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Hi

Any suggestions on how to implement a wireless CV system? I see that Doepfer has some small MIDI interface boards, which could be partnered with an M-Audio MidAir wireless MIDI system and a MIDI to CV converter, but the Doepfer boards only do a 7-bit resolution (the CV will be aliased to values of 0-127). How much will a capacitor/lag processor help to smooth the resulting aliasing? Are there some other MIDI interface boards that do a greater resolution, and is it supported by the M-Audio device? What sort of solution might be used to transmit the CV signals in a purely analog fashion?

Thanks

Hmm...you're asking if control voltages can be transmitted wirelessly? An interesting question! Well, I suppose it's possible with a wireless MIDI device hooked up to a MIDI-CV converter, but I do not know how you would transmit analog CV signals. Unless you had a Tesla coil and transformers of various sizes in step down mode with the outputs running into CV inputs.

That way, whichever transformer was hit, a voltage would go to the synth, and depending on the transformer would change the CV parameter either a small amount or a great deal. A Faraday cage around the synth would be a must, of course! Other than that, I have no clue. I shall leave this question to the MIDI users here, as I don't use MIDI devices often.

WHat about Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?

VOltor is right it might require some kind of digital control over your analog gear.

For example, you might need 2 computers. One pc being the master and one being the slave.

You could have something like a sequencer from ableton sending a bluetooth control to another computer which has midi control over your synth.

Have you seen those youtube videos of people controling their synths with Nintendo DS/Wii controllers?

THats perhaps as close as you can get unless there was a CV+Midi Converter+ Bluetooth to another computer to recieve the Bluetooth and convert the data from Midi to CV.

Interesting Idea though!