MOTM

How come nobody has complained that the LED isn't bi-colored yet? :) 

Just teasing the LED-heads out there. Hey, does the LED come on only with
the switch, or with a jacked-in bypass signal as well?

I can't think of anything better for the 'Bypass' labeling, it's just one of
those cases where even though it says 'Bypass,' some part of your brain
asks, 'Does that mean the FUNCTION is on or off...?' I thought about
"In/Out" but the same troublesome chunk of brain matter speaks up.

No matter, it looks like a great module! A definite 'must-have.'

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Dave Bradley [mailto:daveb@...] 
Sent:	Tuesday, 04 April, 2000 10:02 AM
To:	motm@egroups.com
Subject:	RE: [motm] MOTM-820 VC Lag - Preview   

I had some difficulty coming to what the box graphic
around the switch should say. Here's the reasoning chain which eventually
allowed me to sleep peacefully:

1. The BYPASS jack is clearly and correctly labelled, e.g. a signal or gate
at that input causes the 820 to go into bypass mode.

2. The switch does the same thing, and it's probably just a 5V signal
normalled to the jack, I'm guessing.

3. Controls with the same function as inputs should be labelled the same.

At any rate, the nasty red led will come on when it's bypassed, so it should
be pretty evident what state it's in.

> From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
> At any rate, the nasty red led will come
> on when it's bypassed, so it should
> be pretty evident what state it's in.

You should prefer a teal green or slate blue to nasty red?  Hum, big boy?

Larry (feeling very stoogy today) Hendry

OK all you knuckle-heads, listen up!

1) The BYPASS led is RED, and is lit when the lag is bypassed.

2) I don't want a bi-color LED because it adds $15 to the cost, 5 parts,and
consumes power when not bypassed. I'm guessing 99.99% of the time
the VC lag will be used.

3) In order to make this *simple*, the BYPASS jack doesn't need a "signal".
All
you do is short tip to ground. I bought these nice Dictaphone rubber
footswitches
for $1ea. Get some coax, put a plug on one end, the 2 switch contacts on the
other,
and I got remote lag off/on. So, when I'm playing the keyboard, a tap on the
switch kicks the
lag in and out. Think of damper pedal on a piano. FYI, this is how the GLIDE
functions
on a Minimoog.

4) The switch is for lazy Stooges who don't want to rig up a footswitch. I
could label it
IN/OUT, NORTH/SOUTH, PO-TAY-TO/TO-MAT-O, whatever. The point is, it also
shorts the
signal to ground. SO..if the switch is ON, the jack has no effect and
vice-versa.

5) If you want to bypass with a signal (LFO, etc) then get a MOTM-700! This
is *exactly* what
the '700 was designed to do: select between "stuff" based on a control
voltage. With the '700, you can
also set the switch-over point, not being limited to just 0V.

Paul S.
14yr old daughter makes me crazy