Please refer to the A-164-1 info page: ".... provided that no plug is
connected to the input socket it behaves like the other two manual gates
(the socket is normalled to +12V via a protection resistor). If a control
signal (e.g. rectangle output of an LFO) is fed into the input socket the
gate button 1 is working as a momentary on/off switch that is used to turn
the signal on/off that appears at the two output sockets (kind of mute
function)"

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

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> Betreff: 1 A-164-1 Manual Gate... What's the 12V socket
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> Hi all
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> I have a quick question... what does the 12v socket at the top
> left corner of the A-164-1 Manual Gate module do The
> instructions just say "Gate 1 is a bit different: provided that
> no plug is connected to the input socket it behaves like the
> other two manual gates (the socket is normalled to +12V via a
> protection resistor)." Does this just mean that it's a handy 12
> volt source If so, is it always on or is it supplied/interrupted
> by pressing the Gate 1 button
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> Thanks
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