Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Need to see what the uSeq soon-to-be owners think about how to implement a certain operational
mode.

There is a mode called Gated Play. This is ∗currently∗ how the firmware is written:

a) Apply Gate/LFO signal to the GATE IN jack.

b) Without having to touch any uSeq controls, when GATE is high (greater than +2.5V), the uSeq
plays the sequence, starting at the fist note, at the specified tempo.

c) When GATE goes low, the uSeq ∗immediately∗ stops playing, de-asserts the GATE outs, and resets
the sequence to the beginning. When the GATE goes high again, back to (b).

d) If the user presses the STOP panel button while GATE is high, the uSeq ∗immediately∗ stops and
resets.

There is an additional 'constraint' I am pondering. If case (d) occurs, does the firmware
∗require∗ the user to press PLAY in order to 'arm' the uSeq, and then when a GATE happens, it
operates as before.

The 'Pro' of the current firmware is that the uSeq becomes "hands free", meaning you can
start/stop it "remotely".

The 'Con' is that there is no way to "kill it" with physically killing the GATE (pulling patch
cord out/ceasing the GATE source).

Comments?

Paul S.