From atomic@netcom.comMon May 1 10:49:06 1995 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 10:29:46 -0800 (PST) From: atomic city To: Mike Perkowitz Subject: Re: SCI 700 Programmer (minimoog): What? REAL DATA? Mike Perkowitz writes-- > > >> >Does anyone know anything about the Sequesntial Circuits Model 700 >> >programmer? I know there were about 200 of them made and that they >> >are commonly used to store patches for the MiniMoog. Looks like they >> >can be hooked up to ARPs and other things as well. > >i dont get it. how can some thingy store patches for a moog or an arp or >something. does it have little robot arms to move the sliders around? No, but it does have a mess of jacks for outputting voltages into the various patchpoints a lot of the old monosynths had for control of this stuff. You zero out the relevant controls and let the 700 do the work. This isn't 100% programmability, but it's a nice touch for the era. mike -- mike metlay * atomic city * box 81175 pgh pa 15217-0675 * atomic@netcom.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Have a nice day. Detune yourself just slightly, but not enough to get really wobbly or beat badly." (g. taylor) From mcrandal@pepperdine.eduMon May 1 10:49:27 1995 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 00:30:25 -0700 From: "Marc S. Crandall" To: Mike Perkowitz Subject: Re: SCI 700 Programmer (minimoog) >> >Does anyone know anything about the Sequesntial Circuits Model 700 >> >programmer? I know there were about 200 of them made and that they >> >are commonly used to store patches for the MiniMoog. Looks like they >> >can be hooked up to ARPs and other things as well. > >i dont get it. how can some thingy store patches for a moog or an arp or >something. does it have little robot arms to move the sliders around? > Hi Mike... I think the thing has a whole bunch of CV outputs; it saves different CV levels internally via patches which you set using the front panel knobs. When you select a patch, it transmits the different CV levels out the CV outputs on the rear, which are each pluged into the various CV inputs of the slave synth (MINIMoog, etc). Of course, the synth has to have CV inputs for the filter, amplitude, envelopes, and any anything else you want to be "storable". (remember, CV can be used to control a whole lot more than pitch, which is all most people use CV for). I think the OB programmer which came with the 4 & 8 Voice units worked quite the same way (but they were used to control the SEMs directly, and because the SEMs didn't have CV inputs for the envelopes, envelope settings couldn't be stored). Anyways, that's how I understand the thing to work. Hope it's informative Marco