Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

OK all you knuckle-heads, listen up!

1) The BYPASS led is RED, and is lit when the lag is bypassed.

2) I don't want a bi-color LED because it adds $15 to the cost, 5 parts,and
consumes power when not bypassed. I'm guessing 99.99% of the time
the VC lag will be used.

3) In order to make this ∗simple∗, the BYPASS jack doesn't need a "signal".
All
you do is short tip to ground. I bought these nice Dictaphone rubber
footswitches
for $1ea. Get some coax, put a plug on one end, the 2 switch contacts on the
other,
and I got remote lag off/on. So, when I'm playing the keyboard, a tap on the
switch kicks the
lag in and out. Think of damper pedal on a piano. FYI, this is how the GLIDE
functions
on a Minimoog.

4) The switch is for lazy Stooges who don't want to rig up a footswitch. I
could label it
IN/OUT, NORTH/SOUTH, PO-TAY-TO/TO-MAT-O, whatever. The point is, it also
shorts the
signal to ground. SO..if the switch is ON, the jack has no effect and
vice-versa.

5) If you want to bypass with a signal (LFO, etc) then get a MOTM-700! This
is ∗exactly∗ what
the '700 was designed to do: select between "stuff" based on a control
voltage. With the '700, you can
also set the switch-over point, not being limited to just 0V.

Paul S.
14yr old daughter makes me crazy