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Not exactly what your asking for, but a pre-amp/envelope follower will get you 
a modular-type trigger for envelope generators and a signal useable for 
spiking filters and VCAs. I used to make some monster analog drum sounds 
with a 2600 triggered from pads, drum machines and live or recorded 
acoustic drums. Blacet, Oakley, Synthesizers.com, Doepfer, Modcan, etc. 
have envelope follower modules, though not always referred to as such.

Barry

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, Jason Proctor <jason@r...> wrote:
> there are also octapads and spd20s etc around.
> 
> going back to the pre-midi idea, i'm sure there must be a way (with 
> all the voltage control gizmos lurking in people's rigs) to frig the 
> output of the pads so that a spike over a certain level produces a 
> gate signal and the spike size can be routed to VC velocity. isn't 
> there?
> 
> 
> >And you know the big drawback with Roland's current
> >offerings... the TMC-6 offers a whopping 6 triggers
> >inputs! Obviously, made to just be used as an
> >"expander" to one of their drum brains.
> >
> >I use a KAT pad. You get the rubber pad (which
> >triggers fast) and triggers *and* kick drum/ hi-hat
> >input.