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Re: [motm] Re: ZO ver 730

2010-04-28 by Paul Schreiber

> My earlier comment was unclear.  The MOTM-730 in fact synchronizes the 
> TRAILING edges of output pulses rather than the LEADING edges.  Therefore, 
> if multiple outputs are simultaneously used to trigger notes, the 
> beginning of notes will not be synchronized.  For example, if I input 48 
> clocks per measure into the '730, and look at the the /6 and /3 outputs to 
> get eighth notes and sixteenth notes, the leading edges of the outputs 
> will be offset from each other (as per the signal output jpg available on 
> the MOTM website).  As synchronizing the "start" of notes rather than the 
> "end" of notes was important to me, I found this to be a problem.  Others 
> may not.  This problem is entirely independent of the setting of the clock 
> polarity switch.  And yes, inverting all 16 outputs would solve that 
> problem, but then, how to synchronize the "start"?  There's no reset to 
> zero function that would allow the first output pulse from every output 
> jack to come out in synchronization with the first input pulse.

a) I had 3 beta testers. No said anything but "It's great!"

b) the code is contained in a socketed PIC processor. This *might* be able 
to be changed to count 'the other way' and to convert run/stop to run/reset 
to zero.

Would this help matters any?

If you had a small flat-bladed screwdriver the upgrade takes 20 seconds. The 
cost would be around $25.

Paul S.

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