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What mods would you want?

2004-08-27 by David Rogoff

Hi all.

I'd like everyone to contribute to a list of everything you'd want 
added to the CS80 (besides the anti-gravity device).  I'm trying to 
come up with what I'd want to add and I'm wondering what other people 
have added, or thought of adding.

Here's a few:

MIDI 
This is a biggie, since it could mean many things:
  MIDI in
  MIDI out
  Notes, pressure, ribbon, program change
  Others???

Auto tune
  Something like on later Prophet 5, including microtuning.

Digital patch storage
  Also like P5, and other late '70s polysynths: scan panel controls, 
digitize (fast & high resolution!), save to flash.  We could really 
go crazy with this and replace the Panel sliders with motorized 
faders!

Oscillator Sync between sounds I & II.

Unison modes (like Kent is working on).

Split keyboard / Multitimbral.

Release velocity.

For some of these, especially trying to do several at once, the 
keyscanning and modulation distribution boards would basically get 
replaced.  Lots of work!


Please comment/add your own!

 David

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