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hey

thanks for the detailed help.

my mistake - i was plugging the MOTM sine into the linear FM jack, 
not the AC coupled dynamic 2 jack. after i corrected that, the 
envelope started to work as expected.

and the thing sounds AMAZING now, too.

off to play
j

(ps might want to tweak the manual)





>Hi Jason!
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>Ok, start by listening to the Triangle wave output jack of the ZO.
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>Flip all the switches into the up position, and Morph in the center.
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>Tune the ten-turn knob somewhere in the center of it's range.
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>Turn the "Index CV" knob in the lower left all the way up and
>plug your envelope generator's output into the Index "CV" jack.
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>Set the envelope for fast Attack, high Decay & Systain levels,
>and set for a longish Decay at about 3:00 on the knob's rotation.
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>After patching an audio frequency sine wave from your  MOTM
>VCO output... into the ZO's "Dynamic 2"  or "AC" Coupled
>Dynamic FM Input Jack, you then should find that firing the
>envelope generator while playing with the frequency knob of the
>MOTM VCO creates some incredibly rich tones out of the ZO!
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>After achiving this patch, ~then~ go on to add the VCA into the
>audio path to "gate" or control the audio output between envelope
>firings...
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>Also, try patching the MOTM VCO into the ~DC~ coupled
>dynamic FM input Jack instead of the ~AC~ one, and listen for
>the differences.  (They seem really subtle at first, until you
>realize that the typical DC input is nowhere nearly as ~musical~
>as the result of using the AC coupled Dynamic input instead).
>Once known, this difference is huge.
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>Keep everything the same and just swap the output from
>the ZO'a Triangle to one of the Sawtooth outs, quite a
>difference in timbre eh?  (take ~that~ DX-7s!  :)
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>Hope this all makes sense, I can do it in my sleep now,
>(in fact I worry now that maybe I do do this in my sleep now)...
>Say what?!
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>Hope this helps ya!
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>Cynthia
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>Jason Proctor wrote:
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>>  i generally know what i'm doing with synth modules but i thought i
>>  would follow the manual just this once :-)
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>>  so i patched up the patch on page 2, using MOTM modules for modulator
>>  and the EGs, and a Wilson VCA taking care of the output.
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>>  seems to work all right, but i'm not getting any FM via the index CV
>>  input, even with the knob cranked. i know the EG is working all right
>>  because i get wild pitch modulation if i stick it into the exp CV or
>>  1v/oct CV inputs.
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>>  is there something i could be doing wrong here?
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>>  tx
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