SergeModular

Thanks very much for your suggestions both!

I ended up just taking the rarely-used D row on my TKB and tuning it to an octave using
the individual dials. Turns out my Pro Tools system came with a tuning plugin!

I'll experiment with the KV output, scaling inputs and a scaling processor also, just to see
if that works as well.

Thanks
Thomas

--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, Yulian Pugachevsky <yulian.p@...> wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> 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)
> >
> >
> > my 2 cents
> >
> > Y.:P
> >
> >
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