AMS100

[igor12]

So I am reading the article in "DEVICE #1" and getting psyched up to build an awesome trigger module to make a cool synth and then I get to the part about needing a delay line or you get pops. Is this true? That sucks. Anybody attempt this module?  I am trying to sweep an uglyface in reponse to pick attack. Kind of the way the microsynth does it.

[Mark Hammer]

The AMS100 may be overkill if you simply want to use envelope-driven sweep with an uglyface.  The trigger/gate generator in the AMS100 unit attempts to define when a new musical event starts.  An envelope follower makes no such assumptions or attempts.  It simply "floats" in response to whatever you're feeding it at the moment.  Hence, no pops.

[Taylor]

Sounds like you want an ADSR - a regular envelope follower isn't going to sweep slowly upward like the Micro Synth. There are a couple of threads about "triggered envelopes" around here, try that, though it can be somewhat complex to do well.

[igor12]

Yeah, thanks for the responses. I tried a couple of methods so far and I can get the first note to sweep slowly, but then you hit a second note and the envelope just adds to the first because the first one hasn't decayed yet. I'll search the threads.