Elektor Formant Modular

hi there
does anybody own book2 or have pdf's of it? i cant find it on the web...
ive just bought a formant and it has a few book2 modules but ive only got book1.

also a technical question:
id like to instal a 'global' cv (and gate) input, (ie conected to the main bus, so i can 
sequence all the vco's from an external sequencer).
can i just find the correct pins on the part where the keyboard plugs in and conect my 
external seq to that?

thanks
colin


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Hi Colin,

You can download the pdf's from the cloned analog gear
website. It's in the synthesizers menu:
http://rubidium.dyndns.org/cag/

regards, Kris
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> 
> hi there
> does anybody own book2 or have pdf's of it? i cant
> find it on the web...
> ive just bought a formant and it has a few book2
> modules but ive only got book1.
> 
> also a technical question:
> id like to instal a 'global' cv (and gate) input,
> (ie conected to the main bus, so i can 
> sequence all the vco's from an external sequencer).
> can i just find the correct pins on the part where
> the keyboard plugs in and conect my 
> external seq to that?
> 
> thanks
> colin
> 
> 
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Hi Colin

A global cv input is made easiest at the point where the keyboard is connected to the Interface printboard. You might experiment a bit and keep the keyboard connected too. Maybe you need an extra buffer like IC7.
I seem to have never made this global cv input. I think it is more fun to create different paths within the synth. One vco sequenced and another keyboarded.
Another way is to make multi-patchcords: one plug with three or more cords and plugs coming out. That way you can connect the sequencer to the ecv inputs of every vco and or filter.

Have fun
gerards regards


>also a technical question:
>id like to instal a 'global' cv (and gate) input, (ie conected to the main bus, so i can
>sequence all the vco's from an external sequencer).
>can i just find the correct pins on the part where the keyboard plugs in and conect my
>external seq to that?
>
>thanks
>colin
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I used the 2000 book and I use the bus for power and gate etc, I connect a 
midijack cv and gate input straight in to the bus and had no real problems 
yet, but you may wish to have a buffer, I'd check with synhouse about the 
capability of the device.

Welcome.
Cheers
Kris (Two of us here, strange place the web)

>From: colinmuir@...
>Reply-To: ElektorFormant@yahoogroups.com
>To: <ElektorFormant@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: [ElektorFormant] new guy
>Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 04:02:33 +0000
>
>
>hi there
>does anybody own book2 or have pdf's of it? i cant find it on the web...
>ive just bought a formant and it has a few book2 modules but ive only got 
>book1.
>
>also a technical question:
>id like to instal a 'global' cv (and gate) input, (ie conected to the main 
>bus, so i can
>sequence all the vco's from an external sequencer).
>can i just find the correct pins on the part where the keyboard plugs in 
>and conect my
>external seq to that?
>
>thanks
>colin
>
>
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Replying to a somewhat old post... hope it not too out of date..

I do exactly what is described below(multi patch cord with three 
plugs on one end for my CV from my sequencers, however I have NEVER 
mangaed to get the FORMANT ADSR's to trigger once I took them out of 
the original FORMANT synth, and tried to make them "seperate 
modules". Now I never really understood the point of the 
little "interface" board that went between the keyboard and the 
synth, and I took it away... is that my problem? If I reinstated it 
(in regard to the wiring of the ADSR modules)(no need with the VCO's 
they work the way I descibed above) could I then get my adsr's to 
work from an EXTERNAL gate/trigger from a seq?

Mark

> A global cv input is made easiest at the point where the keyboard 
is connected to the Interface printboard. You might experiment a bit 
and keep the keyboard connected too. Maybe you need an extra buffer 
like IC7.
> I seem to have never made this global cv input. I think it is more 
fun to create different paths within the synth. One vco sequenced 
and another keyboarded.
> Another way is to make multi-patchcords: one plug with three or 
more cords and plugs coming out. That way you can connect the 
sequencer to the ecv inputs of every vco and or filter.
> 
> Have fun
> gerards regards
> 
> 
> >also a technical question:
> >id like to instal a 'global' cv (and gate) input, (ie conected to 
the main bus, so i can
> >sequence all the vco's from an external sequencer).
> >can i just find the correct pins on the part where the keyboard 
plugs in and conect my

