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Re: [analogue-sequencer] CV/gate quandary...

2010-07-15 by Paul Nagle

sequentix wrote:

> A simple external circuit turns that output into as many as 32 CV/gate pairs, in a fixed refresh period, with synchronised update of all the triggers, and essentially no CPU load on Cirklon, thanks to DMA.
> I have a prototype of this running in my 808/909 clone (which has a mere 23 separate drum voices) and the improvement in tightness is immediately obvious.

Having experienced this I have to say it's *very* obvious - like hearing 
a drum machine (where all the hits on a certain step happen at exactly 
the same time). Makes it very hard to contemplate using MIDI for drums 
ever again...

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Paul
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