SergeModular

sonic@... wrote:

> hi Steve ,
> From memory ,
> basically , if you use the Stepped portion of the module , put
> in noise/or some very complex signal into the input , patch a
> clock/oscillator to the trigger in , or patch the cycle jack into the
> trigger in for self clocking set by the rate control . . the sampled
> (random if full freq. noise is used) voltage then emerges from the
> stepped out. You can of course derive all sorts of probabalistic
> patterns from differant sample sources other than noise , in the
> audio or cv range.
> hope this is helpfull . good luck
> P.K.

The stepped part of the SSG doesn't 'self-clock'. Not mine anyway... the
CYCLE jack I believe is meant to be patched back to the IN jack. Then when
you clock the SAMPLE (with a periodic clock) you get a weird staircased
triangle, the stairstep relative size determined by the rate knob. Slow rate
= many small stairsteps = close approximation to triangle, fast rate = few,
large stairsteps = jerky square-edged poor approximation to triangle. So
it's, like, self-sampling an internally generated triangle, but the clock
still has to be provided from an external source.

You CAN clock the stepped part by patching the smooth part CYCLE jack to IN
jack so it oscillates, then patch IN to SAMPLE on the stepped part.....
strange thing though, you get TWO triggers per smooth cycle.

My SSG is vintage 1997, Rex Probe, STS. Does anybody else's behave
differently?

John P.