MOTM

You are already requiring the user to press 'Stop', so it's no longer 
hands-free.  Having the user press 'Start' again is preferred, rather 
than pulling the patch cord, IMO.

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@a...> wrote:
> Need to see what the uSeq soon-to-be owners think about how to 
implement a certain operational
> mode.
> 
> There is a mode called Gated Play. This is *currently* how the 
firmware is written:
> 
> a) Apply Gate/LFO signal to the GATE IN jack.
> 
> b) Without having to touch any uSeq controls, when GATE is high 
(greater than +2.5V), the uSeq
> plays the sequence, starting at the fist note, at the specified 
tempo.
> 
> c) When GATE goes low, the uSeq *immediately* stops playing, de-
asserts the GATE outs, and resets
> the sequence to the beginning. When the GATE goes high again, back 
to (b).
> 
> d) If the user presses the STOP panel button while GATE is high, 
the uSeq *immediately* stops and
> resets.
> 
> There is an additional 'constraint' I am pondering. If case (d) 
occurs, does the firmware
> *require* the user to press PLAY in order to 'arm' the uSeq, and 
then when a GATE happens, it
> operates as before.
> 
> The 'Pro' of the current firmware is that the uSeq becomes "hands 
free", meaning you can
> start/stop it "remotely".
> 
> The 'Con' is that there is no way to "kill it" with physically 
killing the GATE (pulling patch
> cord out/ceasing the GATE source).
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Paul S.