longjon
2004-07-09 13:51:02 UTC
Greetings all from a newbie to this group, hope someone can help...
I've recently acquired the first synth I ever used - an EMS synthi AKS
(actually I was shut in a room with a VCS3 at a tender age, and never
been the same since, but the two synths are virtually the same).
Anyway, the synthi AKS has a rather flimsy looking touch-sense
keyboard / sequencer which, after spending £30 on the missing cable &
plugging it in, I began using, fully intending to achieve new levels
of phatness in the bassline dept.
So far I can get it recording and playing back my sequences with one
rather significant problem: all the notes are the same pitch.
Therefore my sequences are slightly boring. I have patched the
joystick up/down(seq.) into the osc1 frequency, and turned the
joystick up/down range to 0 (seq.), which would seem to me to be the
way to allow the sequencer to control the pitch, if the labelling on
the synth itself is to be believed. I am getting envelope triggering
and the clock, er, clocking (visible on the meter) but it resolutely
refuses to control the pitch, each note on the keyboard produces
whatever pitch I've dialled in on the osc.
Does anyone out there know what I'm doing wrong, or have any
resources they can point me to? I am in the process of sourcing a
manual but they appear to be pretty pricey, until then I am tuneless.
Is there a mailing list for users of this synth, or analogue gear in
general?
Anyone with any ideas please reply to ***@antispam.homechoice.co.uk,
substituting the antispam for longjon, thanks in advance.
Jon
I've recently acquired the first synth I ever used - an EMS synthi AKS
(actually I was shut in a room with a VCS3 at a tender age, and never
been the same since, but the two synths are virtually the same).
Anyway, the synthi AKS has a rather flimsy looking touch-sense
keyboard / sequencer which, after spending £30 on the missing cable &
plugging it in, I began using, fully intending to achieve new levels
of phatness in the bassline dept.
So far I can get it recording and playing back my sequences with one
rather significant problem: all the notes are the same pitch.
Therefore my sequences are slightly boring. I have patched the
joystick up/down(seq.) into the osc1 frequency, and turned the
joystick up/down range to 0 (seq.), which would seem to me to be the
way to allow the sequencer to control the pitch, if the labelling on
the synth itself is to be believed. I am getting envelope triggering
and the clock, er, clocking (visible on the meter) but it resolutely
refuses to control the pitch, each note on the keyboard produces
whatever pitch I've dialled in on the osc.
Does anyone out there know what I'm doing wrong, or have any
resources they can point me to? I am in the process of sourcing a
manual but they appear to be pretty pricey, until then I am tuneless.
Is there a mailing list for users of this synth, or analogue gear in
general?
Anyone with any ideas please reply to ***@antispam.homechoice.co.uk,
substituting the antispam for longjon, thanks in advance.
Jon