Doepfer

In a message dated 4/10/2006 8:35:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
sfrules@together.net writes:



I ordered one...   ...I'll let you know how it  goes.
sfrules

" does anyone know if any manufacturer currently  offers a pitch to CV
module or device?





hello - 
i`d be interested in hearing how well the an. sys. f / v  works with a  mic / 
instrument input - without knowing what method they used, usually "f / v"  
isn`t quite the same as "pitch to c.v." - for example, john blacet had a simple  
f / v converter circuit published in "polyphony" magazine way back in the 
early  80`s and there was a fair amount of info and circuitry printed in  
"electronotes", also the same general timeframe.
if you can find a used one in working condition, the gentle  electric pitch 
to voltage converter works very well on   *single note inputs* (sax / clarinet 
or carefully played string instrument for  example) - i have one in a banana 
jack format as part of my serge that i  purchased back in 1979 and it still 
works great and does a very good job on the  signal conversion.
i don`t think anyone makes one currently but i could easily be wrong -  ?
i think there were some pitch to midi converters marketed but i don`t know  
how well these worked and taking that output then going directly to a midi to  
c.v. converter seems kind of baroque to me................
keep us posted on how the an. sys. module works, please !
best,
dave
 
 


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What I would really really love is if such a thing (pitch to CV) could respond to stringed 
instrument artificial harmonics - monophonically played of course. 

As an example, if you take your average guitar and play the harmonics of the open string 
you are isolating the higher harmonics occurring above the fundamental tone by lightly 
touching the string at certain locations - 1/2 length of the string for the first octave, 1/3 
length for the fifth above, 1/4 for the 3 octave.. and so on. Basically you are cancelling out 
the original fundamental and isolating the harmonics as fundamental tones.

Sorry if the explanation of harmonics is redundant to some, but I don't know how these 
pitch to CV devices work in analysing the fundamental tone and tracking that - how 
sensitive is it? The A Sys module only goes up to 1Khz according to the info. 

Sure, I could get a frequency counter and play with harmonic series that way but I would 
love an elastic way to do this.. with the right frequency to cv module you could open up 
loads of ways to interface with the machines. you know, more organic or something and 
connected to the physical properties of how sound behaves and resonates.

I have been playing with the A-119 and like how the envelope follower is sensitive enough 
to get some nice complex sounding stuff happening.

Real interested in how that A Sys module works out for you, sfrules. Thanks and keep us 
posted.


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, davevosh@... wrote:

>
>  
> In a message dated 4/10/2006 8:35:55 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
> sfrules@... writes:
> 
> 
> 
> I ordered one...   ...I'll let you know how it  goes.
> sfrules
> 
> " does anyone know if any manufacturer currently  offers a pitch to CV
> module or device?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> hello - 
> i`d be interested in hearing how well the an. sys. f / v  works with a  mic / 
> instrument input - without knowing what method they used, usually "f / v"  
> isn`t quite the same as "pitch to c.v." - for example, john blacet had a simple  
> f / v converter circuit published in "polyphony" magazine way back in the 
> early  80`s and there was a fair amount of info and circuitry printed in  
> "electronotes", also the same general timeframe.
> if you can find a used one in working condition, the gentle  electric pitch 
> to voltage converter works very well on   *single note inputs* (sax / clarinet 
> or carefully played string instrument for  example) - i have one in a banana 
> jack format as part of my serge that i  purchased back in 1979 and it still 
> works great and does a very good job on the  signal conversion.
> i don`t think anyone makes one currently but i could easily be wrong -  ?
> i think there were some pitch to midi converters marketed but i don`t know  
> how well these worked and taking that output then going directly to a midi to  
> c.v. converter seems kind of baroque to me................
> keep us posted on how the an. sys. module works, please !
> best,
> dave
>  
>  
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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