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DC [Direct Current]

by Chris Meyer | Nov 21, 2016

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In modular terms, DC refers to a voltage that tends to stay at one steady level for awhile, such as a gate output that switches between 0v when a note is off and 5 or 10v when a note is on. It can also refer to a slowly changing voltage, such as an envelope.

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