Circuit bend cross modulation of two keyboards

davethedoobie · April 24, 2009, 12:48:06 AM

Hi, has anyone ever tried to link two or more keyboards together as an experiment? It is possible to do this with analogue modular synths and I just wondered if it had been tried?

nochtanseenspecht · April 24, 2009, 01:04:47 AM

of course, thats the best !

casio and yamaha cpu's swing nice together

but carefull not to blow them.. maybe not to many connections the same time..
just try
i don't have a modular, but not shure wether i would take the risk..
don't know if you'l find digital paths to patch on a modulair..
but it would be lovely to get the mangled sounds true enveloppes, filter, ringmod etc
hope you let us hear your experiments

Circuitbenders · April 24, 2009, 02:27:05 AM

Drum machine patchbays can usually be cross patched together but the reults are never as good as you might want them to be.

pneaveill · April 24, 2009, 03:23:45 AM

Quote from: nochtanseenspecht on April 24, 2009, 01:04:47 AM
of course, thats the best !
casio and yamaha cpu's swing nice together
but carefull not to blow them.. maybe not to many connections the same time..
just try
i don't have a modular, but not shure wether i would take the risk..
don't know if you'l find digital paths to patch on a modulair..
but it would be lovely to get the mangled sounds true enveloppes, filter, ringmod etc
hope you let us hear your experiments

This idea is what I have dreamed of for years!! Would love to see pics and hear what you can do.

Gordonjcp · April 24, 2009, 11:58:58 AM

First thing to do would be to make sure they share a common logic earth...

nochtanseenspecht · April 24, 2009, 08:29:38 PM

here's an example of mine..
http://www.esnips.com/web/happycouple

computer at sea · April 24, 2009, 10:54:05 PM

Quotehttp://www.esnips.com/web/happycouple

Hot! I've worked a bit with each of those keyboards. Do you remember roughly where your patch points are going to and from?

davethedoobie · April 25, 2009, 12:55:19 AM

excellent. You proved it can be done. Now I think you should record it on you tube so those of us who are visual learners in an auditory environment can work it out.

Amazing beats. I'm listening as I write. Thanks.

pneaveill · April 25, 2009, 01:08:05 AM

Quote from: computer at sea on April 24, 2009, 10:54:05 PM
Quotehttp://www.esnips.com/web/happycouple

Hot! I've worked a bit with each of those keyboards. Do you remember roughly where your patch points are going to and from?

Would love to see the specs on this please!!

nochtanseenspecht · April 25, 2009, 01:54:09 PM

o boy, i can't remember, it is to long time ago..

..on the sa1 i did the regular mods and all the mods DjSynchro suggested here in this site
and made a small patchbay
on the pss i made a small patchbay connected to the main chip
those two i connected, but don't ask me on wich points..
some interconnections worked nicely, others didn't and made them crash..

i did interconnect several other toykeyboards from various brands, (i think i didn't do
more than 3 or 4 the same time) with less or more succes

but it's very funny !

computer at sea · April 25, 2009, 05:19:23 PM

I've cross bent drum machines plenty of times before, and had five hot minutes of a SR-16 connected to a Casio MT-140 before destroying all the user created data on the Alesis.