MOTM

I looked on Larry's site and didn't find it, but Mark's email did the trick.
(I actually don't have a lot of time right now to scour the 'net.)

Anyway, I was thinking there might be a decent way to use the
Step/Finish/Release switch to allow the trigger output to fire a pulse for
every step, or for the end only like it currently is implemented. I didn't
like the hidden panel feature, but it almost would be documented on the
face. In LoopOnly mode, the Step/Finish/Release switch doesn't currently do
anything, so I could make the Release position active to trigger upon
release, and make the Step position active to trigger at every step.

What do you UEG owners think? I can't do this for a while, but if you think
it's a good idea, you might be able to hold off building that extra circuit.

Yes Dave, I'm still planning to do the Expressionist upgrade! ;)
(It's just that the SurfaceOne has kept me busy all year.)


Tony Karavidas
Encore Electronics

http://www.EncoreElectronics.com

Designers of "The best MIDI to CV converter on the planet." -Keyboard Oct.
1997




> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark@... [mailto:mark@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:17 AM
> To: anymail@...
> Cc: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] UEG
>
>
> At 9:05 PM +0000 10/16/01, anymail@... wrote:
> >
> >Could anyone share his or her(?) experience with the Universal Event
> >Generator of Encore Electronics? I'm thinking about a sequencer to go
> >with my motm setup.
>
> It's an excellent EG for generating envelopes that are impossible on most
> analogue synths, and with its TCV input it is also an oscillator that is
> voltage controllable.  While it is far better suited as an LFO, it can
> produce sound.  Of course, the pitch of these noises doesn't follow the
> voltage in any melodic way and it is very limited in range.  For the most
> part, it's designed to be a super EG and complex LFO, but like the Serge
> and EML stuff, the Encore UEG can be abused in numerous other ways,
> although I'm still trying to figure out a way to send audio through it :)
>
> It's also a simple 8*1 step sequencer where the TCV input, Slope switch,
> and Time knobs have no effect.
>
> It can also be used as a sequencer in Loop mode, allowing you to
> have notes
> of different lengths.  Then you can apply a teeny bit of voltage
> to the TCV
> (which increases the length of every "step") to get this sequencer loop to
> fit one or more bars, and use the differentiator-to-trigger converter
> posted on Larry's site to produce triggers at the beginning of
> each note to
> drive an 800 or another synthesizer.
>
> My only complaint at this point is that the Trigger out has no function in
> Loop mode (which only goes from stages 2-7) or any output unless
> stage 8 is
> reached.  However, if you mult the trigger output, patch it into the gate
> input, and set it to One Shot, you can get an LFO synced 1:1 to a trigger.
> If you want the LFO to be slower than the trigger you can send the trigger
> to the gate input in Step mode, and smooth the output with an 820.
>
> All things considered, if I could only own two MOTM modules, I'd pick the
> UEG and 820, well, at least until the VC Pulse Divider :)