The light sensor module and the Theremin module both have gate outputs with
threshold settings which can work like a trigger button.

----- Original Message -----
From: "mdimmm" < mdimmm@... >
To: < Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com >
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:42 AM
Subject: 1 Re: Various questions


> --- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "stinchcombe_t" <tstinchcombe@q...>
> wrote:
> > > I'd also like to know about ways to create a manual gate,
> without
> > > a keyboard. A simple way to open/close a signal path...
> >
> > I find a simple way to produce a manual gate (for use with the
> ADSRs
> > 140 and 141 at least) is to use an A-174 joystick. Set the X out
> to be
> > just negative, then tapping the joystick to the right sends it
> > sufficently positive to gate the ADSR.
> >
>
> There's no module with an actual "manual gate" button though,
> is there Like on a VCS3...
>
> An A-119 works well too. Touch the other end of a cable which
> goes into the input, turn up gain all the way, threshold all the way
> down.
>
> > > To the person who asked about the spring reverb, I like it a
> lot. It
> > > adds a very characteristic sound of its own, because of the
> >
> > The spring reverb is one of my favourite modules - much
> screeching and
> > squawking to be had by using the feedback. I'm even
> considering buying
> > a second one to see what might happen if I cross couple them!
> (The hum
> > problem *is* a real pain in the proverbial though...)
> >
> > > My A-126 Frequency Shifter seems to add a sine wave of
> almost
> > > equal strength to any signal I plug into the module, has
> anyone
> > > else had this problem I don't seem to be able to frequency
> shift
> >
> > I'm wondering whether you had the same problem as I did
> when I first
> > got mine - for example, if the frequency you feed in is quite low,
> and
> > then you try and shift it down, the output shifts lower and then
> > passes through zero frequency to give 'negative frequency',
> which
> > actually sounds like a normal positive frequency, but as you
> continue
> > to increase the down shift, you actually hear this frequency
> > increasing, which sounds like the module is not working! If this
> is
> > what you are getting, input a much higher frequency, and then
> shift
> > down, and you should actually hear the output frequency
> decreasing.
>
> I'm not sure I know what you mean. I meant that the A-126
> seems to self-oscillate, all the time, and add this signal to the
> output, more than I'd like it to.
>
> Dimm M.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > [The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and
> do not
> > represent the views, policy or understanding of any other
> person or
> > official body.]
>
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