thanks dieter, i wish there was a way i could pay Doepfer with paypal or visa i've done bank transfer into the doepfer account before but it costs me £25 UKP every time and i have to go into the bank.

would it work with the a177-2 foot pedal that's how synthesizers.com recommend people do it:

http://www.synthesizers.com/gates.html

or the a183-2 offset polariser, if i set the right offset and inverted the s-trig

just checking, and thanks for the tip anyway!

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> > I have a Moog / Realistic MG-1 which I love, and would like to
> > use it to control my modular. It has CV out, which is fine.
> > Annoyingly it has s-trig out (on a normal jack, so the lead isn't
> > a problem). How can I convert an s-trig to a normal gate S-trig
> > is the wrong way round, IIRC, so 5v drops to 0v when a key is
> > pressed So wil the A165 do it Or will that invert 5v to -5v,
> > and 0v to 0v, thus solving nothing....
>
> The A-165 is the right module. But you will have to modify the corresponding
> input of the A-165 a bit: add a pull-up resistor (about 100k) to +12V
> because S-Trig switches to GND and you need a positive voltage while the
> S-Trig is open. We have a document available that descibes the corresponding
> modification of the A-165:
>
> www.doepfer.de/service/A165_strig_modification.pdf
>
> If you order a new A-165 we can add the mod to one of the inputs for free.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>