Useful information on connecting up some popular monosynths to Kenton MIDI to CV converters.
SYNTHESISER
| SYNTH INPUTS | CONNECTOR TYPE | CONVERTER OUTPUTS | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| MINIMOOG | |||
| Oscillator Input | 1/4" jack | CV Chan A | Input is affected by the last note played on the Keyboard |
| S-Trig Input | Cinch-Jones | S-Trig | See note 1 below |
| Filter Input | 1/4" jack | Aux 1 | See note 5 below |
| Loudness | 1/4" Jack | Aux 2 | |
| MOOG PRODIGY | |||
| Kbd In/Out | 1/4" jack | CV Chan A | Early Models have no CV/GATE Inputs, however we can fit them. |
| S-Trig In/Out | 1/4" jack | S-Trig | Some Prodigy synths have Cinch Jones connectors. See note 1 below |
| VCF In | 1/4" jack | Aux 1 | See note 5 below |
| MOOG ROGUE | |||
| CV In | Ring of 1/4" jack | CV Chan A | See note 7 below |
| V-trig In | Ring of 1/4" jack | Gate | Gate works better than s-trig on this synth |
| MOOG SOURCE | |||
| Kbd In/Out | Ring of 1/4" jack | CV Chan A | See note 7 below for connections to ring of stereo jack |
| S-Trig In/Out | Ring of 1/4" jack | S-Trig | If the level 2 EXT TRIG is off, all external triggers are defeated |
| ROLAND SH-101 | |||
| CV Input | 3.5mm jack | Cv Chan A | We can fit additional filter and mod sockets to the 101 |
| Gate Input | 3.5mm jack | Gate | |
| Ext Clk In | 3.5mm jack | Arp Clock | Will run the internal sequencer in time with MIDI, not concurrently with CV/Gate |
| SEQUENTIAL PRO-ONE | |||
| CV In | 1/4" jack | CV Chan A | |
| Gate In | 1/4" jack | Gate | |
| Filter In | 1/4" jack | Aux 1 | See notes 5 & 9 below |
| KORG MS-20 | |||
| VCO 1+2 CV In | 1/4" jack | Chan A | Requires Hz/V |
| Trig In | 1/4" jack | S-Trig | |
| Any Other | 1/4" jack | Aux 1/2 | Versatile control exists on the MS-20 |
| KORG MONOPOLY | |||
| CV In | 1/4" jack | CV Chan A | CV Init must be set 1 Octave above Factory Default |
| Trig In | 1/4" jack | Gate | Set trig polarity of Monopoly to +15v |
| VCF fcM In | 1/4" jack | Aux 1 | Adjust converter Aux 1 to +5v |
| Porta | 1/4" jack | Aux 2 | Adjust converter Aux 2 to +5v |
| Arpeggio Trig In | 1/4" jack | Arp Clk | |
| YAMAHA CS-30 | |||
| Key Volt In | 1/4" jack | Chan A | Requires Hz/V |
| Trig In | 1/4" jack | S-Trig | |
| ARP ODYSSEY & AXXE | |||
| CV Input | 3.5mm jack | CV Chan A | |
| Gate Input | 3.5mm jack | Gate | The Trig Input does not need to be connected |
| ARP 2600 | |||
| CV Input | 3.5mm jack | CV Chan A | |
| Gate Input | 3.5mm jack | Gate | The Trig Input does not need to be connected |
| VCF In | 3.5mm jack | Aux 1 | See note 5 below |
| Trig Input | |||
| Trig Input | 3.5mm jack | Aux 2 | Set the aux source to TR and offset to zero |
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