MOTM

In a message dated 00-02-02 21:23:55 EST, you write:

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 5) I have to differ with Dave V.'s point about having a sustain length 
 control. I think controlling the time domain of the sustain parameter would 
 be more easily be done by controlling the length of the incoming gate 
signal. 
 I should also mention that I tend to prefer varying gate lengths over static 
 ones anyway since it sounds more natural to me -- there is an interesting 
 take on this in the Digisound schematics though which uses a CEM 3310 to 
make 
 the sustain have a decaying contour similar to a piano I think.
 
 6) I am interested in Hugo's idea of a peak length control since I've done 
 the tiniest amount of experimenting with this and found it to be a very 
 powerful tool as he suggested! I'm not sure this warrants a pot, however, 
 possibly a three position switch -- anybody have any useful ideas about this?
 
 
 Finally, I haven't finished with the Crow, Roy, Hugo, et al. super whiz bang 
  >>



john,
well, at least i know now that someone saw my comment about a "time" sustain 
function as opposed to the standard "level" sustain function!  :^)
this is probably one of those cases where evryone is right. your points about 
 sustain as a function of gate length are well taken. still, a true "time" 
sustain still seems useful to me ( didn`t steiner-parker have this feature on 
their eg unit ? ) - hit the unit with a trigger or gate and it cycles thru 
the set attack, decay, sustain and release times. now, too, this sort of 
feature would be restricted to the complex ( read : expensive ) vc dadsr 
module. might even be switch selectable so you could have a choice of either 
type of sustain function ( paul - ??? ). there is still a place for the 
simpler eg`s everyone has been discussing here!
the peak idea seems very worthwhile to look into, also!
best,
dave