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Ah yes, you're right. Silly error. I guess the above would be a better 
title.... well, more accurate anyways.

Either way, thanks Barry and Greg for the help.

Matthew

On 23-Jun-05, at 9:02 PM, coyoteous wrote:

> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Matthew Hiscock <audio@b...> wrote:
>> Hi all,
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>> I had a pretty basic "theory" question about how decay works in a
>> (mono) modular:
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>> Let's say I have a simple [keyboard -> vco -> vcf -> vca -> mixing
>> desk] setup, and that I'm using an eg to control the vca.
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>> When I press a key on the keyboard, it triggers a certain note on the
>> vco and also makes the eg fire. Then when I take my finger off the
>> keyboard, does that note instantly stop sounding at the vco level? I'd
>> be inclined to think "yes" but then what about decay....
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> No and I think "release" is the proper term for decay here.
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>> If I take my finger off the keyboard, the eg wants to have the signal
>> continue - if there's no more signal, obviously the "decay" control is
>> irrelevant.
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> Yes, if you're talking about release.
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>> Is it then the case that the vco in a modular is *always on* so that
>> you *need* a vca to just selectively bring up the volume when a note 
>> is
>> actually being played? And the purpose of voltage control is to just
>> adjust the frequency, not turn the signal "on" or "off"?
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> Yes, always on.
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>> I ask this because I'll be growing my modular (from just a filtering
>> station) in very slow increments, so I want to make sure I get the
>> order right.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Matthew
>>
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