Can you set gate higher than +5V on the Erae Touch II?

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I see no way to do this in EraeLab. I’m trying to match a percussion trigger that sends 10V.

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iirc, the hardware voltage is -5v to +8v.
I dont know a way, offhand to change it so that gates can send this max (8v) , think its fixed at 5v.

that said, really a trig/gate should not need to be higher than 5v for other modules.
esp, as ±5v is not an uncommon range for digital modules.

note: you will need to be using a power supply (not ‘host’ power) to get the full range.

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Thanks for the info. Yeh, I’m using a power supply.

What made me wonder is that I use a percussion trigger pattern generator (DviSkip) and it outpus 10V and patching it to the same module as the Erae, it sounds way crisper and punchier. I guess could boost the Erae gate signal.

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thats ‘odd’…
voltage level of a trig would not normally be used as anything other than a pulse, shouldn’t really matter its level. usually, a module will only use the crossing of the threshold as its ‘trig’. doing otherwise, wouldn’t play nicely with many modules. ( * )

the other thing, I wonder about is, if the transient on the rise of the trig is not as defined/sharp as it might be on some other modules - that could make the timing slightly less tight. you could check this on a scope. again, shouldn’t really matter - but obviously something is going on :slight_smile:

what sound module is it?
perhaps its dong something a bit odd with trig levels, e.g. pretending its a velocity level. perhaps this behaviour can be disabled.

( * ) as another data point , the Hermod/Hermod+ only puts out 5v on its gates , and Ive never had an issue with it.

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I was wondering about the same thing! The module is VHIKK-X (through VCA)

Maybe going in through the VCA does read the signal level?

So +5 must be the going standard. Must be something I’m not taking into account.

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yeah, a VCA indeed uses level - its not a trig/gate.
usually you would use a CV output for vca in , rather than gate/trigs.
often an envelope, which you’d trigger with a trig/gate ( voltage not relevant), and the env output would be full range.

I mean you can use a gate, but the transient would be very abrupt and, yeah, the gate level would matter.

anyway, if you are happy with using a gate (rather than envelope), sure just boost the gate signal.

ofc, the flip side is… the ET2 can have any of its outputs as CV (up to 8v), perfect for driving a VCA :slight_smile:

I should say I dont know the VHIKK-X , but the descriptions sounds like its in the ‘drone’ area, so not surprising it has a vca/level input. rather than having trigs with internal envs (as percussive voices often have_

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Thanks for the clarification on all this. It’s super helpful for me and I appreciate it!

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