[sdiy] Distributing CV Gate and Trigger

[harrybissell]

I thought that you were going to send outputs from one sequencer to multiple points...

If you are trying to combine the OUTPUTS of sequencer gates and triggers, you need to
"or" them together. Diodes will work fine... but remember that a high level will dominate.
If you try to "or" gates together, a long gate from one sequencer will hide a shorter gate.
Triggers will do the same, but since they are short, you will probably not notice...

A wierd thing to try might be to exclusive-or the gates together...

in my original reply... I meant to say that one gate could drive many output jacks at the same time...
you might rather call that a "multiple" or "mult"...

H^) harry

Fernando de Izuzquiza wrote:

> Hi, I thought that conecting outputs together was not good...
> I thought you have to protect the outputs (sequencer pulse outputs for instance) with diodes to protect them...
> In wich cases is dangerous or safe?
> Thanks,
>
> Fernando
>
> > De: harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
> > Fecha: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 23:34:29 +0000
> > Para: Pat Kammerer <spivkurl at wearerecords.com>
> > CC: sdiy <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> > Asunto: Re: [sdiy] Distributing CV Gate and Trigger
> >
> > Hi Pat:
> >
> > For CV you peobably want to add buffer amps (non-inverting voltage
> > follower opamp circuits) You feed your CV to the buffer inputs and use
> > the outputs separate (to each well ... output :^)
> >
> > For gate and trigger it is usuallt fine to just parallel the jacks... the
> > slight
> >
> > difference in voltage will not affect operation
> >
> > H^) harry
> >
> > Pat Kammerer wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> This may be a simple question for all of you, but I guess that's good... : )
> >>
> >> I'm working on one if not two sequencers which will have a CV(+5v) and Gate
> >> output, and I will be a adding a circuit to convert the gate to a trigger.
> >> Since this is my first attempt at a circuit like this, I have one question.
> >> What measures will I need to take if I want, for example, three of each
> >> output? Like 3 jacks for each CV, Gate, and trigger. I've been assuming
> >> that just to put them in series or parallel would cause loading issues and
> >> hence inaccuracies in voltage. I want all of the outputs to be identical if
> >> possible.
> >>
> >> I'm just trying to find if you with much knowledge have prefered ways of
> >> splitting voltages like this.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Pat
> >
>
> Fernando de Izuzquiza
> ~ production sound recordist ~