Doepfer

> I'd also like to know about ways to create a manual gate, without 
> a keyboard. A simple way to open/close a signal path...

I find a simple way to produce a manual gate (for use with the ADSRs
140 and 141 at least) is to use an A-174 joystick. Set the X out to be
just negative, then tapping the joystick to the right sends it
sufficently positive to gate the ADSR.

> To the person who asked about the spring reverb, I like it a lot. It 
> adds a very characteristic sound of its own, because of the 

The spring reverb is one of my favourite modules - much screeching and
squawking to be had by using the feedback. I'm even considering buying
a second one to see what might happen if I cross couple them! (The hum
problem *is* a real pain in the proverbial though...)
 
> My A-126 Frequency Shifter seems to add a sine wave of almost 
> equal strength to any signal I plug into the module, has anyone 
> else had this problem? I don't seem to be able to frequency shift 

I'm wondering whether you had the same problem as I did when I first
got mine - for example, if the frequency you feed in is quite low, and
then you try and shift it down, the output shifts lower and then
passes through zero frequency to give 'negative frequency', which
actually sounds like a normal positive frequency, but as you continue
to increase the down shift, you actually hear this frequency
increasing, which sounds like the module is not working! If this is
what you are getting, input a much higher frequency, and then shift
down, and you should actually hear the output frequency decreasing.

Tim

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