Anyone recommend a midi to cv converter for the SH 101?

[Jazzpunk]

Seen a couple models out there but not sure about reliablity/performance. Any recommendations? The midi mod looks cool as well but don't know anyone who is doing them.

Any tips appreciated.

[joshelevator]

i use the kenton pro solo MKII with my SH101. Works perfectly with logic and my amt8.

[Jazzpunk]

Originally Posted by joshelevator

i use the kenton pro solo MKII with my SH101. Works perfectly with logic and my amt8.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[Strobian]

doepfer makes a couple as well, kenton stuff is usually solid too.

[teknosmoker]

Using a Kenton Pro Solo with mine too. Works flawlessly.

-T

[Jazzpunk]

Kenton looks like a winner. Nice feature set.

[nofi]

kenton pro2000 mk2 here. It does more than I could ever wish for in a CV converter.

Also I have a frostwave quad midi-cv plus that works fine, though has a lot less features than the other CV converters out there.

[Jazzpunk]

For the price of the Kenton I'm thinking I might as well spend a little extra dough and pick up a used Mobius. Anyone know if it is compatible with both the Moog little phatty as well as the SH 101?

[nofi]

the little phatty has MIDI already, doesn't it?

in that case it's compatible with any MIDI sequencer, and needs no MIDI/CV conversion.

[Jazzpunk]

Originally Posted by nofi

the little phatty has MIDI already, doesn't it?

in that case it's compatible with any MIDI sequencer, and needs no MIDI/CV conversion.

It has midi and CV to allow for additional modulation options. It's not a case of one or the other.

[nofi]

Originally Posted by Jazzpunk

It has midi and CV to allow for additional modulation options. It's not a case of one or the other.

cool... well moog gear is volts/octave, so any midi/CV that does volts/octave and lets you assign useful MIDI messages to aux outputs will be fine.

How many auxiliary CV ins does the little phatty have? does the Mobius have that many auxiliary outs?

Speaking of which, if CV ins really give you modulation you can't get via MIDI, that you really want, then you'd want to make sure that whatever MIDI/CV converter you get has the outputs and the MIDI mapping to those outputs, to give you the control you want... And in that case, for a kenton, you might want a pro2000 over a pro solo.

[Jazzpunk]

The Moog's CV options;

Pitch CV In (1 V/Oct)
Filter CV In
Volume CV In
Keyboard Gate In

Not sure how it would map out to the Mobius but I can always use my Moogerfoogers to modulate the CV's while taking advantage of the midi options as you suggested.

[cletus]

I've got an old Kenton Pro 4 that is working out really well for me. It came with a custom 1/8 inch patchbay which is really cool too. I've looked into the Mobius a bit but found there were some incompatibility issues with certain gear mainly the tr808 which was one of the primary pieces of gear I own that I wanted to sync. I looked around and scooped the pro 4 up for a good price and am happy with it. I originally was just gonna have the pro solo and I'm glad I did'nt get that cause as of right now I have about eight synths in my studio that all have cv or hz/v and the pro 4 has enough channels to deal w/ all of them. Good luck with your search!

[Jazzpunk]

Thanks for the tip Cletus. Looks cool!

[Phaidon]

I have a couple of SH-101's and I'm using both Philip Rees Little Midi-to-CV
and a Doepfer MCV4 with great results!

The Phil Rees is no longer made though...

Cheers

[Jazzpunk]

Thanks guys. I've decided to go for the Mobius. It will handle my midi to cv needs with the added bonus of providing a simple sequencer for my 101 (and my XS as soon as it ships...come on December!).

[Pale Pyramid]

Any one using Doepfer MCV4 besides Phaidon ? Seem quite cost effective at this moment considering i let my gear lust tear a huge hole into my checking account this month .

[disco judas]

Originally Posted by Jazzpunk

SThe midi mod looks cool as well but don't know anyone who is doing them.

Is this something I can do myself?
I would love to get midi into my SH-101.

Can the SH-101 do the overlapping midi notes/glide thing?

[Stubrew]

I use the Kenton Pro 2000 mkII with my Minimoog and 808, works like a charm, built well and is rackmountable, highly recommended!


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[thighswideshut]

With the Kenton is a preamp or soundcard still needed?

[Teknobeam]

yes, the kenton is like a swiss army knife. You can also play with the parameters and get some interesting anomolies especially if you have a Korg Mono Poly.

[Maxx]

Originally Posted by joshelevator

i use the kenton pro solo MKII with my SH101. Works perfectly with logic and my amt8.

same here

[golden beers]

Originally Posted by thighswideshut

With the Kenton is a preamp or soundcard still needed?

its midi-> CV.. its a box for controlling and sequencing your non-midi synths from a computer. a completely separate thing to audio recording. so yes you still need audio recording equipment

[Demokid]

The Kenton Pro-Solo MKII works like a clock. Check out if you can find a used Kenton Pro-2000. That way you can control two analogs both Hz/V and V/Oct. You also get more CV aux-outs.

[Systolic]

The Novation Bass Station has MIDI to CV. You can get them pretty cheap on ebay. So besides just getting a MIDI to CV converter, you'll get a synth as well. You won't get all the functionality you'd get out of the Kenton unit, but you'll be able to sequence notes.

[thighswideshut]

sorry I'm very new to all this, this being my second post and all. But I was also wondering what midi interface compliments the SH 101 to the fullest or is best for the money?

[Feinstrom]

I use a Roland MPU-101 nowadays, but I used to have a Doepfer MCV-4, which was perfectly suitable for the SH-101. And it's cheap, too.

Cheers,
Bert

[rodion]

I use a doepfer mcv4 for my voyager OS, a phil reese little MCV for my MS20 and a Kenton USB solo for my Odyssey and MC202. IMHO the Kenton is way better than the other two. even if it's a little bit more expensive, you'll definitely won't regret the investment.

- it's super fast (latency way lower than doepfer and phil reese)
- it features presets, which means that you can finetune your unit to your cv/gate needs (+5v/+15Vor s-trig gate signals, v/oct or hz/v, user definable scaling for extremely accurate pitch tracking over a wide frequency range). you can store all of the above settings and instantly recall them when you need your kenton to control different kind of gear
- it runs on usb power so no need for external power supply
- it features a separate din sync out and it can also send analog clock signals to sync your drum machines and arpeggiators to your DAW
- it features an internal LFO which can be synced to midi clock

to make it short, I am extremely and positively impressed by my kenton usb solo. I was used to have one midi to cv box for each of my synths, plus a midi to sync converter for the MC202. now I can use the same box to control different synths and their clock without the hassle to reconfigure it every time. only thing it cannot do is to control more than one synth at a time (same as the MCV4 and little MCV), but my vote definitely goes to kenton over doepfer.

[thighswideshut]

would I be able to control a tr 606 with it and a SH 101?

[rodion]

sure:
you can control the sh-101 with the gate and cv outs,
send a clock to the sh-101 with the aux3 out
and send a clock to the tr-606 with the DIN sync out.
at the same time!
you only have to get the right cables (two 3.5" to 3.5" mono jack leads, one 3.5" to 1/4" lead for the sh clock and one DIN to DIN lead for the 606):
kenton sells them all.