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Hi Ken n All !

Let's throw another couple of stones in the pool :)

I've argued for inclusion of a Peak stage before (archives?) . 
(APDSR)  Extra punch and all that .  

There seems to be confusion over vc sustain .  Either it influences 
the actual level of sustain or it adds to or droops from the set 
voltage over time .  Or one can have both, each with their control 
i/p .  Or switchable .  Actual level has my preference if a choice 
has to be made .

An inclusion off an ALL cv i/p (apdr) (not sustain) is a good move .
Feeding both the all and an individual in inverted does not change 
it, but the others do (and all variations inbetween :) )  Normalling 
would even make sense here .  Switches preferred here, see later .

The necessity for attenuators is debatable .  As no simple 
attenuating/inverting module is available yet, i'd be for inclusion 
this time .  Means 3u .  Later a simpeler 2u version could be made 
without attenuators .

While in some circumstances i like the inverting attenuators, i feel 
here one should go to using switches, at longer times an audible null 
is not on the cards .  on-off-inv .  This would allow one to 
precisely null modulation, without pulling out the plug .  At the 
same time it would allow one to preset modulations at the flick of a 
switch, good for live use .

Since a separate trigger looks most useful, i propose a dual mode 
here as well :  repeat from zero, and repeat from actual level, wich 
can be sustain .

And again :  let's have outputs biased around sustain, as well a the 
regular ones .  (MS20/50 style) (archives)

I've not mentioned delay's at all in the above .  I can identify 3 
useful modes of operation :  hold, wich holds off triggering for a 
set time, delay added to the gate and delay that replaces the gate 
with the set time .  Hold, off course, could also be useful added to 
both delay modes .

I'd be all for putting 2 or 3 hold/delay sections on a separate 2u 
panel, and adding a trigger extractor/vc-repeater to one (or more) .  
The extractor would deliver a trigger at gate (if not supplied) and 
the vc-repeater would add triggers, once a hold delay and/or 
threshold is crossed, at a speed dependant on v-in, with limits set 
by knobs .  Combine this with the choice of triggers above, and the 
possibility to feed several eg's with these outs, and insanely moving 
drones and other mayhem becomes easy ;^)

The above could be done with separate modules, but would take quite a 
few .

There you have it, my dream 5u envelope combination .  And no, i make 
no excuses for wanting it all ;^P

btw Ken, what 5 sections does the Virus EG have ?

Cheers, and sweet (day)dreams .


Keep 'em oscillating :)


Hugo
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