Consul
Well-known member
A long time ago, I had wanted to build a modular synth. Indeed, that's what got me started in this whole DIY thing to begin with. I had given up, to be honest, but I never shook the idea, and now I finally say, to hell with it, I'm gonna do it.
In the "make some fundamental decisions about the design" department, my question is about V/Hz vs. V/Oct. The vast majority of analog synths and just about all modulars are V/Oct. It turns out it's more complicated to design modules to respond to V/Oct, but I guess it greatly simplifies other aspects of the design...? Actually, that's one of my questions. Just what is the advantage of V/Oct that it's worth it to take simple module designs and make them complicated?
The follow-on question is, is there some overriding reason not to design a modular synth around V/Hz, aside from compatibility with commercial modules? If I'm not mistaken, Buchla modules are all V/Hz, and those happen to be my favorite modular systems around.
Thank you all for the help. I like to think I'm not a beginner, but hours of searching turned up no useful information on these questions.
In the "make some fundamental decisions about the design" department, my question is about V/Hz vs. V/Oct. The vast majority of analog synths and just about all modulars are V/Oct. It turns out it's more complicated to design modules to respond to V/Oct, but I guess it greatly simplifies other aspects of the design...? Actually, that's one of my questions. Just what is the advantage of V/Oct that it's worth it to take simple module designs and make them complicated?
The follow-on question is, is there some overriding reason not to design a modular synth around V/Hz, aside from compatibility with commercial modules? If I'm not mistaken, Buchla modules are all V/Hz, and those happen to be my favorite modular systems around.
Thank you all for the help. I like to think I'm not a beginner, but hours of searching turned up no useful information on these questions.