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Hi John,

Thanks for the info! Just wanted to add I was speaking
with Michael Firman yesterday and he mentioned that he
had spent a few hours playing with the prototype when
he was visiting Grant. 

The unit is 3 Frac units wide and has the same low
profile circuit board parallel to the panel design as
the Noise Ring. Mike also mentioned the multiple
output functionallity that you mentioned. 

I am excited to setup a dual Joystick/JAG setup in
some sort of shallow box... I wish SKB made a super
shallow 3 space like their 'X' racks. That is my Frac
Rack case of choice right now. Probably will build a
wooden box instead. I think I will make some
attenuators and extra triggers to go with each
Joystick as well. 

I have found if I scale the joysticks to a 3 octave
range with my Darkstar Chaos Modules - that I can pick
out melodys fairly well - just need to practice a bit
more...


Best,

Nick Wilson
Chicago

> Message: 2
>    Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 19:29:39 -0600
>    From: "John Loffink" <jloffink@austin.rr.com>
> Subject: RE: Wiard Joystick Axis Generator?
> 
> I talked to Grant very briefly about this last week.
>  I thought he mentioned
> 10 outputs from the joystick.  If I am interpreting
> the pictures at the web
> site correctly, it appears that it will generate
> multiple simultaneous
> outputs based upon the joystick position.  For
> instance, with the dome
> output, it generates the maximum value at center
> position then attenuates
> when going to any corner. From the corner 2 output,
> it generates the maximum
> value at the bottom left position and the minimum
> value at the top right
> position.
> 
> This would be great for generating multidimensional
> controls from one
> controller.  In one of the simplest patches you
> could use the four corner
> functions to four VCAs to generate a quad panning
> setup.
> 
> This is mostly conjecture, however.
> 
> John Loffink
> The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
> http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
> The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
> http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Spacemodular [mailto:spacemodular@yahoo.com]
> > 
> > Hey Grant and All,
> > 
> > Any preliminary information on this unit that you
> > would like to share?
> > 
> > I think I remember you saying something about it
> being
> > capable of quad panning...
> > 
> > What size is the unit going to be? 3 units?
> > 
> > Looking forward to it - I like the teaser on your
> > site...
> > 
> > I am going to have to get a couple more Joysticks
> to
> > rack with it. The battery powered pair that I got
> > already have plenty of work to do.
> > 
> > 
> > If your in Chicago anytime soon, we should hook
> up.
> > ;-)
> > 
> > 
> 


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--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, Spacemodular <spacemodular@y...> 
wrote:

> I have found if I scale the joysticks to a 3 octave
> range with my Darkstar Chaos Modules - that I can pick
> out melodys fairly well - just need to practice a bit
> more...
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Nick Wilson
> Chicago


Taking "picking out" a bit more literally: does anyone play melodies 
with their joystick through a pair of sample-and-holds triggered by 
the pushbutton? I imagine it's a fun way of playing discretely 
stepped melodies with a strong uncertainty factor: you don't know if 
you hit the note until your thumb "triggers" and you'll have to 
trigger again to correct it... After some practising, I bet that due 
to the deaf part one gets a "feel" for the joystick faster than when 
using the pure continuous output.

Also, I don't know if any TRACK-and-hold modules (i.e. the CV input 
passes as long as the button is pushed down, and upon release gets 
sampled and held) were ever sold apart from the Buchla 264, but 
wouldn't that would be a fine way of playing a joystick, too.

SK