Volta may be able to record DC voltages but as far as I know and read
- there are no standard sound cards or interfaces (including the MOTU
ones) that will allow the input of DC. You can input audio at the same
time you output DC from the plugin though. This is referred to allot
in the reviews talking about syncing etc to external devices. There
has been talk of modifying devices to maybe get them to input DC by
removing the AC coupling found on them but I have seen no hands on
reviews that have said the recording of DC is possible. All the
reviews and write ups I have seen only talk of controlling your
modular and none have mentioned the possibility of recording (even the
Max hack that has been shown that pre-dated the Volta) If you have
seen any this let us know.
-James
On Jan 17, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Guy Drieghe D. wrote:
>
>> Perhaps I'm mistaken but from what I understand, VOLTA is only a one
>> way system which, because of DC protection on all ( ) interface
>> inputs, does not allow for CV control i.e. actual performance - to be
>> recorded.
>>
>
> No. Volta is a 2-way system.
> You can feed a signal from your modular (any signal) back into Volta
> and process it any way you like. That way you can for instance host-
> sync your CV's and signals with any effect (or soft-synth or whatever)
> in your DAW. Or you can record the output of your ribboncontroller and
> treat it as data. In fact, once you feed signals back into Volta it
> becomes kindof a virtual instrument. The possibilities are endless.
>
> So, since you can feed your modular signals back into Volta, it gets
> really powerful to send these signal backs to your modular, once
> you've ehm, done things to them (in Volta).
>
>
>> ... so we're still waiting for somebody to design a DC capable, CV
>> recorder.
>>
> Why Volta can do this, no problem.
> Your DAW becomes your CV recorder, and it's only limited to your
> available memory/HD space.
>>>>