-g

Whilst we have not exhausted the possibilities of analogue sound
sources, what some of us are interested in is more to do with CV
control of sound sources. I have been using a BEL BD80 for years and
the ability to capture sections of sounds that you have just
synthesized and then use them immediately is incredibly useful.

I think there is a lot of interest here because of the possibility of
keeping every parameter and control visible and not hidden behind a
menu. Sure, samplers have been around for ages, but to be able to
integrate the control of sampling into the modular system opens up
the possibilities for performance and improvisation.

I just played a gig with the AS, Doepfer, Plan B and Cwejman modular
stuff, an MS10, an MS20 and a Nord modular. The only big problem we
had was with, guess what... the Nord. The vocoded sound got lost and
with inadequate parameter access that was the end of that! Give that
we have all the control options available already in the world of CV,
it seems like a good idea to expand into areas previously severely
limited by MIDI control standards.

However, the more we get to discuss this kind of thing the better the
equipment will become.
Let's see what the polls say

all the best

sean

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>I'm sorry, guys, but everytime I see the words "sampler" and "bit
>rate" and similar coming up in analogue modular talks, my stomach
>churns a bit. Call me an old fart, and backwards, but there's still so
>much to do, still so many possibilities with "ordinary" voltage
>control... I would have no idea what to do with something like a
>sampler in a modular setup. If I want to slice and dice samples, I've
>got plenty of perfectly capable software which takes care of that. If
>I want to have 8-bit sounds, I'll dig up my old Commodore 64.
>
>Digital certainly has its place in modular synthesis, but please keep
>it out the audio path (for now). Otherwise I just don't see the point.
>Might as well just go for a Nord Modular, and have it at that.
>
>Oh well... </rant>
>
>Never mind.
>
>_g
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