Sounds good :-)

A variable number of steps drawn from a maximum of 8 or 16 would be great. Imagine varying number of synth voices playing the ASR melody, or droning on their last tone when the step number changes and their respective output is no longer cycled....

ab-so-lu-te-ly cool.

Denis

On Aug 2, 2011, at 2:48 PM, < yahoo@... > wrote:

>
> > I would surely buy a multiple output digital module that included
> > a number of digitally generated CV functions including an ASR.
> > Because if one is going to go the route of using a
> > microcontroller, one could include multiple function options on
> > one module.
> >
> > Nick
>
> Thank you for your detailed answer. We already discussed the chance of
> multiple functions in the company. One could treat the ASR as kind of a ring
> memory that could be "filled" in different ways. E.g. from a CV source via
> AD conversion (the usual ASR) but also via Midi or USB. The ring memory
> could be looped or not by means of a simple switch. One could combine the
> module with arpeggiator functions, e.g. fill the memory by playing a chord
> on a keyboard and then use only one of the CV outputs. One may also fill it
> with several analog CVs and the filling could be triggered by a gate signal
> (i.e. output of a sequencer or a CV/gate keyboard). That way one could
> combine several similar functions in one module. From my point of view this
> would make more sense than a pure ASR. One could combine the functions of an
> ASR, arpeggiator and and a rudimental digital sequencer. For ASR the number
> of steps could be limited e.g. to 3 or 4, for the arpeggiator and sequencer
> more steps make sense. A lot of ideas for the long evenings of the upcoming
> fall and winter .... :-)
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>
>



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