Analogue-sequencer

Hi Colin,
   The more cv/gate's the better. I vote for the 25-way D Connector...


Dave


sequentix wrote:
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> Folks,
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> I've got the factory poised to start making Cirklon cases, just as 
> soon as I make my mind up on one. last. detail...
>
> Is there any real value in having quarter inch or 3.5mm sockets on the 
> Cirklon rear panel ?
> The alternative is to have only a multi-pin connector, and require an 
> external breakout box or splitter cable.
>
> The largest number of individual sockets that could fit on the rear 
> panel would be about 12.
> With a 25-way D connector, there could be up to 16 CV outs, and 8 gates.
> Or some other combination, possibly including some CV input.
>
> If you're looking to pick up a Cirklon to integrate into an analogue 
> setup, how would you see yourself using it ?
>
> The most recent pre-production Cirklon has two channels of CV/gate on 
> quarter inch sockets.
> It struck me that this doesn't really offer much advantage over a MIDI 
> to CV convertor - the worst case latency over MIDI for two notes being 
> 2ms, which is easily compensated for.
> For my own studio, my biggest timing issue was with the triggering via 
> MIDI of my analogue percussion sounds.
> The problem there is that multiple hits on the same beat are spread 
> out by at least 0.65ms per instrument over MIDI.
> The solution I came up with for that was to have Cirklon output a 
> CV/trigger multiplex.
> A simple external circuit turns that output into as many as 32 CV/gate 
> pairs, in a fixed refresh period, with synchronised update of all the 
> triggers, and essentially no CPU load on Cirklon, thanks to DMA.
> I have a prototype of this running in my 808/909 clone (which has a 
> mere 23 separate drum voices) and the improvement in tightness is 
> immediately obvious.
>
> Let me know what you think.
> Preferably soon ;-)
>
> Best regards,
> Colin Fraser
> Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
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