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Post by audiojack on Jan 28, 2020 23:14:14 GMT
If there's ever a Kick module upgrade opportunity, it would be nice to have CV control of the pitch, decay and drive for some autovariationinginess.
Happy Patching!
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Post by tekkaz on Feb 1, 2020 11:59:03 GMT
It's a nice sounding kick.. the range of it has been expanded downwards.. which is a good thing..i felt when using it that it didn't just quite go low enough.. Then i was soon wondering why i couldn't CV the pitch of it! And that got very frustrating! Would be great for low bass line stuff .. and i'd happily add another kick module to my rack!  |
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Post by audiojack on Feb 1, 2020 13:09:16 GMT
And I don't know why, but I love me them flashing lights, and could certainly handle more on AE modules. Let's have an LED to show the kick on there too. Sometimes, I put trig in to the clock of some modules just so that the LEDs light up.  |
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Post by NightMachines on Feb 5, 2020 12:46:00 GMT
Do remember though, that CV control and LED circuits cost money and would probably result in higher module prices. With a kick drum module, changing pitch via CV is probably not that common, because it’s a kick drum and not a bass synth. Regarding a dedicated bass line module, this would be sweet indeed and I might have read somewhere that such a module is being developed, or at least investigated, by tangible waves ;-)
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Post by young Protoboard on Feb 6, 2020 7:22:19 GMT
Not all parameters controlled by pots on the front panel can be controlled by CV, as in, it's literally not possible to control some by voltage. This is sometimes because that pot is configured in the circuit as a voltage resistor as discussed by NightMachines in their DIY thread here. Another common configuration for pots is a variable resistor such as RATE and HOLD on this diagram of my very basic clock module. In these cases, the important values changed by the user input of the knob is the resistance division of the pot, and only somewhere down the line does voltage get applied. As NightMachines discussed, cost is a limiting factor in every module design. It's much cheaper to make the MIXER 4-4 with passively-attenuating pots than perhaps (drop-in equivalent) digital pots. My DIY module has a harsh limit on space with a 1U footprint, and as I sit here and ponder it (thanks for the inspiration!) I believe it's possible to add some CV control to the circuit, but most solutions would take up too much board space to fit. The package with my KICK module is evidently still caught up in customs so I can't speak towards the KICK module specifically at this time. |
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