MOTM

Or instead of time being adjusted from the front panel in sequencer mode, is
it just stepped by the trigger input, a la SH-101 sequencer?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tkacs, Ken [mailto:ken.tkacs@...]
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 2:03 PM
> To: 'motm@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [motm] UEG question
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> Does the other bank, in sequencer mode, control the duration 
> of the notes?
> If so, swapping Pitch & Time leaves step-8 with no time 
> setting, no? Or are
> the durations of the notes "fixed" at the same value?
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Tony Karavidas [mailto:tony@...] 
> Sent:	Friday, 26 January, 2001 1:57 PM
> To:	motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:	RE: [motm] UEG question
> 
> Hi group,
> 
> I have my own opinion on this subject, but I wanted to get 
> your feedback
> before I wrap things up.
> 
> The UEG can operate as a step sequencer, and Robert Rich 
> noticed a problem
> at NAMM that I'm in the process of fixing. As a related 
> matter, I'm thinking
> about the implementation of the sequencer levels.
> 
> It currently works like this: The seven levels control the 
> "level" of each
> stage, but since there is no level 8 (level 8 is zero in all 
> other aspects
> of this module), the UEG goes to zero during stage 8. This 
> may or may not be
> a problem. Let's say the UEG is controlling the pitch of a 
> VCO. If the VCO
> has it's bottom pitch tuned to zero volts (by using the VCO's 
> coarse and
> fine controls) then at least one of the sequence values must 
> be that pitch.
> (You could tune others to that as well, but at least stage 8 
> MUST be that
> pitch.)
> 
> The other way to implement this is to use the TIME pots for 
> pitch only when
> in sequencer mode. It would allow all 8 to be adjusted 
> instead of seven,
> which is slightly more flexible, but it is not intuitive at all.
> 
> You can actually get 8 pitches either way, but in the first 
> way you have to
> adjust the bottom on with the oscillator, and the second way 
> you can do it
> from the UEG.
> 
> What do you think???
> 
> 
> Tony Karavidas
> Encore Electronics
> 
> http://www.encoreelectronics.com
> 
> Designers of "The best MIDI to CV converter on the planet." 
> -Keyboard Oct.
> 1997
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