SergeModular

yes! thank you! that's the beautifully simple solution i was
overlooking.

greg


--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, John Papiewski
<johnp299792@a...> wrote:

> Well OK.
>
> Here's one approach...
> 1. Use one layer of the TKB to control volume. Set all the knobs

on

> that layer to fully-on.
> 2. Send that voltage to one of the VCA's in your UPAP.
> 3. Send your audio signal into that VCA, then send the output into
> another VCA that your DADSR or DTG is enveloping the audio with.
>
> Now to 'turn off' or silence any sequencer step in your melody just

turn

> off the layer you used for step 1 above. The advantage here is, in
> addtion to creating a 'rest' beat(s) wherever you want, you can

also

> create accenting... daDA DADAda ... by varying the volume

control

> stage pot on the TKB.
>
> More efficiently, this could also be done with one VCA if you can

mix DC

> signals together ... You mention you have an inverter/processor..

can

> that combine control voltages? I have a Dual Processor & a CV

mixer

> that do that. Anyway take the TKB volume control layer and your

ADSR

> and mix them together, biasing the whole thing by -5v, and use this

to

> control a VCA for your audio. You should only hear notes where the

TKB

> volume control stage is fully on. This can do the 'accenting' as

above.

>
> It's also fun to use another TKB layer (by layer I mean the A,B,C,D

rows

> of 16 steps going across) to control pan position. Makes your

sequence

> dance nicely!
>
> All the above needs only simple TKB patching... clock the clock

input

> like you always do, and set the sequence length using a stage

output &

> reset input, or just run 16 step sequences.
>
> Good luck!
>
> John P.
>
> foleymachine wrote:
> > thanks! i believe it must be from sometime in the 70s. from

memory:

> >
> > 4 PCO
> > 2 NTO
> > 2 VCQ
> > 1 DTG
> > 1 Wave Multiplier (with 3 submodules)
> > 1 Quad VCA ("UPAP" or something)
> > 1 Ring Mod
> > 1 CV invertor/processor
> > 1 Random Voltage Generator/Noise Source
> > 2 VC DADSR
> > 1 Dual Comparator (no divide by n)
> > 1 6 ch mixer
> > 1 TKB
> >
> > thanks,
> > greg
> >
> > --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, John Papiewski
> > <johnp299792@a...> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Greg!
> >>
> >>Welcome.
> >>Could you tell us when the Serge was made (Is new? Old?).
> >>What modules does it have? That would help in figuring out
> >
> > techniques.
> >
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>John P.
> >>
> >>foleymachine wrote:
> >>
> >>>hi,
> >>>
> >>>my name is greg. i just joined because i have begun using the
> >>
> > serge
> >
> >>>at san francisco city college and have tons of questions. one

for

> >>
> > now:
> >
> >>>when using the tkb, is there any simpler way to sequence rests
> >>>(triggering only select steps) than to stack all of the desired
> >>
> > step
> >
> >>>outs into the envelope generator? triggering the envelope from
> >>
> > the
> >
> >>>clock source (cycling dtg) obviously gives me a note on every
> >>
> > step.
> >
> >>>how do other people do this? is it common just to use an

external

> >>>clock source which steps the sequencer to the desired rhythm,
> >>
> > rather
> >
> >>>than constantly?
> >>>
> >>>thanks a lot,
> >>>
> >>>greg
> >>>
> >>>
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