Re: Beatstep Pro with Minimoog Model D
Hi and welcome.
The Minimoog is a finicky beast as far as triggering it via the trigger input. Even though it accepts an external S-Trigger signal, you have to watch the polarity. Also, if you play a note on the keyboard, it will have priority over the external S-Trigger signal. Also, the DECAY switch on the Mod Wheel panel will have no effect (always ON) when triggering form an external S-Trigger source, and the GLIDE switch will not work either when controlling the pitch via an external CV.
NOTE: Depending on the calibration of your particular Minimoog D, and the precision of the Pitch CV sent to it, it might play in tune only on a limited number of notes and start to be out-of-tune on the higher notes rather quickly. And you have to play the lowest C on its keyboard first to get to right notes to play, as the keyboard will transpose (add to) the CV coming in.
On the Cinch-Jones Ext S-Trigger socket on the Minimoog D, the "positive" side leg of the external S-Trigger is the shortest slot, and the ground is longest one. It's important that the ground remains the ground throughout.
Also, when I tried to trigger the Minimoog D from my Korg Mono/Poly, even when its Trigher-out was set to GND it didn't work. I had to use the +15V gate trigger out setting on the Korg,
and pass it thru an external S-Trigger converter (shown below) before sending it to the Moog for it to work properly.
Hope this helps.
P.S. jsharphoto, the Minimoog D accepts only an S-Trigger (short to ground) signal for triggering correctly. NOT a positive gate signal.
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