MATRIXSYNTH: Novation BassStation Rack - MIDI to CV and CV to MIDI Convertor


Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Novation BassStation Rack - MIDI to CV and CV to MIDI Convertor

No title link, Just an awesome tip from Brian Comnes:

"I was re-working my rack this weekend and I looked at the back side of my Novation BassStation Rack (haven't looke back there for 2 years) and I noticed MID/CV ports on the back so I got out the manual and sure as shit this thing is a switch hitter, it goes MIDI to CV and CV to MIDI and it supports HZ/Volt and Volt/Oct to boot

given that these things can be had for $100 or so on eBay , they are a bargain if you consider that you also get a 2 osc monosynth in the package"

Note this does not apply to the Novation BassStation keyboard.

Update via Bill in the comments:
"You can do this with a Pulse Plus as well. I think they go for about 250$ + you get real analog oscillators and filters."

Update via Brian Comnes:
"the relevant sections in the bass station manual are on page 18 of this link."

5 comments:

  1. You can do this with a Pulse Plus as well. I think they go for about 250$ + you get real analog oscillators and filters.

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  2. Thanks. I was wondering about that as well.

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  3. The last time I saw a Pulse Pulse for sale it was $450. And they are hard to come by too. Even the regular Pulse synths sell for $350+.

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  4. I can't speak for the Pulse, but there are two things that I love about the MIDI/CV converter on the BassStation Rack. First, it is addressable on an seperate MIDI channel from the monosynth. Second, it also does Hz/octave and S-trigger conversion in addition to the more common volt/octave.

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  5. the novation super bass station lacks cv in.

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