Newbie question! korg ms20 + Murf?

simontonka · Post by **simontonka** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:04 am

Hi, have been using moog products and reading forum for a while but needed some advice! Hopefully using the K word on a moog forum is not in bad taste! Has anyone ever tried controlling murf using voltages from ms20? I am still quite new to my MS20 and have only really used my murf with my guitar setup. It would be great to be able to sync them somehow. Maybe controlling rate with the LFO rate of ms20? Does anyone have any suggestions that might help me out?
Thanks
Simon Tonka

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:41 pm

Feel welcome to ask about just about any synth in here, just about everyone here owns non Moog gear in some form and so we will be happy to answer your questions.

I can't answer your question about the Ms20 though.

Eric

soundxplorer · Post by **soundxplorer** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:20 pm

According to this link:
http://www.korganalogue.net/korgms/manu ... 20o01.html
(scroll to the very bottom of the page)

...the MS-20 operates within a +/- 5v range, just like the Moogerfoogers. So you should be able to just plug and play with CV from both.

simontonka · Post by **simontonka** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:29 pm

Great, thanks! It is a really cool forum. Moog make and have made some of the worlds best electronic instruments and I am slowly getting more absorbed into Moog Land! I really want one of the voyagers, but the finances are going to have to wait to catch up with my musical requirements!
I have been experimenting with the audio signal via the ms20 into to MF105 and getting pretty cool results. The whole cv thing confuses me though! Is there any chance of damage by sending wrong voltages to wrong inputs? Maybe if I send a clock message to the MF and just incorporate the audio signal side into MS20. Or just get a midiMURF!!

simontonka · Post by **simontonka** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:32 am

Sussed it. Got the trig from an old roland drum machine into the tap ande the audio routed through the ms20 patch panel! Hours of synced fun! God bless the murf!

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:03 am

You can damage some of the componants if you aren't careful. I can't give you specific voltage amounts that will do it, but if you have a cp251 and you try to use the multiple to combine voltages you can screw things up.

Generally with that equipment, if they say that it is compatible then you might be alright. You really need to study the voltage peaks and dips and be sure that you are staying in that range though.

Eric

simontonka · Post by **simontonka** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:37 am

Cheers EricK, I will keep that in mind when patching! I end up spending far to much on repairs a year anyway without any stupidity based breakdowns!