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--- In motm@y..., mark@i... wrote:
> At 6:05 PM +0000 06/15/01, jpotter2@t... wrote:

>>For example, in the first case, I could play C4, release the key, 
and 5 seconds later play C5 and I would not hear the effect.

> What sort of funeral march are you playing?? :)

A purely hypothetical dirge :)

>Does the 820 provide both modes?

>> Of course not!!  The 820 is a synthesizer module.  Modules don't 
have keyboards, or they wouldn't be modules :)

I know, I know.  Maybe I should have been more specific but I was 
thinking of a case where you've got an external kb or sequencer 
through a MIDI/CV convertor into the lag module then into a VCO.

>> Now, it is possible to play keyed portamento with an 820, but it 
depends on what you are using to control it.  I can set my Prophecy 
to send CC #65 only when playing legato, and then set an Aux output 
from my Pro-4 to send CC #65, and plug that into the Bypass jack on 
the 820.  The Pro-4 grounds the jack and turns on the Bypass,  when 
it sends +5 the ground backs off and the portamento kicks in.

Interesting - thanks for the input (you too Mike).

I find the first case (portamento only when a "new" trigger is 
received w/ an "old" gate signal) to be more natural.

Just to (hopefully) clarify for anyone who hasn't followed my 
convoluted description here's a diagram to illustrate my different 
cases (Where "X" is a discrete trigger signal and "---" is the gate):

This is the first case:
X          X
----------------------

This is the second case:
X          X
--------   -----------


Thanks,

JP