Elektron Musical Instruments

Quick question:

I just tried to make most of my small modular system by routing the last VCO 
and filter , (controlled by a midi machine) into the MD input a with the GATE A/
B machine loaded in the kit - rereading the manual it turns out that the GATE 
does not respond to trigs anymore ? ? ?
I think i did that with the old OS once feeding an AM radio jam into the 
external input and made rythmic patterns with it.

The manual states that the gate does not respond to trigs on the new OS, so -
if I'm right - one of the most interesting aspects of the input machine is gone !

Please tell me that's not the case....

-k