MOD - Audio to CV Pitch

[gianfranco]

@danmh

My assumption is it only needs to detect the pitch and the volume/amplitude? As the sound is generated by the oscillators there should be limited quality loss on the CV side?

That is correct. The generated sound only uses the pitch from the incoming audio and is entirely generated by the synth.

You have though, the option to mix them. One of the shared boards offers exactly that

[jon]

@Paul

Would you share your board set up? Be great to try. Thanks

It was only the plugin connected to the CV outs on a MOD DuoX. That simple, I just wanted to check the straightforward “translation”.

[Paul]

Hi thankyou. I realised after posting. I have the mod dwarf so not a feature I could use anyhow. But a great plugin just need access to midi

[Tarrasque73]

Wonderful!!!

Would you be so kind to write down a sort ov very simple breakdown/tutorial of the board usage and plugins inside for us poor guitarists little versed with sound synthesis???

[Rom]

@danmh

I wonder if you could +12 step pitch shift on the audio signal, then -12 on the CV?

If you use a Dwarf, a knob is configured to set the octave in the synth !
(and another is set to tune the 2nd oscillator, with half-steps frome 0 to +12)

[gianfranco]

There are videos coming for that @Tarrasque73

[Tarrasque73]

wonderful thanks!

[Tarrasque73]

You know, it might be a little over the top, but I’m wondering if using this plugin, plus some clever cv-to-midi + midi loopback magick I could trigger snapshot/pedalboard changes by using notes played on the guitar itself. I know Guitarix or Rakarrack (don’t remember which) has something similar.

[ianr]

@DavidWS

As a fellow Stick owner (in the process of trying to become a Stick player!), which of the example pedalboards did you try, or if several which did you prefer?

I’ve only tried GSYNTH:Lead
I’ll have a go at creating something more stripped back for the actual synth bass I’m likely to use.
Good luck with you’re instrument - it’s a great voyage of discovery!

[ianr]

I wonder if you could +12 step pitch shift on the audio signal, then -12 on the CV?

That sounded like a great idea @danmh but having tried it it didn’t improve the range and made the normal detection much more glitchy.

Nice thought though!

[Tarrasque73]

What’s the difference between “audio to CV pitch” and “audio to CV” blugins?

[Rom]

The none-pitch plugin takes rhe dynamics of the signal, so you can change tremolo speed, or a wah, or any parameter… With the attack of your notes

It could be a good idea to rename this plugin Audio to CV - dynamics, no ?

[danmh]

@ianr

That sounded like a great idea @danmh but having tried it it didn’t improve the range and made the normal detection much more glitchy.

Nice thought though!

That’s a shame. Thank you for checking!

[James]

@Tarrasque73

What’s the difference between “audio to CV pitch” and “audio to CV” blugins?

@Rom

The none-pitch plugin takes rhe dynamics of the signal, so you can change tremolo speed, or a wah, or any parameter… With the attack of your notes

It could be a good idea to rename this plugin Audio to CV - dynamics, no ?

@jesse and I had a chat about the names the other day. I was hoping to find a shorter, simpler name for “audio to CV pitch” but it’s a bit tricky. The “Audio to CV” plugin does exactly that, it’s just a plug to a plug, so it’s hard to think of 2 simple names when both exist. Open to suggestions though

[DavidWS]

@ianr

I’ve only tried GSYNTH:Lead

Thanks. I’ll start there.

@ianr

Good luck with you’re instrument - it’s a great voyage of discovery!

Thank you. I’ve set out. I’m travelling. There’s a great long road ahead - I hope! I’m enjoying the journey.

[Nashorn]

@ianr

I wonder if you could +12 step pitch shift on the audio signal, then -12 on the CV?

That sounded like a great idea @danmh but having tried it it didn’t improve the range and made the normal detection much more glitchy.

Nice thought though!

I don’t own a MOD device (yet), but I do play the Stick, too. When I’m working with pedals that do pitch detection, it sometimes helps to get better tracking if I play an octave higher on the bass strings and then pitch the effect signal down.

[ianr]

@Nashorn

I don’t own a MOD device (yet), but I do play the Stick, too. When I’m working with pedals that do pitch detection, it sometimes helps to get better tracking if I play an octave higher on the bass strings and then pitch the effect signal down.

Thanks @Nashorn - yes that’s a good plan B. In fact I originally thought that was what @danmh was suggesting until I read it properly.
I’ve got a Roland VG99 and a GK3 pickup on the melody side of my stick, so my usual synth bass solution is to play the synth bass parts on the melody strings through the VG99 and that works well. But the Dwarf is so nice & compact - it would be great to do it all in that…

[BaconWizard]

Minor bug found: It doesn’t like having the CV port labelled.
This is a shame because with the port labelled, the infamous mindi plugin can read it and output midi notes from it…

[falkTX]

Yeah, known issue. @Steven_VE found it shortly after we released 1.11.5 so it was not part of that bugfix.
If you tell me your mod unit type (duo, duox or dwarf) I can give you a build with the fix in PM, before 1.11.6 or 1.12-RC1

[BaconWizard]

Man, you are ON it!

I am using a duoX.

Thanks for all your work.