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19th Mar 2024, 11:17 pm | #21 | |
Dekatron
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Re: Music Synthesisers, MIDI and CV / Gate
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If I find anything negative, something I wish I'd known about the S-1 before I bought it, I'll let you know - I might be able to save you from yourself. |
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20th Mar 2024, 1:18 am | #22 |
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Re: Music Synthesisers, MIDI and CV / Gate
Turns out my question regarding 5-pin DIN to 3.5mm jack leads doesn't have a straightforward answer. The leads are referred to generally as 'MIDI-TRS' cables, the TRS part referring to the Tip, Ring and Shield portions of a stereo (3 pole) 3.5mm plug.
After doing so well to get everyone to adopt the same 5 pin DIN to 5 pin DIN connections in the early days, the manufacturers immediately messed it up when it came to choosing which pins of a 3.5mm plug to use for what. Around half of them need the plug tip to be connected to DIN plug terminal 5 and the ring to be connected to DIN plug terminal 4 - that type is called 'Type A'. The other half need them to be the opposite way around. That type is referred to as 'Type B'. This is from the Roland website. Fortunately it does state that Roland equipment is likely to use Type A. (The numbers in circles to the left of the plugs are the associated DIN plug / socket terminal numbers). |
20th Mar 2024, 6:31 pm | #23 | |
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Re: Music Synthesisers, MIDI and CV / Gate
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If I had one of those I would consider it too useful to part with, but if you were to add an S-1 or similar unit to it it would give you the instant / live twiddleability which you just don't get with digital synths where you have to delve into menus to tweak things. |
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20th Mar 2024, 10:29 pm | #24 | |
Octode
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Re: Music Synthesisers, MIDI and CV / Gate
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https://github.com/probonopd/MiniDexed but my lad seems to be a fan of Yoshimi which has 3 different synth engines though no FM. |
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21st Mar 2024, 12:21 am | #25 | |
Octode
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Re: Music Synthesisers, MIDI and CV / Gate
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I thought at first it may have been something for the Sinclair Spectrum, but have now discovered it was rather different and more like the other (Ex Australian? ETI magazine) 'International 5600 etc' Synths back then, that I'd been tempted to build. With a demo of it via link here to a youtube video: https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2...g-synthesizer/ - Maybe I should have, just looking at price one of these is up for: https://reverb.com/uk/item/75969862-...og-synthesizer With the Spectrum construction documentation (from a special edition of E&MM ?) available from a link on this webpage (that hasn't got the promised pictures of it quite yet): http://www.bigbluewave.co.uk/spectrum.htm |
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