--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "p. hendricks" <ph@a...> wrote:

> On 7/23/02 8:28 PM, "duffnuff" <duffnuff@h...> wrote:
>
> > this is pretty easy already..
> > cv-to-midi is all you need (that's all it would end up being
> > anyway). i use it all the time.
>
> note: a virtual modular is pretty easy also, I think most on this

list

> recognize the difference.
>
> midi i don't use midi... really.... seriously, it's been stagnant for

20

> years. They need a USB or Firewire update to interest me.
> As it stands. it just doesn't interact well with live modular

tweaking,

> besides all the "great" digital delays I have aren't midi the early

low res

> dig. delays are the best. Later ones are too perfect just a

replication.

> Anyway, I'm not totally against virtual things like the Line 6

delays, but

> they lack CV in. 128 steps ain't pretty.
>
> Regardless, like any other module it's the unique sound and

inputs that

> govern it's usefulness. Hence why there's software yet people

still sell

> children for a PCM-42.
> -pH

please don't get me wrong.. i also prefer all above that you
mention.
so to be more specific, i was just speaking in terms of doing
stuff like adding cv control to digital manglers. for instance
something as simple as using an a155 to control a grain
sampler. one place to start is to control the start position of a
sample with one row of the a155 and the sample's length w the
other row. stuff like that.. simple to do but of course involves the
cv being converted to midi (which is not that evil) to control
anything you want on the powerbook, and send that whereever
you want. and for playing live, it only takes 2 seconds (or less) to
change where your cv is going. it's really no hassle, i'm not a fan
of midi either but i won't let that stop me from getting the a100
and the craptop talking to each other w relative ease. ..try it!
-duff