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JordanAceto / josh_Ox_ribbon_synth

ribbon synth for Josh Oxford
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Ribbon "bend mode" is not very useful #11

Closed JordanAceto closed 1 year ago

JordanAceto commented 2 years ago

The ribbon controller has two modes, select-able with a toggle switch:

The bend mode is a little hard to explain, and it also doesn't feel intuitive to use. In practice it feels sort of like a mod-wheel, and could be useful to add vibrato or pitch bend to an existing signal.

But I don't think Ox has ever used it on purpose, and there have been a couple times where the switch was accidentally set to "bend" and it seemed like the ribbon was broken.

IMO the bend mode could be removed. It was a neat idea, but we have not found much musical use for it.

Removing it could simplify the ribbon board by quite a bit, these is a good amount of circuitry devoted to the bend control.

One could also just not install the "slide/bend" switch, and install a small jumper over the switch terminals instead to hardwire slide mode.

Food for thought in case there is a new revision made in the future, but leave it as it is on the current instrument.

JordanAceto commented 1 year ago

Bend mode removed and quantize mode added with the new digital ribbon.