Thank you very much to both of you for your replies, they have made it a whole lot clearer....just one other question, I read on this group that eventually the A-113 Subharmonic Generator will be made without the need for a 5v adapter...is this still the case

Thanks again

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , achtung_999 <heinrich.himmelwasser@...> wrote:
>
> This normal. You should see it this way: the gain knob controls the
> 'opening' of the VCA together with the control voltage at the cv input.
> In your case this is an envelope which is most commonly a positive voltage,
> so putting the gain at 0 is a good setting.
>
>
> Try putting the gain knob at 12 hrs and plug in an LFO using the sine
> output or triangle output.
>
> Greetings,
>
>
> Ernst
>
>
>
> Op 16 dec. 2012 12:09 schreef "isoldeandisobelle" <isoldeisobelle@...>
> het volgende:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am fairly new to the world of Modular's, so I may be getting something
> > wrong here - I am running the output of a A-110 through the A-107 which is
> > going in to the A-132-3 (set to exp) which is being controlled by A-143-2
> > and the out put to A-138 mixer.
> >
> > If the gain knob on the A-132-3 is set to anything other than zero, the
> > sound of the oscillator is coming through without the envelope being
> > activated, in fact even set at zero, there is still a tiny amount of sound
> > but I have to turn the volume up to be able to hear this.
> >
> > With the gain set at zero and the CV knob set to a desired position - all
> > is well when the envelope is activated.....is this correct, or am I
> > patching something wrongly.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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