If Matthew/Stretta can convince Motu that there is a market for an out/
in device, I'm sure Motu would develop it in a jiffy; they seem to be
motivated enough and I reckon they have the necessary resources. If
Motu wouldn't do it - and they're already halfway ahead of others,
then I guess the other possible manufacturers have enough information
to know the effort isn't worthwhile.

OTOH, my tech guru says it's not all that difficult to develop such a
device.

Whatever gives, I feel the Volta is still a cool thing.


_guy

On 18 Jan 2009, at 00:25, David wrote:
> James
> I dare say that most of the modular makers would not have the resource
> to do the software design and digital electronics design so its
> unlikely to happen and Motu know this -thats why its coming to market
>
> David
> On 18/01/2009, at 12:07 PM, James Husted wrote:
>
> > You know with the buzz around the Volta, it won't be long before
> > someone else jumps in and does it. After all there sure has been a
> lot
> > of people making audio interfaces forever and with a few tweaks you
> > have this idea in a box. Make it USB2 or FireWire and have it do the
> > ramping stuff in hardware and you have it. Basically MOTU is doing
> > somebody's market research for them. And if they make it do out
> and in
> > and at a decent voltage level with a decent number of channels, they
> > will steal the market from MOTU in a second. I'm sure all the
> modular
> > makers are checking out their resources as we speak!
> >
> > - James
> >
> > On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Guy Drieghe D. wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, James, you're right. My mistake - no DC in to Volta; I
> > > misinterpreted a few things. Perhaps blinded by my enthusiasm, mea
> > > culpa.
> > >
> > > Volta's designer (Matthew Davidson, of Stretta fame) says that
> he'd
> > > love to design a dedicated interface for this, but he has "to
> > > demonstrate a significant market need" [to Motu].
> > > Unfortunately, Motu isn't Doepfer -- they don't do user polls.
> > >
> > > _g
> > >
> > > > Volta may be able to record DC voltages but as far as I know and
> > > read
> > > > - there are no standard sound cards or interfaces (including the
> > > MOTU
> > > > ones) that will allow the input of DC. You can input audio at
> the
> > > same
> > > > time you output DC from the plugin though. This is referred to
> > allot
> > > > in the reviews talking about syncing etc to external devices.
> > There
> > > > has been talk of modifying devices to maybe get them to input DC
> > by
> > > > removing the AC coupling found on them but I have seen no
> hands on
> > > > reviews that have said the recording of DC is possible. All the
> > > > reviews and write ups I have seen only talk of controlling your
> > > > modular and none have mentioned the possibility of recording
> (even
> > > the
> > > > Max hack that has been shown that pre-dated the Volta) If you
> have
> > > > seen any this let us know.
> > > >
> > > > -James
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 17, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Guy Drieghe D. wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >> Perhaps I'm mistaken but from what I understand, VOLTA is
> > only a
> > > > one
> > > > >> way system which, because of DC protection on all ( )
> interface
> > > > >> inputs, does not allow for CV control i.e. actual
> performance -
> > > > to be
> > > > >> recorded.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > > No. Volta is a 2-way system.
> > > > > You can feed a signal from your modular (any signal) back into
> > > Volta
> > > > > and process it any way you like. That way you can for instance
> > > host-
> > > > > sync your CV's and signals with any effect (or soft-synth or
> > > > whatever)
> > > > > in your DAW. Or you can record the output of your
> > ribboncontroller
> > > > and
> > > > > treat it as data. In fact, once you feed signals back into
> Volta
> > > it
> > > > > becomes kindof a virtual instrument. The possibilities are
> > > endless.
> > > > >
> > > > > So, since you can feed your modular signals back into Volta,
> it
> > > gets
> > > > > really powerful to send these signal backs to your modular,
> once
> > > > > you've ehm, done things to them (in Volta).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >> ... so we're still waiting for somebody to design a DC
> capable,
> > > CV
> > > > >> recorder.
> > > > >>
> > > > > Why Volta can do this, no problem.
> > > > > Your DAW becomes your CV recorder, and it's only limited to
> your
> > > > > available memory/HD space.
> > >