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Wow !! How great to see all these super ideas floating around from so many
different MOTMers. I have heard a lot of things I like. So, I will lend
some of my opinions to a few of them.

1. I love the idea of a inverting input for the gate so that thing can
trigger on note release. However, in the spirit of modular, I suggest that
I reversing attenuator could be inserted when that function was desired.

2. Someone said (I think) a reversing on the output was not probably
useful. I disagree (or misunderstood). I think reverse envelopes can be
cool on filters. However, again, this could be done with that reversing
attenuator Paul is promising.

So, I would rather see EG real estate used for functions other than
providing inverting.

3. I echo the comment of someone who liked the CZ-101 envelopes. I don't
know technically how this is worked on an analog knob EG. But, I can see
how the controls "might" be. Just completely get away from the concept of
AR, ASDR, DASR, etc, etc. Each 1U module would have 4 knobs. Time 1,
Level 1, Time 2, Level 2. Any time or level could be set for each stage of
the envelope. You determine by knob settings whether the first stage is
attack or delay. Example: Time 4 level 10 is a medium speed attack. Time
4 level 0 is a time delay and maybe stage 2 becomes the attack. If you
want a simple AR, use one, turn the knobs. The key to this approach would
be some kind of "end" output as suggested by others that could be used to
trigger another "2-stage EG."

So, if you want 2 stage, use one. If you want 8 stages, daisy chain 4 of
them. Am I crazy, or could this work?

My $.02 = Keep them simple, make 'em low cost (not cheap) so we can have
several. And, leave the reversing on a separate module.

Just some stoogy comments for thought process ('cause I really don't know
what I am talking about).
Larry (stooge) Hendry