MOTM

Actually, you can come pretty close to this using the gate signal as voltage
control to the 820 lag.  You just cannot use the bypass feature to switch
the 820 on and off for this type of effect because the 820 lags whether
bypassed or not.  The bypass switch simply determines whether you are
selecting the input directly to output or the lag circuit to output.  So,
when you switch on and off, you can switch into the middle of the last lag.

Try this.  Patch your CV through the LAG as you normally would.  Then patch
your gate signal directly to the CV input of the lag parameters you are
using.  For demonstration, we will use only the up/down.  However, you could
use the individual CVs with a few more cables.  Anyhow, patch your gate into
the up/down CV.  So, anytime the gate is high you have lag. You use the
up/down control as a CV attenuator.  So, if you play Legato from note to
note, you lag.  As soon as you let off of all keys, the lag time goes to
zero.  So the next note you play starts without lag.  The only abnormality
is that if you are using longer lag times, when you lift the last note, if
you have not yet lagged to that note, then the tone will go right to that
note anyhow.  Of course, with short release on your EG to VCA, you would
never hear this.

For a little more fun, run your gate and trigger into a reversing mixer like
the 830.  Run that DC output to your 820 and set the up/down control to max.
Use the attenuator controls on the mixer to set the amount of lag.  I found
that positive gate and reversed trigger, attenuated produced some
interesting effects.

But, the bottom line is to do this under voltage control, you need to use
the CV inputs and not try to switch quickly in and out of lag using the
bypass switch.  You can do this, but it is a different effect.

Thanks my take on it anyhow.
Stooge Larry
www.wiseguysynth.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <jpotter2@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: [motm] Question on the MOTM-820 Lag


Not sure what the exact terminology is but you'll often find that
portamento can be set up so:

You only hear the lag/portamento/glide effect when you depress a
second key while the initial key is also held down (in other words
you send a second trigger signal while the original gate is open)

You hear the effect no matter if the initial key is held down when
the second key is held down or not.

For example, in the first case, I could play C4, release the key, and
5 seconds later play C5 and I would not hear the effect.

In the second case, same scenario, I would hear the portamento effect.

Does the 820 provide both modes?

Thanks - hope that's clear.

John




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