MOTM

In a message dated 7/2/2000 11:02:20 PM, nate@... writes:

>Today, reading Keyboard magazine, I came across a review of the 
>"Lovetone Ringstinger" effects pedal. One paragraph caught my eye:
>
>"The unit ships with a "light plug", a 1/4" plug with a photoresistor in
>the plastic housing. By inserting the light plug into one of the 
>Ringstinger's external pedal jacks and changing the amount of light 
>hitting the photoresistor, you can sweep either the LFO depth or VCO 
>frequency."
>
>Seems like something similar might be a simple, interesting controller
>for MOTM, or any other CV synth. Would this work?

It sounds like it would work, and could be fun to use. I'd prefer to have the 
photosensor to be on a cable so it wouldn't be dependent on the light which 
shines on the modular. I'd want to try putting it outside at night so that 
car headlights would effect it, or maybe in the bathroom so when the light 
goes on and off it would do something.

I recently found one of those motion detectors for a burglar alarm, and I 
hope to use that with my modular stuff. Has anyone used these in this 
context? It looks fairly straight forward.

JB