[sdiy] Trigger To Gate Circuit

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Saturday 07 June 2008 16:52, Ian Fritz wrote:
> At 12:31 PM 6/7/2008, Roy J. Tellason wrote:
> >A trigger says "a key has just been pressed" while a gate says "a key has
> >been pressed here" _and_ "the key was released here" -- how are you gonna
> > derive that second bit of info from a trigger?  Pick some arbitrary time
> > period?
> >
> >Or am I missing something here?
>
> Well, one thing you need to keep in mind is that many folks don't use
> keyboards.  :-)

Ok,  then feel free to re-phase that in terms of musical events starting and 
stopping...

> Fixed width pulses are generally useful as gate signals in that context.

Any particular duration?

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