--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , <hardware@...> wrote:

>
> > Okay...
> >
> > I think I'm starting to get this.....in terms of the LFO, the 144 only
> responds
> > to positive voltages
>
> yes and no: you can add an offset with the manual control to the

attenuated

> external CV. If a bipolar (i.e. negative and positive voltages, e.g.

from an

> LFO) CV is used you have to add an offset to avoid the silence

during the

> negative part of the LFO wave (~ center position of the "Man. Morph."
> Control). The attenuator of the CV input is adjusted to obtain the

desired

> behaviour. This can be silence at the max/min points of the LFO but even
> max. audio level according to the setting of the attenuator. If a

positive

> CV is used (e.g. from an ADSR) the offset is normally set to zero.
>
> In technical terms: Whenever the sum of the voltage generated by the

manual

> control and the external CV is zero or negative all CV outputs of

the A-144

> are zero. If the sum is in the range 0...+5V you are in the working

area. If

> the sum goes beyond +5V all outputs are zero again.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>

Thank you! Works perfectly. Ah, the possibilities.....



Adam G