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Re: TKB Questions

2002-03-17 by Bill Felton

D'oh. Of course I mean "one of the few inputs which can safely gang
outputs".
Sigh.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Felton" <bfelton@...>
To: <SergeModular@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SergeModular] Re: TKB Questions


> One thing worthy of note on the TKB -- its 'reset' input is one of the
few,
> if not only, inputs on the Serge which can safely gang inputs.
> Once upon a time the TKB had two reset inputs, but no physical switch
> to control forward/reverse step direction. Rex modified the design to
> incorporate the switch at the cost of the second reset input. When I
> talked to him about this, he assured me that one could indeed stack two
> or more stage outputs into the reset jack.
> What this allows is for two or more subsequences to be created on the
> TKB. Patch, for instance, stage 5 and stage 15 into the reset. Start the
> sequencer. It will run from 1 to 4 and reset. Now touch pad 6 and it
> will begin cycling from 6 to 14. Touch any pad below 4 and the
> cycle begins on that stage and resets at 5. Touch any pad above 6 but
> below 14 and it resets to that stage as the start point, and cycles at 15.
> This is, for me, one of the coolest aspects of the TKB.
> Note, however, that stacking outputs is, in general, a very bad idea on
the
> Serge. This just happens to be an exception. (My guess is that it is
> because it would be impossible for both inputs to go high at the same
time,
> but that's only a guess.)
>
> cheers,
> Bill
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