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Allow CV -> Audio, but somehow change the UX to help some? #1038

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mxmilkiib opened this issue Mar 1, 2020 · 1 comment
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Allow CV -> Audio, but somehow change the UX to help some? #1038

mxmilkiib opened this issue Mar 1, 2020 · 1 comment

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@mxmilkiib
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In trying out PulseAudio mode, I'm unable to make connections here that would be possible in JACK mode;

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Real life CV signals can be of a form that is a valid audio signal, though there is a danger if DC CV signals are sent to a speaker driver. Usually a computers DAC high-pass filters this away with a decoupling capacitor, providing a DC-coupled signal, but some interfaces don't for an AC-coupled signal.

The latter type of device can be used to connect to a hardware module rack for a hybrid setup. The decoupling capacitor there would be in the hardware VCA mixer module audio output so there is no real opportunity for a newbie users to send DC CV to speakers there. But sometimes non-hardware-modular users will happen to have one of these audio interfaces, and they will have it connected to speakers (or monitors), and there in lies the case in which there is potential for damage if super low frequencies get routed to the output.

So, IDK, maybe somehow offering a high-pass filter option on the system output. I don't know how that would be presented or automated or such. I'm not sure detection of AC/DC-coupled cards is at all possible.

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falkTX commented Mar 30, 2020

The prevention of CV->Audio connections is the correct behaviour, the fact that carla in jack mode allows it is a bug, not a feature.

I understand it is a wanted feature, but can cause more harm than good.
A simple cv2audio signal converter plugin can be made quite easily.

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