Doepfer

:/

So I'll never have a solid sequence...
i will try again.



--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, <yahoo@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > My quantizer is crazy.
> > The connection i normally use is:
> >
> > A155 > A156 > A110/A140
> >
> > The problem is the pitch. the notes is not always the same.
> > If my patern is C,D,C,D; at some time change for C,D#,C#,D...
> >
> > The gate not always trigger. at some time dont trigge one step.
> >
> > What is the problem and how i can solve?
> >
> > Thanks
> 
> 
> I don't think that your A-156 is crazy. You describe a basic "problem" with
> each quantizer that is not embedded into the sequencer. A quantizer regrades
> incoming voltages and does not "know" anything about a sequence and the
> notes/voltages of the sequence (you could use any voltage as input of the
> quantizer). If the new incoming voltage is very close to the threshold
> between two steps (e.g. D and D#) the output voltage may sometimes
> correspond to D and sometimes to D#. This could be avoided only by a
> quantizer that "knows" that during the last sequence there was a "D" at the
> step in question and that he has to repeat this "D" because there is only a
> very small difference between the new voltage and the voltage during the
> last run.
> 
> To obtain this feature the quantizer would have to memorize the voltage of
> the sequenzer step in question during the last run and compare it to the new
> voltage. If the difference is less than e.g. 1/24V (half semitone) the same
> output voltage is generated as during the last run. This is possible only of
> a "supervisor" is available that memorizes the voltages of all steps during
> the last run and compares it to the voltages of the next run. But as A-155
> and A-156 are separate modules that's not possible. Only a sequencer with
> built-in quantizer (like the Dark Time) could offer such a feature.
> 
> It's a bit difficult to understand but I hope I could explain the
> A-155/A-156 behaviour.
> 
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer
>