No need. Just use the CV inputs!
If UP and DOWN are 0 on the knobs, then the rise/fall are controlled by
the CV ins. a BYPASS is UP = 0V, DOWN=0V.
Paul S.
Mr. No-Mods
----- Original Message -----
From: <mark@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: [motm] 820 bypass modification??
>
> While I'm soldering the other modules, and before I get to the 820, I was
> wondering if anyone has modified the bypass operation.
>
> >From what I can tell, this is how it is designed to work now: if the
> Bypass jack is shorted to ground the effect is off, if the Bypass switch
is
> up the effect is off, if the switch is up and the pedal is shorted then
its
> off. When the effect is off the LED is on to warn you that you are
> stepping on a pedal or have flicked a switch. Is this correct??
>
> The controllers I have that send a positive voltage or CC#65 (whose value
I
> can easily convert to a voltage), such that the portamento would be on
when
> I'm stepping on a pedal or playing legato. To me, it seems very
> counter-intuitive to keep my foot on a pedal unless I want an effect.
>
> So in order to do per-note portamento, I would like to mod the 820 such
> that: if the jack is receiving a voltage the effect is on regardless of
the
> switch, if the Bypass switch is up the effect is off unless the jack is
> receiving a voltage, and if the Bypass switch is down the effect is still
> on regardless of the jack input.
>
> Does that make sense?? I thought of adding a gate-to-S-trigger converter
> to the jack, but that wouldn't work since that would disable the switch
> such that I couldn't leave the effect on.
>
> Any ideas?? Regardless, I'm willing to get used to the LED :)
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