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KiwiTechnics make an excellent Programmer for the Kiwi-3P (also works with a bunch of other synths). I’m using a panel built in CTRLR application, still a few items to adjust but have attached a screen grab.kslight wrote:No programmer though with the JX3P? Shame to spend so much money on upgrades if it doesn't have it.
Also not really a fan of the Kiwi overlays...which I could put on my JX3P or Polysix, but...hmmm...an acquired visual taste I guess...like bumper stickers.
Yeah I've seen it, I wish it wasn't so expensive though...I could really use one with my JX8P that unfortunately was lacking its programmer. I suppose if I really wanted, I could sell my PG200 to fund almost the total cost of a Kiwi programmer to use with all of my knobless synths. I already have too much stuff with software based programming as is, I prefer hands on control when I can get it. Though it is unfortunate that a standalone programmer costs more than the synth itself, in the case of the JX/MKS synths.lfo2vco wrote:KiwiTechnics make an excellent Programmer for the Kiwi-3P (also works with a bunch of other synths). I’m using a panel built in CTRLR application, still a few items to adjust but have attached a screen grab.kslight wrote:No programmer though with the JX3P? Shame to spend so much money on upgrades if it doesn't have it.
Also not really a fan of the Kiwi overlays...which I could put on my JX3P or Polysix, but...hmmm...an acquired visual taste I guess...like bumper stickers.
Thanks Real. True, my very first vintage oscillators, I hadn't realized! The synth is really clean, it only has a little ding on the panel, which has hardly 2 weeks.Portamental wrote:^^ Very nice... two genuine vintage Moog oscillators (your first I believe?) and filter, and paraphony and...
Machine looks real clean too. If you ever wanted to play the resonance induced sine wave, the MG-1 is the best Moog for that.
Thanks Alain. CE-3 was really purchased per nostalgia and for stereo duties. But I'll definitely have the MG-1 plugged in it now that you told me thatthealien666 wrote:Back in 1985, I had a great time with my Realistic MG-1 and a Boss CE-3 stereo chorus ! I kept them for more than 15 years !
Congrats on getting these, and the other interesting stuff as well, Stiiiiiiive !
OSC tuning will not have any effect on filter keyboard tracking. You'll have to open it, and adjust trimpot R1113 (located about in the middle of the PCB near the top edge when the synth is open. It will be the hole right next to the keyboard tracking toggle switch). You can reach it with a small screwdriver thru the PCB. Wait at least 30 minutes to let the machine warm-up before tuning it. And, of course, adjust the tracking with that switch in the FULL position...stiiiiiiive wrote: The filter sine is something I tried in the first minutes, I found it tracked well on 1 1/2 octave, but not on the whol keyboard. I will try to see whether the osc's tuning has a effect on this...
Although this is true, on some Moog synths like my Mini, once the tracking is adjusted, it is surprisingly stable (with a warmed-up machine). But it's tacking properly only when the cutoff is set at about -1.5 unfortunately (the very best that can be obtained) ...MC wrote:Don't be disappointed if the sine wave doesn't track well. Moog never implemented proper exponential conversion or temperature compensation in the ladder filter, although ARP did with their 4012/4034/4035 "infringing" ladder filters.
Again, that's due to the imperfect expo conversion. You found the sweet spot at -1.5. The conversion is pure exponential only within a certain current range of the expo converter, outside of that it's still nonlinear but no longer exponential.thealien666 wrote:Although this is true, on some Moog synths like my Mini, once the tracking is adjusted, it is surprisingly stable (with a warmed-up machine). But it's tacking properly only when the cutoff is set at about -1.5 unfortunately (the very best that can be obtained) ...MC wrote:Don't be disappointed if the sine wave doesn't track well. Moog never implemented proper exponential conversion or temperature compensation in the ladder filter, although ARP did with their 4012/4034/4035 "infringing" ladder filters.