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Re: Gate-to-Trigger converter questions

2007-08-28 by Mark Rauch

Howdy,

Yes, a peizu relies onpressure to genreta voltage. When you pushthe
switch you cock thr pistol". When you release, the kintic energy of
dtriking the crystal emits a voge.
RRig

--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, "rafe127" <rafe127@...> wrote:
>
>
> Hi everybody...
>
> I build half of the gate to trigger converter just now in an attempt
> to make a nice clean click sound. I am using one of these
switches:
>
> http://www.piezoswitch.com/about_switches.html
>
> ...and the switch is a momentary Normally Open SPST switch that
passes
> +9V from a regular 9V battery when I "depresss" it. The +9V is
going
> to the Gate input of the circuit here:
>
> http://www.cgs.synth.net/modules/cgs24_gatetotrigger.html
>
> It ALMOST works except that it seems to send a trigger only when I
> release the button... Any obvious reason this could be happening?
> The switch itself has some mysterious potted electronics in it which
> may be influencing things... is something funny because I only built
> half of it?
>
> Also, the shape of the click isn't sounding quite right:
>
> http://obsoleteconsole.blogspot.com/2007/08/clicks.html#links
>
> Any advice about shaping the trigger output a little more?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Rafael
>

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