MarcBoule
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4 years ago A single strip module but with a chain input so that the common trig/gate can be chained and propagated to the last tact in the chain; that last gate/trig out would be used as the common gate/trig out. It would be like a Tact1 but with gate in and gate out jacks. If there is room on the new module, a DC offset would also be a great idea to add.
From a Facebook post and discussion:
Bernard Dalton: It would be best if it sent a trigger/gate ANY time you "touch" the ribbon.
Artem Leonov: Count modula slope detector will generate a trig or gate signal for you if you will connect output from tact to it
Bernard Dalton: Yes the slope detector outputs a trigger on rise and fall, but each Tact ribbon must be patched to separate slope detector and then to a mult, and then sent out to individual envelope generators and they only respond if the change in output "voltage" is sufficiently big; it does not trap subtle changes. Pretty complicated. A simple individual gate for each pad and/or a common gate regardless of which ribbon you touch would be much simpler, cleaner and easier to use. I have longed for something like Tact, but with something like 10 or 12 ribbons, 3 or 4 variable CV outs for each pad, a common trigger/gate and individual trigger/gates for each pad