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 ==== Gate On Forever ==== ==== Gate On Forever ====
-Tie a line from the juncture of D36 and R134 to a single pole switch, and the other end to 12V.  When the switch is on, your notes will be on forever.+Tie a line from the juncture of D35 and R133 to a single pole switch, and the other end to 12V. When the switch is on, the gate will be on forever, but the sound will still die when the main envelope closes the VCA. A good place to get 12V is pin 3 of J4 (pin 1 is 5.333v, pin 2 GND and pin 3 12v) 
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 +==== VCA Envelope On Forever ==== 
 +Tie a line from the juncture of D36 and R134 to a single pole switch, and the other end to 12V. In conjunction with the Gate On Forever mod (see above), this will allow the sound to play forever. ​
  
 ==== (Momentary) Envelope Re-trigger ==== ==== (Momentary) Envelope Re-trigger ====
 In situations where you are using the box with the Gate On mod above either with the internal sound or and external audio input you may want to re-trigger the envelope generator (the main EG - the one for the filter/​accent/​sweep). You would do this by hooking up a switch connected to 12v and the junction of D37/R152. In situations where you are using the box with the Gate On mod above either with the internal sound or and external audio input you may want to re-trigger the envelope generator (the main EG - the one for the filter/​accent/​sweep). You would do this by hooking up a switch connected to 12v and the junction of D37/R152.
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 ==== Variable VCA Decay ==== ==== Variable VCA Decay ====
-r123 controlls ​the decay of the VoltageControlledAmplifierreplace this with a pot to get variable ​decay. ​+R123 sets the vca decay. The stock value is 1.5M and gives a vca decay time of about 3 seconds. Smaller value will give shorter decaylarger value will give longer decay. Generally you would put 1M pot there in series with a resistor for vca decay control - if you find a 1.5M or 2M pot somewhere that's even better
  
 ==== Variable Accent Decay ==== ==== Variable Accent Decay ====
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 The self-described accent sweep circuit in the devilfish 303 it not as simple as what I described below. There are a few things going on. First, there is a buffer circuit inserted in line between D24(+) and the junction of D24(+)/​VR7-PIN2/​R119 (however you can do it without the need for the opamp or any buffer). Also, depending on the mode, fast, normal, or slow there is a cap or cap+resistor placed in line with C13. Simply changing C13 does work but there is an inherent change in the overall amount of the envelope sweep signal if this change is not compensated for. For example, with the stock setup with accent all the way up and resonance all the way up and C13 at the stock value of 1uF the accent sweep may peak at 6v - giving a big change in cutoff frequency If C13 is increased to make the sweep speed slower the sweep may peak now at only 3v, for example, if level change is not also compensated for.  The self-described accent sweep circuit in the devilfish 303 it not as simple as what I described below. There are a few things going on. First, there is a buffer circuit inserted in line between D24(+) and the junction of D24(+)/​VR7-PIN2/​R119 (however you can do it without the need for the opamp or any buffer). Also, depending on the mode, fast, normal, or slow there is a cap or cap+resistor placed in line with C13. Simply changing C13 does work but there is an inherent change in the overall amount of the envelope sweep signal if this change is not compensated for. For example, with the stock setup with accent all the way up and resonance all the way up and C13 at the stock value of 1uF the accent sweep may peak at 6v - giving a big change in cutoff frequency If C13 is increased to make the sweep speed slower the sweep may peak now at only 3v, for example, if level change is not also compensated for. 
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 ==== Accent Sweep Speed ==== ==== Accent Sweep Speed ====
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 +NOTE: the solution above is quite elegant and has the lowest parts count BUT you save exactly ONE capacitor. Since caps are cheap I suggest to use 3 caps - this way you can try different cap values until you get a combination that you like. I used a 0.47uF cap for FAST, the stock 1uF for NORMAL and a 100uf (!!) for SLOW. The somewhat high value for the SLOW cap makes for a quite interesting effect: the cap gets charged by consecutive "​accent bursts"​ and the accent goes higher and higher and higher with each new hit over a long timeframe (it takes ~10 seconds to reach its peak!!). Nice if you also increased the Accent range!
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