"J. Larry Hendry" wrote:
> Now, I have a question about EGs. Someone on synth-diy for whom I have a
> great deal of respect recently introduced a voltage controlled ADSR. Why
> would I want my EGs to be voltage controlled. I though the purpose of EGs
> was to produce voltages for the control of other modules liek VCAs and VCFs
> and such. If I have a voltage controlled ADSR, how would I use that?
>
One use is to have the keyboard pitch voltage attenuated and applied directly
or inversely to the attack of an EG. Thus higher notes on the keyboard have
shorter or longer attacks than the lower registers.
Also, with a sequencer, you can set the attack of each stage. Or individual
release times. This is nice when you're using one row of the sequencer to
set individual note times.
Imagine using a clock to trigger both the ADSR and the MOTM-100, and using
the out on the sample hold to set the attack time. Hey, imagine four
MOTM-100's controlling attack, decay, sustain, release. No wait, eight
MOTM-100's controlling two ADSR's, one for VCA, and another for the filter...
...I'll NEVER have enough modules :-(
Thomas