MOTM

--- In motm@y..., "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@i...> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Tkacs, Ken <ken.tkacs@j...>
> <<snip>>
> > voltage control of duration! If you use a VCO as a
> > clock, you can feed one of the CV ranks to control
> > that VCO's pitch. 
> 
> LH:  Cool Ken.  I never would have thought about that.
> It would almost seem like a waste of a good full featured
> VCO.  So, a basic VCO built in for VC clock might be
> a good idea.

... the perfect use for an MOTM-310, since you only need the square 
output to trigger the sequencer!
 
> > # of Steps: As stated above, each stage gets it's own
> > gate out jack. There is usually also some sort of "Master
> > Reset" input jack that, when tripped high, restarts the
> > count at "Zero" or stage-1 of the sequencer.
> 
> OK.  That makes sense.  But, it bring up another question.
> Other than controlling the number of steps, why do I want
> or need individual gate outs?

For creating rhythmic patterns.  For instance, in an 8-step sequence, 
the individual gate outputs for steps 2 & 6 could be summed to 
trigger one type of sound, and the outs for steps 4 & 8 could each go 
to different sound #s 2 & 3.  Sort of like drum machine sequencing.  
Some sequencers (AS Oberkorn, for instance) have gate 
output "busses", where you can route the gates from several steps to 
a single gate output (instead of requiring external summing as in the 
example above).  If you have enough steps (say, 16), you can get some 
interesting syncopation going on.

Or, say, to trigger an envelope that may affect the sound over the 
course of several steps.  In another 8-step sequence, you could use 
the gate out for step 5 to trigger an EG that filter-sweeps through 
steps 5-7 of the sequence (if you set the EG stage times to correctly 
match the clock driving the sequencer).

There are plenty of other uses for individual gate outputs; this is 
only scratching the surface ...

    -Doug
     jasret@...