[sdiy] presets on a modular

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In a message dated 11/15/04 2:57:48 AM, P.Maddox at signal.QinetiQ.com writes:

<< Pick two triangle waveforms, low filter cutoff and no EG modulation on the

filter.

Now pick three sawtooth waveforms, crank up the the resonance and add a

stack of EG modulation the filter.

Now tell me the two sound similar... >>

If you've owned a Minimoog long enough (or have owned/played enough of them 
in the past), you can hear those two very different sounds and instantly 
recognize them both as having come from a Minimoog -- which was exactly the point 
that Ingo was making about the flute.  His flute analogy is actually quite apt, 
if you think about it.  The difference between the character of the two sounds 
you just described is really not all that great.  Both patches get their 
waveform from the same source (the Minimoog sawtooth VCO core), and they both run 
those waves through the exact same signal path.  Filter, EG, and modulation 
settings are all just parametric variations of exactly the same stuff, just as 
tonal variations that a flute player makes using his embouchure, tonguing, 
breath control, vibrato/tremolo, and other playing techniques are simply 
parametric variations of the same stuff.  Another good example would be the Fender 
Stratocaster guitar.  There are a huge amount of variations to be made in the 
sound by using different playing techniques (play with picks or fingers, pick near 
or far from the bridge, etc.) and different control settings (neck, middle, 
or bridge pickups; in or out of phase; tone knobs, etc.).  The astute and 
experienced listener can instantly recognize all of these sounds as having come 
from a Strat.  I certainly can, just as I and many others can, with surprisingly 
good accuracy, recognize a Minimoog on a given recording, regardless of its 
patch settings.