> >external seq to that?
> >
> >thanks
> >colin
> >
> >
> 
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Hi Mark

The interface board supplies a clean +5 v gate pulse to the adsr modules. I guess when you apply this gate pulse to the correct point on the adsr connector/pc board, It should work, internal or external.
My adsr modules have external inputs on the panel, but that appears not to have been standard.

gerards regards

>Replying to a somewhat old post... hope it not too out of date..
>
>I do exactly what is described below(multi patch cord with three
>plugs on one end for my CV from my sequencers, however I have NEVER
>mangaed to get the FORMANT ADSR's to trigger once I took them out of
>the original FORMANT synth, and tried to make them "seperate
>modules". Now I never really understood the point of the
>little "interface" board that went between the keyboard and the
>synth, and I took it away... is that my problem? If I reinstated it
>(in regard to the wiring of the ADSR modules)(no need with the VCO's
>they work the way I descibed above) could I then get my adsr's to
>work from an EXTERNAL gate/trigger from a seq?
>
>Mark
>
>> A global cv input is made easiest at the point where the keyboard
>is connected to the Interface printboard. You might experiment a bit
>and keep the keyboard connected too. Maybe you need an extra buffer
>like IC7.
>> I seem to have never made this global cv input. I think it is more
>fun to create different paths within the synth. One vco sequenced
>and another keyboarded.
>> Another way is to make multi-patchcords: one plug with three or
>more cords and plugs coming out. That way you can connect the
>sequencer to the ecv inputs of every vco and or filter.
>>
>> Have fun
>> gerards regards
>>
>>
>> >also a technical question:
>> >id like to instal a 'global' cv (and gate) input, (ie conected to
>the main bus, so i can
>> >sequence all the vco's from an external sequencer).
>> >can i just find the correct pins on the part where the keyboard
>plugs in and conect my
>> >external seq to that?
>> >
>> >thanks
> > >colin

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Hi Mark,

I have brought the gate in from the ADSR to the front panel and added a
switch to toggle between intern and extern gate. Works fine. i. e plug
an lfo in the extern gate and you have a repeated adsr.
Global cv and gate: Just bring the bus out and install a switch to
toggle between intern and extern.

Harald

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> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:08:17 +0200
> Subject: [ElektorFormant] Re: new guy
> From: "markfrancombe" <mark@...>
> To: ElektorFormant@yahoogroups.com

> Replying to a somewhat old post... hope it not too out of date..
> 
> I do exactly what is described below(multi patch cord with three 
> plugs on one end for my CV from my sequencers, however I have NEVER 
> mangaed to get the FORMANT ADSR's to trigger once I took them out of 
> the original FORMANT synth, and tried to make them "seperate 
> modules". Now I never really understood the point of the 
> little "interface" board that went between the keyboard and the 
> synth, and I took it away... is that my problem? If I reinstated it 
> (in regard to the wiring of the ADSR modules)(no need with the VCO's 
> they work the way I descibed above) could I then get my adsr's to 
> work from an EXTERNAL gate/trigger from a seq?
> 
> Mark
> 
> > A global cv input is made easiest at the point where the keyboard 
> is connected to the Interface printboard. You might experiment a bit 
> and keep the keyboard connected too. Maybe you need an extra buffer 
> like IC7.
> > I seem to have never made this global cv input. I think it is more 
> fun to create different paths within the synth. One vco sequenced 
> and another keyboarded.
> > Another way is to make multi-patchcords: one plug with three or 
> more cords and plugs coming out. That way you can connect the 
> sequencer to the ecv inputs of every vco and or filter.
> > 
> > Have fun
> > gerards regards
> > 
> > 
> > >also a technical question:
> > >id like to instal a 'global' cv (and gate) input, (ie conected to 
> the main bus, so i can
> > >sequence all the vco's from an external sequencer).
> > >can i just find the correct pins on the part where the keyboard 
> plugs in and conect my
> > >external seq to that?
> > >
> > >thanks
> > >colin
> > >
> > >
> > 
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