Le Mardi 8 Janvier 2002 10:31, vous avez écrit :

> so,you want a polyphonic a100:
> you will need,at least,:(4)a110 vco's,(4)a131
> vca's,(4)a140 adsr's,(4)a120 moog filter's,(1)a138
> exp.mixer,(1)a145 lfo's.that's it for the most simple
> 4-voice synth!!AND,THE DOEPFER MCV24 running in
> polyphonic mode...
> BUT, my advice is to go for a very powerful monophonic
> a100 in the beggining and then you can make it
> polyphonic later...that's what i am doing(at this
> moment i have a 3 voice synth,but i don't have the
> MCV24 so,it's a 3 midi channel multitimbral synth...
> that's all...
> synthfreak

That is right, it is not the easy way.
I don't know how do oberheim 4 or 8 voices SEM owners but i believe they have
to set every params for each voice too

In fact i am afraid it is a no go, a modular can do it but it would be far
easier if we could buy some semi-modular voices, ie with a prepatched path
VCO->Filter-vca and may be with the possibility to link theses voice-modules
together so that the Q of the filter or the enveloppe settings (for instance)
can be controlled from one module for all others.

But in the meanwhile and because such modules don't exist, i have started to
think at a cheap-ass solution to feed my polyphonic frenzy.
Since i have an old computer with a 4 outs cards, i am going to study the
possibility to build an hybride 4 voice synthesizer using a version of Linux
able to do very low latency.
I will use software synthesis for the vco and real analog 4 LP filters (may
be the DIY oaklay multiladder) and VCA.
For the modulation the midicv24 doepfer is propably the best choice but i
would love to find another way.

But for now, i will go monophonic as you advice. In fact it is the need of
high quality bass line and lead that put me in the modular wagon.

Thanks for your feedbach, (and Buchlerjoe's too)

Linium