Make the G2 Demo output like the MOTU Volta

ersatzplanet · Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 46 Location: Seattle, WA, USA

I think Clavia would have a sellable product if they took the G2 Demo program and modified it to allow DC outputs through DC coupled audio interfaces like the MOTU Volta does. I am not a programer but it seems that it would not be that hard a thing to do since the majority of the software is written. They could just add the ability to pass DC to the Demo or they could craft a new program geared to that function (stripped of functions that would not be needed). The G2 Demo doesn't have the CV drawing abilities as the Volta but to do that with the Volta you need a DAW running. The Demo would have the advantage of being a stand alone CV creator with all the power of the G2's Sequencers and more. The only hurdle, and it is not a small one, is the Volta does auto scaling by sampling the external VCO's frequency and adjusting it's CV scaling. This may make it a lot tougher job.
-J

Falk · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: What makes you think it doesn't?

What makes you think it doesn't?

As I don't have a DC coupled audio-output I can't check but why would Clavia go to the trouble of putting in a software highpass filter?

They don't have that code on the real hardware.

Regards /Falk

ersatzplanet · Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 46 Location: Seattle, WA, USA

varice · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject:

ersatzplanet · Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 46 Location: Seattle, WA, USA

I just plugged the G2 demo program into my MOTU 828 (Mk1) and hooked it up to my modular and it indeed passed DC voltages from a Sequencer module to my external modular. I had to use Amplifier modules to beef it up a bit and the scaling is a bit odd but I don't plan on driving dote data out it anyway. MIDI>CV converters do that well enough for me. But it seems to pass CV out fine. Too bad the Demo only outs 2 channels.

-James