MOTM

Hey,
  Im a new member here, My name is Steve and I live in NewJersey.  I too, am 
an analogoholic, and I hope you can all help me as I can help you with our 
addictions.

Ha ha   
I had ideas for a few cool modules last night..
Ill give brief rundowns and if any one wants any more info just ask..

first one I had was for a "VC Patch Bank"
-Yeah i know modulars are all about experimenting, but in reality this 
wouldn't stop creativity at all.
-All modules could have jacks on the back like the ones on the front going to 
this brain, Maybe ribbon cables to make it easier, and the brain would read 
what was connected to what and when you hit the "Set Patch" button it would 
store these settigns in memory.  Knobs would have to be set manually though 
of course..  Thats basically it, ive got lots of other ideas for this one but 
ill try not to take up too much bandwidth..
The second idea I had was for a maybe 4 or 5 u wide panel with a matrix of  
LED's that you could control by row or column with CV's to make them light up 
and switch color etc...   Might not be too practical or useful, but would be 
cool, no?
Third Idea was for a controller.  All analog, all CV's/trigs.  Instead of a 
keyboard, how about a giant piece of ribbon controller surface maybe 8 by 15 
or 12 by 12 inches for equal x-y axis response.  You could play it with a 
finger or maybe even get a method for it to read how many and where your 
fingers touched down on the plate and then the CV's would track your fingers. 
 Polyphonic ribbon controller.  but you'd need outs for each finger..  hmm  
gonna have to think about this one a little..  maybe two panels side by side, 
separate one for each hand.  Ok, we could limit it to two fingers.. would be 
fun
the last idea I had was for a final mixer/panner..  maybe about 6 ins with 
pan and level knobs for each, maybe have a few onboard LFO's and A/D env 
generators assignable ..  Could free up some modules by having level and 
panning lfo's and AD gens. internal..    A few stereo outs and phones outs  a 
master level knob..  would be a good way to interface a modular to the rest 
of your rig instead of it hogging up your whole mixer..
Just some ideas to chew on...   

all comments and ideas welcome
MOTM rules,
~Steve

> Hey,
>   Im a new member here, My name is Steve and I live in NewJersey.  

we're so sorry.

did you get the info list on the "future" modules?

-steve

In a message dated 2/2/2000 9:22:13 AM, RevTor@... writes:

>Hey,
>  Im a new member here, My name is Steve and I live in NewJersey.  I too,
>am 
>an analogoholic, and I hope you can all help me as I can help you with
>our 
>addictions.


Hi Steve, and welcome! The list has only been around for about a year, but in 
the last three months or so it has gotten quite active. I thought I'd at 
least try to address and acknowledge some of your ideas of your initial post 
(I think Larry H. will be happy to send you the latest update of the future 
-- wish list -- modules, I think one just was sent yesterday -- I love the 
sound of that Ladder VCF so far <grin>).


>first one I had was for a "VC Patch Bank"
>-Yeah i know modulars are all about experimenting, but in reality this
>
>wouldn't stop creativity at all.


I would be interested in a VC Patch Bay both as a studio tool and as a synth 
module (maybe 8 in or 8 out), BUT the good news is there already is a smaller 
version available -- THE MOTM 700 DUAL VC ROUTER. This module is perfect for 
routing either audio or control voltages (it uses a separate circuit 
optimized for either AC or DC that is switch selected). The routers are also 
bidirectional, so you can either switch one source between two outputs, or 
switch between two different sources. Check it out! It's great.

>The second idea I had was for a maybe 4 or 5 u wide panel with a matrix
>of  
>LED's that you could control by row or column with CV's to make them light
>up 
>and switch color etc...   Might not be too practical or useful, but would
>be 
>cool, no?

Bradley would buy one!

>Third Idea was for a controller.  All analog, all CV's/trigs.  Instead
>of a 
>keyboard, how about a giant piece of ribbon controller surface maybe 8
>by 15 
>or 12 by 12 inches for equal x-y axis response.  You could play it with
>a 
>finger or maybe even get a method for it to read how many and where your
>fingers touched down on the plate and then the CV's would track your fingers.

I used to imagine using a device like this (a coordinate controlling surface) 
but the more I thought about, the more I realized this would be very 
difficult to build. I can imagine some sort of scanning (like the raster scan 
on a TV screen) ribbon controller, but getting any kind of ribbon controller 
(even the one dimensional standard ribbon controller) "stuff" is quite a 
problem. There is a lot of interest amongst several list members (especially 
me) in alternate controllers, so this subject will be revisited in the future 
I'm sure. If you have the stamina, there have been several posts in the past 
-- in the archives (ouch!).

> Polyphonic ribbon controller.  but you'd need outs for each finger.. 
>hmm  
>gonna have to think about this one a little..  maybe two panels side by
>side, 
>separate one for each hand.  Ok, we could limit it to two fingers.. would
>be 
>fun
>the last idea I had was for a final mixer/panner..  maybe about 6 ins with
>pan and level knobs for each, maybe have a few onboard LFO's and A/D env
>generators assignable ..  Could free up some modules by having level and
>panning lfo's and AD gens. internal..    A few stereo outs and phones outs
> a 
>master level knob..  would be a good way to interface a modular to the
>rest 
>of your rig instead of it hogging up your whole mixer..
>Just some ideas to chew on...   

Same as above -- I think that most of accessories you mention would be better 
suited for separate dedicated modules, and so far this has been the direction 
MOTM has been going.

JB

In a message dated 2/5/2000 1:53:37 PM, JWBarlow@... writes:

<< There is a lot of interest amongst several list members (especially me) in 
alternate controllers, so this subject will be revisited in the future I'm 
sure. >>

I'm very interested in joystick controllers and plan on building something 
somewhat between the current Wiard controller and the old Octave CatStick.

Ivan Schwartz