Superbooth 2018: Bastl takes on polyphonic MIDI-to-CV with 1983
1983 is of course where MIDI all began and Bastl has decided to reference that in their new polyphonic MIDI-to-CV module. What’s particularly interesting about this module is its automatic tuning capabilities.
1983
The 1983 can take in MIDI and output 4 channels of CV. So what’s the tuning about? Well, Eurorack is traditionally full of monophonic sound sources. And so when wanting to using it polyphonically it requires employing聽a different oscillator module for each voice. In this case, 4 oscillators. Getting them in tune and keeping them there as you play up and down the octaves can be a bit troublesome. 1983 gets around this by including a “Listen” input for each of the 4 channels. Plug in your oscillators and hit the Tune button and it adjusts the CV outputs to the same tuning. It also maps the response over 7 octaves so that they stay that way.
Other features include an Update input that forces the output to update only when a trigger is received. Notes played legato are stored in a buffer and the Window input lets you select which notes will play.
The MIDI-to-CV conversion can be routed to a number of layouts – 4 voice, 3+1 voice, 2 velocity voice, 4×1 voice, 8 triggers, 8 CCs and 4 triggers + velocity.
The tuning aspect is probably a work of genius and will make the whole MIDI-to-CV experience far more instant and usable. 1983 should be available in September, no pricing yet.
More information
- 1983 webpage.
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