From majortom@muc.deSun Feb 12 14:26:11 1995
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 05:43:35 +0100
From: mw <majortom@muc.de>
To: analogue@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: More SH-101 stuff

Hi.

mr808's recent enlightening posting made me look at my 101 manual for the 
first time and there I found hidden somewhere in the back a rather nifty trick 
which may be of interest to other 101 users who have no manual.

The story so far: One of the things I like doing with the 101 is using S+H 
modulating the VCF while the internal sequencer is running. When doing this 
the S+H (Random) rate is in sync with the sequencer which gives you a 
different timbre for every note the seq. plays. When playing the keyboard 
or using an external sequencer the modulation rate is no longer in sync with 
the notes played, which causes timbre changes while the note is held, so the 
sound goes like "bubble, bubble", which also is nice but not very useful for 
fast basslines, besides it's not the groovy type of effect I'm after.

Now in the external sync part of the 101's manual there's a little diagram 
showing the 101's GATE OUT connected to the EXT CLK IN. In my (german) manual 
the explanation to this is quite confusing, but after trying it I found out it 
gives me just the effect I want, when playing the keyboard or using an 
external sequencer (the internal sequencer is disabled by this connection). I 
get a different random cutoff for every note played without any changes while 
the note is held. Funnily enough this connection only effects the random LFO 
rate, the rate of the other LFO waveforms remains unchanged and can still be 
controlled with the LFO/CLK RATE slider.

One another topic: I was thinking of getting another CV IN for my 101 to 
control the VCF. Now before having holes drilled in it I was wondering if I 
could use the modulation grip input for this?

Thanks.

(mw)