MOTM

hello all,

> What exactly are you trying to do??  The term "gate delay" seems a bit
> vague, and I apologize if I'm unaware of an established definition.

what i'm looking for (gate delay may not be the correct term per se) is
something that will take a gate signal, and delay it - shit,
erm, imagine - and this is only an illustration chaps - i have a synth
hi-hat programmmed on the beat, and i can't be bother to re-program my
sequencer but i want it off beat. i put my gate or trigger for the hit-hat
into the gate delay and adjust the delay time accordingly
does this make sense..?

> Rather than trying to roll various unrelated functions into one module, I
> imagine at least two separate 1U modules:  a knobbed module with variable
> threshold settings containing a schmitt trigger/comparator for squaring-up
> signals, ringing filters, generating gates, etc.; and a knobless digital
> module for building little combinational networks containing various logic
> gates (OR, AND, XOR, INV, etc.).  I think that would be much more
flexible.

i was shying away from suggesting the modules be too fully functioned as
Paul S has both a delay and a clock divider in the pipeline - the stuff i
was proposing would be very much in the stooge diy spirit, more of a
learning tool, but with MOTM standards
we'll see where this one goes, whatever the outcome, they'll be a useful
little set of modules - apart from the EFM boolean logic module, does anyone
know of any other synth manufactuer who makes a similar thing (Emu excepted)

> Someone suggested a module based on the AD534 that can multiply, divide,
> square, root, etc.  Such a module might be a good addition to the 500
> series for the man who has everything.

once you get into the modular habit you will never be 'the man who has
everything' :-)
for a technical interpretation see the human league's "black hit of space"
i just cannot wait to see where the 500 series takes us - the more
mathmatical the better (not that i understand anything past simple algebra)

sorry i forgot, the schematics i refered to the other day (schmitt trigger &
divide by control voltage counter) can be found at something like
www.scsiband.com/diy  the diy page isn't linked to the main page
i've not gotten the x/cv counter to work properly yet - but then i've not
gotten around to looking yet

cheers
paul b