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| Analog to MIDI Interface |
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Sycologic AMI Analog to Midi Interface
| The Sycologic AMI is an 8 channel CV-Gate to Midi Converter! |
| Yes, that's right. It is CV -> to -> MIDI. And it's 8 channels. |
| But there's more. it also does CLOCK -> Midi Clock translation. |
| Plus there are 8 Controls Inputs that can be mapped to some Midi CC Parameters. |
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| INTRO | |
| I got this, I think around 2003. 2nd hand obviously. | |
| This thing is actually very rare. If you
google on this, there isn't much info available. The year (on the photocopied manual that I got) says 1984. So this appeared around the transition period when MIDI was first introduced and starting to get popular. |
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| There have been times I wanted to sell
this. To be honest, it hardly ever got used. But the thing is, since this is so hard to find, and I am not 100% sure if I would ever need this again or if I'd ever regret selling this, I decided in the end, that I should keep it. |
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| I think Syco Systems/Sycologic did 3 or 4 products: | |
| AMI | Analog to Midi Interface |
| PSP | 8 channel Drum Triggers or Audio to Midi Interface |
| M16 |
Simple 16x16 Midi I/O Patchbay/Switcher (+ M16R, remote), designed by EMS's Richard Monkhouse |
| MI4 | Simple 4x4 Midi Patchbay/Switcher |
| MX1 | Memory Expansion board for Yamaha DX7 |
| M48 | Realworld Sycologic M48, 16 in / 48 out Midi Router |
| Syco / Sycologic
was a company setup by Peter Gabriel and his cousin
Steve Payne, distributing Fairlight CMI. |
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| There aren't a lot of CV->Midi converters
around in the market today. I think Doepfer does one in the A-100 series, I think the A-192 Voltage-to-MIDI Interface CVM16, which is 16 CVs to midi Controllers only, costs around £105. Also Analogue Systems does another one, the RS-300, which is 8 channel, but just purely 8 CV/Gates to MIDI plus some LFO conversions, and it's £340 / US$650. Both of these are modules, and not standalone. The AMI does more than 8 CV/Gates, it also has 8 Control Inputs + Sync Clock, all in 2u 19'' rackmount! |
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| The AMI Overview |
| The AMI has a very simple panel interface. |
| FRONT PANEL |
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| On the front left are 8 CVs and 8 Gates jack socket inputs. |
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| On the right are 4 buttons, a simple LED number display and also another 8 jack socket inputs for the additional Dynamics & Control Inputs. |
| REAR PANEL |
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| At the rear, on the left are the
Sync inputs - yes, the AMI accepts CLOCK INPUTS! And then there's the MIDI OUT. |
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| On the right at the back, is the simple IEC socket and fuse holder. |
| I suppose only thing missing is a Power Switch!! |
| OPERATION | |
| The AMI can operate in different modes: | |
| POLY | Control of 8 Voices over MIDI |
| DUAL | Control of 4 Voices over 2 MIDI Channels |
| MONO | Control of 1 Voices over 8 MIDI Channels |
| In addition, the modes can operate in either ''with Dynamics'' or ''With Controls'' where the extra 8 CV inputs can be used to control Dynamics of each note event, patch changes or modulations (Midi CC's): | |
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| In Dual mode, these are split onto 2 adjacent channels, 1-4 on one midi channel and 5-8 on the next. | |
| SYNC | |
| The 2 Sync inputs (Start/Stop and Clock) can be used to convert 24, 48, 96 beats per quarter notes (ppqn) to MIDI CLOCK!! | |
| The Start/Stop is for use with Roland equipment | |
| I suppose, with suitable wiring, this beast can do DIN Sync to Midi Clock conversion! | |
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C Y 's files on the Sycologic AMI |
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