sure it would. touch a key, get a voltage (at output A) and a pulse
output at KP. You need to have the "keyboard" switch turned on.
And the scaled oscillator input gives you something other than 1v/Oct
... you get "X"v/Oct. You choose what you want for "X".
Anyway, the TKB is quite a ways away from being a traditional keyboard.
Playing melodies is possible but if you grab a keyboard player off the
street and park him in front of the TKB he won't know wtf to do.
Yulian Pugachevsky wrote:
> .. but using output A wouldn't allow Thomas to play the TKB like a
> "traditional" keyboard and I wouldn't think that using the osc's
> scaled CV input can be adjusted to 1V/OCT across a wide-enough range
> (remember.. its an exponential curve)
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> my 2 cents
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> Y.:P
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Re: TKB as equal temperament keyboard
2007-08-17 by Yulian Pugachevsky
i think you misunderstood what i was saying. sure, the osc's scaled CV in can be adjusted, but i think it would be quite difficult to adjust it so it tracks 1v/oct over a playable range. i seriously doubt that you can take a v/oct source, shove it into the scalable input of the osc, adjust the pot 2-3 times and have that osc track the source. as you surely know, this type of calibration requires measurement tools and is usually done with precise multi-turn pots.
as you say.. sure you can choose what you want for X in the X/oct equation, but when X needs to be something specific an precise.. its is not a simple task.. what I mean to say is that, in my experience, given the v/oct source, the fixed v/oct input will be a heck of alot more reliable in terms of tracking than the scaled input (no matter how much time you spend tweaking it)
.. as far as using the TKB as a "traditional" keyboard... I dont think it was the intention to make that comparisson. I believe Thomas just wants to play equal-tempered melodies from the TKB's keyboard.. for that.. correct calibration is required
and btw... using the row outputs (A or B, C or D) when playing the keyboard will yield the same problem as using the KV out, except that the scaling would need to be done on the TKB (step levels) instead of the osc.. that's where the quantizer would come in handy
Y.:P
On 17-Aug-07, at 9:47 AM, John P wrote: