I have not seen any discussion about this new ADDAC308 Light to CV module on here and thought it might be something of interest to folks. I’ve used it in a very subtle way here to alter different aspects of Mutable Instruments Elements and Rings, reacting to the change in the light in the studio.
Would love to hear what anyone else is doing with this module!
I didn’t know about this but I’m imagining a generative patch that changes depending on time of day and location. Inspiring
Yes, I think there are many possibilities with this. I think an immersive work that works over long durations could be so beautiful, though hard for people to appreciate the changes that the light is producing of course, but there are many creative responses to be had.
Plug it to an ADDAC306 and you’re changing various aspects of your patch simultaneously, while also making it super easy to A B the different settings.
Good idea. That always seems like such a valuable module too! Going to investigate again now!
ADDAC System has a lot of cool stuff that sometimes go underrepresented. ADDAC503 Marble Physics for instance is one of my favorite designs, such a cool concept to have in a module.
Yes, absolutely with you. The ADDAC506 Stochastic Function Generator is an amazing module and I’ve had my eye on the ADDAC503 Marble Physics for some time. I was fortunate enough to perform in Braga in Portugal back in 2019, and played live using an ADDAC case full of modules that I only had a few days to learn how to use. A great opportunity and challenge too, of course 
Definitely sounds like a big challenge, especially with such unusual modules. That being said, I never really have to read their manuals (well, ok, the ADDAC207 is an exception), and most of their designs are pretty self-explanatory.
Interesting, I like sensors. If CV, I think will be great on Rings or any module that make it sounds when trigger only CV without gate (so we can listen directly how the sensor works). But what kind of type CV in here? continuous (like turing machine) or it trigger if only have light?
What you hearing here with the change of the light are a variety of aspects in MI Elements and Rings actually - first of all you hear the change of chordal structure, brightness and geometry in Elements (in a very subtle musical way), and then I fade in Rings and the light changes affect the structure, position and damping of the sounds, so for example you can hear a kind of ‘wiggling’ sound in Rings as the light changes further into the piece. You can adjust the sensitivity which is helpful too.
Interesting module and love the track you have created Robin. I have done some experiments using solar panels as CV sources, very easy and cheap to build (they do work in artificial lighting situations too but probably not in a club situation unless there are strobes…) here is a little video of them set up in our yurt this summer, only phone quality audio but you can just about hear the changes of pitch as the shadows of the leaves and branches pass over the solar panels.
that’s really beautiful, thanks for sharing it here!
It probably doesn’t belong in this thread but i thought it had some relevance!