On: Synth wars: The story of MIDI (2023)

[golergka]

To be fair, CV/Gate is still widely in use, especially in Eurorack world. You don't build modular synthesisers out of MIDI.

[steve1977 → golergka]

CV/Gate is in use again. There was a time in the 90s when you actually kind of had to search for MIDI/CV interfaces.

A popular one was made by Doepfer - who were also a strong force behind the modular renaissance with their A-100.

[timc3 → steve1977]

I don’t think it was that hard. I remember them being around all the time, but maybe it was a European thing with them being readily available here.

[steve1977 → timc3]

I meant they were available, but not from many vendors… it was pretty much a niche product (and there was no Internet or Google ;)

[elihu → golergka]

One of the things I like about modular is that the v/octave CV standard imposes no assumptions on what kind of scale you're using. 12-tone equal temperament is pretty easy to use, but there's nothing forcing you to that scale if you don't want to use it. (Some modules and MIDI to CV devices have built-in scale assumptions, but it's not baked in to Eurorack modular at the protocol level.)

[worik → golergka]

> You don't build modular synthesisers out of MIDI.

Yes you can. I do