[sdiy] ...dumb question (CD4017 sequencer)

[Dave Magnuson]

>"How do you get the sequencer to stop so that it - A) does not put out
>the voltage of the current step a

At 07:30 AM 9/30/02 -0700, John Blacet wrote:
>---Well "A" is not a "normal" sequencer function in most cases. When you
>stop a sequencer, it usually puts out the step voltage. The desired
>silence is typically a function of turning off the VCA in a patch (via a
>gated ADSR, for example). So you may wan tto think of having a gate out
>if you don't already.
>
>You *could* use an analog switch connected to the seq out and control it
>via the seq start/stop to remove any voltage out when the seq is
>stopped.


To the original poster:

I'd like to mention that you'd probably want this feature to be selectable
with a switch.  One of the benefits of having the sequencer output the CV
while stopped is for tuning the pitch of the steps.

You tune step one, advance the clock manually, tune step two, advance, etc.
 If your output CV is defeated when the sequencer is stopped, you couldn't
do this.

Just something to consider....

Dave Magnuson



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