test

That person was Matthew Davidson (Stretta), whom also designed several
UI's for Motu (and others). It took him a while to convince Motu
though... and they probably wouldn't have gone for it if most of their
audio interfaces weren't DC-capable to start with.

I'm not sure if Matthew is an employee of Motu. I think not.

http://stretta.blogspot.com/

I agree to what David says here: Volta is a biggie.

_g

On 18 Jan 2009, at 00:34, David wrote:

> What has happened here is probably one Motu employee has thought
> outside the square and actually managed to get this to market with the
> right pitch etc to management. its greater than the some of its parts
> and as profound as the internet was for computers.
> Analog Synthesizer technology has taken a giant leap forward --I would
> say its the biggest advance ever
> David
>
> On 18/01/2009, at 12:25 PM, 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
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