What has happened here is probably one Motu employee has thought
outside the square and actually managed to get this to market with the
right pitch etc to management. its greater than the some of its parts
and as profound as the internet was for computers.
Analog Synthesizer technology has taken a giant leap forward --I would
say its the biggest advance ever
David

On 18/01/2009, at 12:25 PM, David wrote:

> James
> I dare say that most of the modular makers would not have the resource
> to do the software design and digital electronics design so its
> unlikely to happen and Motu know this -thats why its coming to market
>
> David
> On 18/01/2009, at 12:07 PM, James Husted wrote:
>
> > You know with the buzz around the Volta, it won't be long before
> > someone else jumps in and does it. After all there sure has been a
> lot
> > of people making audio interfaces forever and with a few tweaks you
> > have this idea in a box. Make it USB2 or FireWire and have it do the
> > ramping stuff in hardware and you have it. Basically MOTU is doing
> > somebody's market research for them. And if they make it do out
> and in
> > and at a decent voltage level with a decent number of channels, they
> > will steal the market from MOTU in a second. I'm sure all the
> modular
> > makers are checking out their resources as we speak!
> >
> > - James
> >
> > On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Guy Drieghe D. wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, James, you're right. My mistake - no DC in to Volta; I
> > > misinterpreted a few things. Perhaps blinded by my enthusiasm, mea
> > > culpa.
> > >
> > > Volta's designer (Matthew Davidson, of Stretta fame) says that
> he'd
> > > love to design a dedicated interface for this, but he has "to
> > > demonstrate a significant market need" [to Motu].
> > > Unfortunately, Motu isn't Doepfer -- they don't do user polls.
> > >
> > > _g
> > >
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > >
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