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Subject: Re: [motm] Re: ZO ver 730

From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
Date: 2010-04-28

> My earlier comment was unclear. The MOTM-730 in fact synchronizes the
> TRAILING edges of output pulses rather than the LEADING edges. Therefore,
> if multiple outputs are simultaneously used to trigger notes, the
> beginning of notes will not be synchronized. For example, if I input 48
> clocks per measure into the '730, and look at the the /6 and /3 outputs to
> get eighth notes and sixteenth notes, the leading edges of the outputs
> will be offset from each other (as per the signal output jpg available on
> the MOTM website). As synchronizing the "start" of notes rather than the
> "end" of notes was important to me, I found this to be a problem. Others
> may not. This problem is entirely independent of the setting of the clock
> polarity switch. And yes, inverting all 16 outputs would solve that
> problem, but then, how to synchronize the "start"? There's no reset to
> zero function that would allow the first output pulse from every output
> jack to come out in synchronization with the first input pulse.

a) I had 3 beta testers. No said anything but "It's great!"

b) the code is contained in a socketed PIC processor. This ∗might∗ be able
to be changed to count 'the other way' and to convert run/stop to run/reset
to zero.

Would this help matters any?

If you had a small flat-bladed screwdriver the upgrade takes 20 seconds. The
cost would be around $25.

Paul S.