Sixty Four Pixels CV.OCD User Manual

CV.OCD USER MANUAL
Introduction
CV.OCD is a device which converts MIDI signals to the Control Voltage (CV) and Trigger/Gate signals which are used to
control traditional analog synthesizers.
As well as doing this useful bit of "plumbing", CV.OCD is designed to open up some creative options that go beyond what a
simple MIDI-CV converter can usually do. If you get a bit OCD about your CV this could be the box for you!
CV.OCD has four assignable "continuous" analog CV outputs and twelve assignable gate/trigger outputs.
- OR -
MIDI
INPUT
Straight out of the box, the outputs are assigned as follows
CVA CVB
Channel 1 Channel 1
note pitch note
velocity
CVC CVD
Channel 2 Channel 2
note pitch note
velocity
These are just to get you started (and they should work well with the default synth and drum mappings of Novation's
Circuit sequencer / groove box) however there are many ways to assign MIDI notes and events to these outputs as shown
in the diagram below...
cv.ocd
MIDI-TO-CV
A B 1
C D 3
CV OUTPUT
GATE1 GATE2
Channel 1 Channel 1
note gate note
trigger
GATE3 GATE4
Channel 2 Channel 2
note gate note
trigger
MODE ACT ST PWR
2 5
4 9 10
GATE5
Trigger:
Chan 10,
note C4
GATE9
Trigger:
Chan 10,
velocity
>= 100
9-12
VDC
CENTRE
NEG
6 7 8
11 12
GATE OUTPUT
GATE6 GATE7
Trigger: Trigger:
Chan 10, Chan 10,
note D4 note E4
GATE10 GATE11
Clock: Clock:
th th
4 notes 8 notes
(e.g.
Volca)
GATE8
Trigger:
Chan 10,
note F4
GATE12
Clock:
th
16 Notes