note poly on the 
keyboard and/or TKB.

-psm




--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Bakis Sirros <
synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:
> hi joe,
> very good suggestion joe!!!!!!i had never thought of
> that...
> i'll try it sometime....
> thank you.
> bakis.
> 
> 
> --- "Joe Buechler <buechlerjoe@t...>"
> <buechlerjoe@t...> wrote:
> > I use the A156 quite a lot to create arpeggios,
> > using LFOs through a 
> > mixer for attenuation and the CV Source module to
> > supply an offset 
> > voltage. Its a very useful and fun module, I highly
> > recommend it.
> > 
> > For keyboard-style arpeggios, where you play a chord
> > and get a 
> > resulting arpeggio, the only A100-based solution
> > that comes to mind 
> > would be to use an MCV24 to extract the individual
> > note CVs from 
> > the chord, and patch them to the A155 external
> > inputs for 
> > arpeggiation. The A156 wouldn't be needed in that
> > patch, since the 
> > midi notes would be already quantized.
> > 
> > I suppose you could do the same thing with a
> > polyphonic CV keyboard, 
> > if one exists.
> > 
> > I mostly use my Waldorf Pulse for keyboard
> > arpeggiation, either 
> > driving itself or the A100.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "pstnotpd
> > <psm@w...>" <psm@w...> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hmm. just brainstorming. I don't know how the A190
> > reacts to chords, 
> > > but if it does trigger a fast gate this could be
> > patched to the 
> > A160. 
> > > If you then have a number of A148 S&H's (say 4)
> > and use the A160 
> > > output to trigger you might have the 4 voltages
> > from the chord. 
> > These 
> > > could then be used through A155 running in a
> > continuous loop.
> > > 
> > > It does depend on the timing of the A190 and the
> > speed of the S&H's 
> > > though, but I suppose it's worth a try. 
> > > 
> > > Or am I talking rubbish here????
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > would be curious to see how one would set up a
> > patch to work the 
> > > same way 
> > > > as a traditional arpegiator, so you play a chord
> > on the keyboard 
> > > and the notes 
> > > > scale up and down accordingly while an lfo
> > triggers an EG->VCA for 
> > > note 
> > > > envelope control.    not sure how you'd patch
> > the oscillators to 
> > > get pitch to 
> > > > behave in this traditional manner from the
> > keyboard.   seems like 
> > > once a 
> > > > keyboard enters the picture, the 156 would
> > mainly function as 
> > > a 'note 
> > > > corrector' so you'd be limited to whatever notes
> > the quantizer 
> > will 
> > > allow, 
> > > > regardless of note played on the keyboard.  
> > would probably need a 
> > > > comparator or other logic feature in order to
> > get it to play notes 
> > > across the 
> > > > range of a pitch LFO only when those values
> > match those coming 
> > from 
> > > the 
> > > > keyboard.  (??)
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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> synthfreak(parallel worlds)
> athens-greece
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