MOTM

I noticed that 730 behaviour, trying to synchronize a MOTM bass drum with a bass sequence, the 730 dividing the start pulse of the sequencer and triggering the BD. The bass drum was tight on black notes but it didn't start on time with the sequencer. I had to solve this issue editing the audio recorded.

Will this update solve this, Paul?

Thanks!

> 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.