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Hi. I know this sounds like a noody question but I sort of need to know this.

Can you control the pitch of the Slim Phatty with a freq box? I am thinking about getting a Slim Phatty but I would like to use a bass guitar to control it VS a keyboard so I was wondering if this would work as I already have a freq box. I not saying that this is the only way I plan to use it, it just would be nice some times. Thanks!

Nope. The Freqbox does not convert pitch to CV. It just does hard sync, it doesn't track pitch at all. It's a common misconception about the MF-107 that most people have.

I see... well now I know.. I thought there might be a way but.. oh well... Thanks anyway.

There is a small pitch to MIDI converter that may do what you're looking for:
http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?category=149
I've never tried one though. And a couple of modular things do this, for instance Analogue Systems makes a pitch to CV converter. I've always been interested in things like that, but every demo I hear sounds pretty bad. I'm just not convinced it is as cool in practice as it is in theory.

Yeah, I know, I've looked at them all. I even have a roland bass midi pickup and I see it as a waste of money and time... You'd think there would be a easy cheap solution to this by now.

This always makes me wonder why no one makes a CV controller based on the Theremin Cello ...

Bob actually had one in his garage. It should be on display when the museum opens up.

EricK wrote:Bob actually had one in his garage. It should be on display when the museum opens up.

A old Theremin one or did he actually make one into a controller and if so

soundxplorer wrote:There is a small pitch to MIDI converter that may do what you're looking for:
http://www.petersontuners.com/index.cfm?category=149
I've never tried one though.

I got one of those when they first came out and it's a surprisingly handy little device. Since bass notes are slow frequencies they recommend playing higher notes (faster pitch, faster pitch recognition) and transposing down on the synth.

Rik