SynthModules

Hello All -

Max is definitely for MIDI-oriented rigs.  The addition of MSP 
however, allows all of the creation and manipulation of analog 
signals.  It also allows sampling of analog inputs and there use in 
the output.

So, Carlos's rig can do anyhting the PSIM will do, given that he has 
4 ins and outs.

BUT!  The PSIM's BASIC-like language is much simpler to master and 
quicker (I suspect) to get the stuff you want out of it and into 
your modular.

Mike

--- In SynthModules@yahoogroups.com, "john mahoney" <jmahoney@g...> 
wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carlos Cervantes B." <chavakhan@y...>
> >
> > Actually I'm using a Roland MPU-101 and MAX/MSP  with
> > my Roland 100-M system.
> > So: what does the PSIM what I can not do with my
> > set-up?
> 
> I'll try to answer, to see if I my understanding is correct 
(especially
> since I'm getting one of the next units!).
> 
> Your current setup can read MIDI, do any processing you program it 
to do
> (using and/or processing the MIDI data, if desired), and it can 
send MIDI
> messages.
> 
> The PSIM, on the other hand, has 4 analog inputs. These can 
digitize analog
> signals, so your PSIM program can react to them (if desired). The 
PSIM does
> not output MIDI (yet?) but does output 4 analog signals. I keep 
thinking of
> them as CV outs, but these can be used as audio outputs (but there 
are
> limitations, and this is not the PSIM's original purpose).
> 
> Analog signals that will be fed into the PSIM will typically 
include pitch,
> gate, clock, EGs, and/or LFOs.
> Analog outputs from the PSIM may be pitch (quantized, if desired), 
gate or
> trigger, clock, envelope, LFO, and more.
> 
> Adding a hardware MIDI-to-C/V converter to your existing system 
would allow
> you to generate CVs (control voltages) by sending MIDI from 
Max/MSP to the
> converter. But you would lack the analog inputs.
> 
> So, bottom line: Your current setup is more MIDI-oriented, whereas 
the PSIM
> is more CV-oriented. (Future expansion may change this.)
> 
> How did I do, Brice?
> --
> john