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The

usefulness

of

being

able

to

bend

a

single

oscillator

is

fairly

apparent,

but

perhaps

you

are

wondering

why

there

is

an

OFF

position

for

RIBBON

ROUTING.

Wouldn't

the

result

be

the

same

if

you

simply

didn't

use

the

PITCH

ribbon?

Not

exactly.

The

Multimoog

is

an

open

system

synthesizer

that

can

control

other

synthesizers.

Suppose

you

wished

to

bend

the

oscillators

of

an

external

synthesizer

but

not

those

of

the

Multimoog?

So,

we

include

an

OFF

position,

for

internal

routing

purposes

only.

In

addition,

the

KBD

&

TRIG

EXT

OUTPUT

makes

the

RIBBON

output

available

(or

not)

at

the

KBD

output

on

the

rear

of

the

Multimoog.

For

more

information,

see

the

OPEN

SYSTEM

section

of

this

manual.)

TRIGGER

SOURCES

A

trigger

is

a

signal

that

acts

to

start

and

end

the

action

of

the

FILTER

CONTOUR

and

LOUDNESS

CONTOUR

sections

of

the

Multimoog.

A

trigger

signal

triggers

sound

The

particular

type

of

signal

generated

by

the

Multimoog

is

refered

to

as

an

"S-

Trigger",

short

for

"switch

trigger".

The

S-Trig

acts

like

a

switch;

whenever

a

key

on

the

keyboard

is

depressed

an

S-Trigger,

or

drop

to

zero

volts,

is

produced.

An

S-Trig

begins

when

a

key

is

depressed,

and

ends

when

all

keys

are

released.

See

below

for

an

illustration:

SWITCH

TRIGGER

i

VOLTAGE

+

|

I

KEY

DEPRESSED

A

trigger

is

used

to

start

the

contour

generators

to

initiate

and

terminate

musical

sounds.

The

diagram

below

depicts

the

relationship

between

a

trigger

and

a

KEY

RELEASED

possible

control

signal

produced

by

a

contour

generator:

TRIGGER/CONTROL

VOLTAGE

RELATIONSHIP

CONTROL

VOLTAGE

FROM

CONTOUR

GENERATOR

I

I

I

S-TRIG

I

+

1

I

KEY

DEPRESSED

I

KEY

RELEASED

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