
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.
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Straight out of the box, the outputs are assigned as follows
CVA
Channel 1
note pitch
CVB
Channel 1
note
velocity
GATE1
Channel 1
note gate
GATE2
Channel 1
note
trigger
GATE5
Trigger:
Chan 10,
note C4
GATE6
Trigger:
Chan 10,
note D4
GATE7
Trigger:
Chan 10,
note E4
GATE8
Trigger:
Chan 10,
note F4
CVC
Channel 2
note pitch
CVD
Channel 2
note
velocity
GATE3
Channel 2
note gate
GATE4
Channel 2
note
trigger
GATE9
Trigger:
Chan 10,
velocity
>= 100
GATE10
Clock:
4
th
notes
GATE11
Clock:
8
th
notes
(e.g.
Volca)
GATE12
Clock:
16
th
Notes
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…