sebiiksbcs Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Didn't know where MIDIBOX CV related stuff belongs so I post it here... Totally voided my warranty for my Maschine MK2 and installed a small CV interface. Why? - I wanted to integrate Maschine with my analog stuff without having to run Maschine's MIDI through an external MIDI-CV converter first. The gates and CVs now feel like a direct extension of Maschine's possibilities. Also, I had a Core8 lying around that I wanted to put to use. - 8 gate outputs (5V) - 2 CV outputs (NOT 1V/oct but 0-5V) So how does this work together with Maschine hard/software? SIMPLE: - I assign a MIDI out module to a sound (channel 1) - I go to keyboard mode on that sound and play pads 1-8. The gates correspond to those 8 pads. Done. Velocity CVs are available for pads 1 and 2. DETAILS: - The interface is a Midibox CV with one AOUT_LC module. I was surprised how much space there is available under the Maschine PCB. I could fit some other toys there, and I think the next step will be an additional 1V/oct CV interface from midimplant.com. - I've assigned the gates to MIDI notes C3, C#3,...G3 and the CVs to velocity of the first two gates. I am using gates and not triggers because you can do some great on/off sequencing stuff with them, e.g. opening/closing a filter etc. - If I want to use the CV outputs for smooth progressions, I record the respective pad with note repeat active (the highest note repeat resolution is 1/64th which works quite well for the CVs since the interface itself has a built-in slew rate that I set to 8 ms). - Technically, the CV outputs run at about 0.48 V/octave if you will, and they have a precision of 8 bit. They are meant for percussive sequencing and not playing melodies, so I'm good! The background is that the interface runs solely from Maschine's USB power (5V) anyway and I omitted the AOUT_LCs op-amp scaling and offset circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebiiksbcs Posted July 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 You can find pictures here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/disgustingpie/9346930048/in/photostream/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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