Ringing oscilators/Re: More about 3310 and envelopes

[nss at hevanet.com]

This talk of damping and retrigering sounds brings a question I had to
mind; A while ago I made, more or less, a clone of the bass drum circuit
of the tr-808. I substituted pots for the two resistors which control
the tuning. Other than that it is about the same. Sometimes when the
decay is set long enough, and  it is retriggered, it will silence it. I
figure this is because the incoming pulse is hitting it out of phase
with what is currently ringing. It does it at some freq more than
others. Does this sound like what is going on? Does the original 808
exibit any of this behavior at long decay settings?(I have never even
seen one) Any suggestions how to avoid this? I've been just living with
it, as the clones I made blow my 606 bass drum away and are much more
fun to play with!
Thanks for any info,
-Al Fisher
nss at hevanet.com