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Subject: Re: [motm] uSeq function poll

From: "Scott Evans, Gen Mgr" <esresource@...>
Date: 2003-05-30

I'm also of the mind that one should press start/play for the sequence
to resume.

S.
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Paul Schreiber wrote:
> 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.
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