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Oh-oh... I've been bad... I blew right by this message without seeing my name being so viciously attacked, shredded and misused! :) Marbles Away! If you don't get the marbles reference, you need to see the movie "Ensign Pulver". :) (thanks for pointing this out to me hon! um, not you John, but my better half is a lurker on the list) >From: John Tidwell <wedgehed@yahoo.com> HI JOHN! >If Mark Pulver(our resident analogue synth geek & >CV-5 expert) is listening, maybe he can add a couple >of cents toward using the CV-5 for purposes other than >that which it was designed for. It seems like you >ought >to be able to do something with gates & triggers & >portamento, even if you don't own an analogue synth. >Motivate one's cat I suppose. :) Personally, I'm all for extended kitty motivation... :) I basically use my CV-5 with a modular synth rig that other convertors wouldn't touch due to it tracking at 1.2v/oct instead of the more normal 1v/octave. With the multiple CV outs on the box, then I can do the normal stuff like filter sweeps and all that. I can also get control over the sequencer tracking speed, LFO speed (on the modular, outside of the CV-5) and misc other things. If you're looking for the exotic, hmmm... Have you seen Kyle's application notes? http://www.tiac.net/users/jkjelec/apps04.htm The CV-5's LFO can sync to MIDI clock and run on a defined multiples of the clock. So, you can do things like get a tap tempo only sync up with a MIDI clock. Or, run through sync'd patch changes. :) This can have limited usefulness, since you're only changing in one direction, but having a bank of patches loaded in a device which are similar (yet different!) can yield some good results. The LFO has a "balanced square" option where the waveform is centered on zero (bipolar). I'm not one to know about patch change circuits, but if a positive voltage means up, and a negative voltage means down, then this could be fun. Look at running your sound source through a filter that has CV controllable resonance (the Big Briar MF-101 for example), as well as cutoff. Pushing resonance along with cutoff via MIDI can add a lot to any performance. Outside of using a looping device like the EDP or Digitech, look at some of the CV'd analog delay lines that are around. The CV-5 can easily drive things like delay time, delay mix, regeneration, etc. Yes, you can do a lot of these types of things with a MIDI'd delay, but the result in doing them with an analog delay is MUCH more "musically pleasant" to my ears. You have to start thinking in the world of CV and remembering that you have a box which will do cyclic CV things in sync with the MIDI world. As such, look around at edge pushing modules like those from John Blacet: http://www.blacet.com Check the Time Machine (the TM2050). John is a "nut case" when it comes to delay lines and there is more CV fun in this box than any other delay line I know of. Run the CV-5's sequencer GATE control in the "mod mix". Set the sequencer up for 1/8th notes, and play a repeating line. Every 8th note will get a full dose of delay. Set up the X-15 to generate MIDI CC #16, then run a cable from the C16 output on the CV-5 to the regen control on the Time Machine. Mash the pedal full on, and you'll get a line that you can bounce over on command. Check John's Klang Werk which is a ring modulator. The CV inputs let you control the pitch of the carrier wave. You can get a _tracking_ ring mod by doing this, which is a lot different than your classic ring mod "noize" :). btw, if you're into ring modulators, then also check into Big Briar's MF-102, and the Frostwave box. The MF-102 is probably the cleanest ring modulator I have ever heard, and if you like the concept of a tracking ring mod, then this is the best choice. Back to Blacet... With basically CV control over it's entire world, check the Dark Star Chaos. Among other fun, this little module can be an INCREDIBLE beats generator - just stuff that you haven't heard before. Forget straight beats, you can get them here, but the fun is letting the module kinda' run. You can follow it, and using the CV-5 you can sync it. :) This is the kind of stuff that I use stand-alone MIDI->CV boxes for. Oh... LFO Speed wise... Drop Kyle a line and mention this... he may be able to help you out. Kyle Jarger <jkjelec@tiac.net> Hope that helps some! Mark