Dotcomformat

At 10:30 PM 10/28/2008, warpt666 wrote:
>I just checked the Modcan site and found this:
>
>Q: Will the B series be converted to conform with the 10V pk-pk 
>signal levels...
>
>[snip]
>for those cases [where] the signal is too large most modules
>have attenuators that can be used to reduce the input level.
>
>To be honest, I'm not quite sure this will affect me. Does this mean 
>if I use an LFO (Env, etc) to module the frequency of an Osc that 
>the amount of modulation would be greater unless I use an attenuator 
>(such as a VCA?) to adjust the level? Would Modcan oscillator's 
>signal need to be lowered to prevent clipping if going into filter 
>or other sound modifying module?
>
>Or am I totally off the mark?
>
>Thanks for the info.

You're not off the mark, but cases where the 10Vpp signal "is too 
large" for the Modcan inputs are not the whole story. (As though 
Modcan outputs will not be used to modulate the non-Modcan modules!) 
In such cases, the Modcan gear would not be able to modulate the 
MOTM/dotcom over their full ranges -- only half of that range. This 
isn't a so-called *stopper* -- we deal with the same issue when using 
Moogerfoogers with modulars -- but it can be inconvenient.

Now, you don't always need to modulate over the full CV range. 
(However, the chaos practically requires it.)

In any case, I drool over Modcan. Awesome gear.

John