> I love the ribbon controller A-198 and never play the instrument without

it, but I agree this is

> a disadvantage. One way around it though is to combine it with another

sample & hold

> module and a multiple or Y-cable. Split the position gate output, and

route position gate and

> CV to the S&H module. This way you can get the S&H to hold the position

voltage while still

> getting the gate signal from the A-198. You could also split the position

CV (again, mult or

> Y-adapter) if you wanted both the held and non-held CV from the ribbon for

different

> purposes within a patch.
>
> Ernst

Did you try this patch From the theory it will not work: The position gate
signal is derived from the position CV signal with a comparator that
compares the CV to GND (i.e. if the manual is released). If the comparator
triggers the CV is already less than zero Volt and it's too late to sample
the CV. If it would be that simple we had added a S&H to the A-198 module.
In the R2M the microcontroller stores the "history" of the CV for a few
milliseconds and if gate low is detected it goes "back in time" and picks up
the last CV before the low gate was detected. With analog hardware that's
very difficult to realize.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer