Members Acid Hazard Posted December 28, 2010 Members Share Posted December 28, 2010 Just completed the mod for the Monotron to have CV/Gate/Cutoff mod inputs. This makes the Monotron 100% musically useful. Sounds great being sequenced by the 101 =o] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piano39 Posted December 28, 2010 Members Share Posted December 28, 2010 Very cool. Wonder if anybody figured out how to control pitch with a real keyboard.MIDI would be too complicated. But I wonder if you can rip out a keyboard out of an old Casio and parallel the switch contacts with the Monotron sensors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members go go gergie Posted December 28, 2010 Members Share Posted December 28, 2010 [video=youtube;dF8skIOXp24] pretty cool- lots of background noise though.. check out around 5:50- best mod IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members go go gergie Posted December 28, 2010 Members Share Posted December 28, 2010 [video=youtube;kr5RU64JDms] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piano39 Posted December 28, 2010 Members Share Posted December 28, 2010 I guess I was wrong- somebody did put MIDI on this thing. I am going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: Korg will bring out a version of this thing with MIDI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kpatz Posted December 29, 2010 Members Share Posted December 29, 2010 Cool stuff. I should buy a Monotron or three and start tinkering. I liked the "modular" version and the mini sequencers. One could make a "mini-modular-tron". Does the VCO track accurately enough (at 1V/oct or whatever) to make it useful with a MIDI-CV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Hazard Posted December 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 I can't really tell how accurately it tracks. But i don't think it's 100%. Good enough though. For me anyway. However, it DOES play back at a higher pitch than the CV it receives. Sequencing it with the x0xb0x or 303, it sounds like it's probably about an octave higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Hamburglar Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 It's kind of hilarious how my monotron sounds better than my mopho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Hazard Posted December 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 I want what you're smoking =o] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Praxisaxis Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 I am going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: Korg will bring out a version of this thing with MIDI. The monotron is Korg's first analogue synth in who knows how long. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is Korg testing the waters, as it were, before they bring out something considerably more impressive... just a hunch. There's a market there after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 And it's not that much of a leap to put 4 monotron boards in a box with microprocessor control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Praxisaxis Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 And it's not that much of a leap to put 4 monotron boards in a box with microprocessor control. Exactly. Hey, has anyone had issues with a noisy signal from the headphone jack? What sorta lead should I be sticking in there anyway? I don't think I've ever had to run a stereo plug out of a synth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Hazard Posted December 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 The output is noisy. No way around that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Praxisaxis Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 The output is noisy. No way around that. :shoulders slump: :looks glum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kpatz Posted December 30, 2010 Members Share Posted December 30, 2010 The output is noisy. No way around that.There is a way around it. Don't use the output. Tap the signal at the volume control before it hits the headphone amp. Should be less noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Praxisaxis Posted December 31, 2010 Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 There is a way around it. But not without unscrewing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Hazard Posted December 31, 2010 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 There is a way around it. Don't use the output. Tap the signal at the volume control before it hits the headphone amp. Should be less noisy. Yeah, you could, but then you'd be stuck with an unsightly cord dangling out of the back. And there's no room for another jack. Unless you can bus that audio around the HP AMP to the 1/8" jack already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liliththekitten Posted December 31, 2010 Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 korg will do something cool... I just know it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Hamburglar Posted December 31, 2010 Members Share Posted December 31, 2010 Maybe it's just having usable knobs and being able to do things like a real filter sweep, but I'd honestly be happier, noise and all, with the limited monotron than the mopho if it had midi (though I do love the ribbon pad.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members projectwoofer Posted January 1, 2011 Members Share Posted January 1, 2011 Maybe it's just having usable knobs and being able to do things like a real filter sweep, but I'd honestly be happier, noise and all, with the limited monotron than the mopho if it had midi (though I do love the ribbon pad.) So the mopho doesn't have any usable knobs nor you can do a filter sweep with it......oh! I forgot! The monotron just sounds better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted January 1, 2011 Members Share Posted January 1, 2011 Yeah, you could, but then you'd be stuck with an unsightly cord dangling out of the back. And there's no room for another jack. Unless you can bus that audio around the HP AMP to the 1/8" jack already there. That's pretty easy if you ask me. Just cut all the tracks running to the 1/8" jack and solder some wires in place which lead to the audio signal before the headphone amp. I just did a test with my monotron and it sounds a lot better! Any other easy Monotron mods? Midi and CV are a bit too challenging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Hazard Posted January 2, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 2, 2011 Good call. I'll have to try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Hamburglar Posted January 2, 2011 Members Share Posted January 2, 2011 So the mopho doesn't have any usable knobs nor you can do a filter sweep with it... ...oh! I forgot! The monotron just sounds better! Maybe it's just that I like tight interaction and swift, bold sweeps, but the mopho's encoders are unusable. To be fair, I've never encountered an endless encoder I liked but the mopho's are {censored}ing awful. I'm hoping the akai LPD8 (pad + pot mini controller) will be what I'm looking for but am not counting on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stabby Posted January 2, 2011 Members Share Posted January 2, 2011 Good call. I'll have to try it. Take a look at the volume control. You see five solder joints. With those facing towards you, the functions are as follow from left to right: 1. Nothing2. Mono audio signal (after volume control)3. Nothing4. Mono audio signal (before volume control)5. Ground I recommend using the second joint, so you still have your volume control on the Monotron. By lowering the volume on the Monotron and increasing the volume on your mixer you should hear even less noise. You'll still hear noise but it's something I can deal with now. After some quick examination of the schematics, it seems the Monotron isn't stereo. One mono track is split in two and goes to the stereo output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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