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RE: [motm] Osc Controller

2000-03-16 by Nathan Hunsicker

Back to Paul's Idea, how about a module that could produce 4 different
adjustable fixed cv's? As long as the voltages are adjustable you could run
the output into the fm2 jack on the 300 VCO. Setting # 1 could be 0V to
allow the VCO to operate at its normal frequency, settings 2.3 and 4 could
be set by ear to different intervals above the base frequency and then
accessed at the touch of a button. This module would have to be
ultra-stable in order to keep from drifting and what's the use of an
ultra-stable VCO if your cv source is going to drift. -Nate

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>"Tkacs, Ken" <ken.tkacs@...>
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>A simple one would, yeah. I would definitely want to at least scale the
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>intervals, if not set them individually (which is apparently difficult for
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>analog electronics to do without drifting, etc.).
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>If you put a swept voltage through one and controlled a VCO with it, yes,
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>you'd get a sound like you describe (assuming it was set to 1/12 volt
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>For Theremin players having a hard time finding that pitch, a quantizer is
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>the answer. Then you could put the VC Lag module AFTER the quantizer to
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>smooth it a little bit, but still have those solid in-tune pitch plateaus in
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> -----Original Message-----
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>From:       Nathan Hunsicker [mailto:nate@...]
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>Sent:      Thursday, 16 March, 2000 3:38 PM
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>To:      motm@onelist.com
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>Subject:      RE: [motm] Osc Controller
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>Am I understanding corectly that a quantizer would only allow cv voltages
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>corresponding to the 12 tone scale? If so, wouldn't this make any type of
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>portamento sound more like running your fingers down a keyboard versus a
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>nice smooth sound? -Nate
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