MOTM

ah. so i will try to trigger my arp omni ii's gate along with my original 
audio source at the same time in order to get the envelope i need. but, if 
my audio has a fast attack, and i preamp'd it, wouldn't that create a large 
enough voltage to open the gate on the EG? ah, but then i'd have to close 
it.....i think i am getting this. thanks guys.

when i insert a signal into my '120 it returns a harsh, LF beating, like 
it's got major intestinal gas or something :)  my audio successfully gets 
preamped, i just can't get a useful sound out of the module. someone wanna 
give me an example patch and i'll be a believer....  i have available: 100, 
110, 120, 410, 800, dual preamp.

markus


At 12:13 PM 3/9/00 +0000, you wrote:

>Message: 4
>    Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 23:22:45 -0600
>    From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...>
>Subject: Re: frustrated beyond belief
>
>You can't, in general, run audio into the GATE. What you need is something
>external
>to generate a GATE. There are 2 ways to do this:
>
>a) use a keyboard or MIDI-CV with GATE out. It doesn't matter which key you
>press :)
>
>b) use a circuit called an Envelope Follower/Gate Extractor. The EF is a
>rectifier followed by a
>low-pass filter. This generates a DC level based on the input amplitude.
>Then, a comparator is set
>to be HIGH (ie at +5V) if this level exceeds a certain trip point (usually a
>panel knob).
>
>There will be a MOTM module that does this in about 8 weeks. There are
>schematics at
>
>www.synthfool.com/diy
>
>for this as well. I think the old Polyfusion EF is there.
>
>What's wrong with the '120??!
>
>Paul S.