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Lets say you have 16 1/16 th notes programmed.  Each note occupies 

six clock pulses - lets call them pulses 0 to 5.



The gate goes high at the start of clock pulse 0 - the positive edge.



The gate goes low half-way through clock pulse 3 - on its negative 

edge.



That is for a normal, 1/16 note.  So there are 3.5 clock pulses on 

and 2.5 off.



If there is a slide programmed on that note, then the slide circuit 

is actually activated on the *next* note. The slide starts at 

the start of clock-pulse 0 and ends at the end of clock-pulse 5.



The other function of slide is that the note it is programmed on does 

not turn off, but the gate stays high and runs into the next.



Two diagrams.  They are wide - so don't let the lines wrap in your 

email reader.  Also, of course, you need courier text, not some 

proportional spaced font.



Firstly, three 1/16 notes. no slide:



Clock edges:   / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \



Clock number:  0   1   2   3   4   5   0   1   2   3   4   5   0   1   2   3   4   5   0     



Note boundary: |                       |                       |                       |   



CV:            AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCDDDD   



Gate:        __==============__________==============__________===============_________====  





Now with slide programmed on note B, which ties it to note C.

Note B plays at it's normal pitch, but it keeps playing. 

Then at note C's starting time, there is no new note - as

far as the gate is concerned - because the gate is just 

staying on.  However it is a new note as far as the CV is

concerned - because it changes to whatever CV is programmed

for note C.





Clock edges:   / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \



Clock number:  0   1   2   3   4   5   0   1   2   3   4   5   0   1   2   3   4   5   0     



Note boundary: |                       |                       |                       |   



CV from DAC:   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCDDDD   



Gate:        __==============__________=======================================_________====  



Slide        __________________________________________________========================____





So the CV seen by the VCO - which is the output of the slide circuit - 

is sliding from pitch B towards pitch C, during note C. We don't

hear the last part of this - since the gate is off