[sdiy] From a commercial standpoint -- has Eurorack "won"?

[eidorian at aladan.net]

While I generally agree that VCQ is not a mandatory feature or even
high on the priority list, it's worth pointing out that some forms of
music are all about subtle tonal variation, so there are almost
certainly some quite musical application of Q modulation.  As much as
I like a good filter sweep, sometimes more subtle effects are called
for.

Based on some mental patching I just did using the modular in my
head**, a medium-speed LFO cycling the cutoff combined with a much
slower one modulating the Q would be a nice evolving sound that
gradually ebbs and flows in intensity over time.

Cheers,
A.

** If you don't have one of these then you need to get back into the
studio more often ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: "David G Dixon" <dixon at mail.ubc.ca>
To:"Gordonjcp" <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>, <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Cc:
Sent:Mon, 2 May 2016 22:15:50 -0700
Subject:Re: [sdiy] From a commercial standpoint -- has Eurorack "won"?

 I've habitually added VCQ to my filter designs (many of which have
ended up
 in eurorack under the Intellijel banner) just because I can, but it's
an
 effect I see very little use for personally. 

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] 
 > On Behalf Of Gordonjcp
 > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2016 3:57 PM
 > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
 > Subject: Re: [sdiy] From a commercial standpoint -- has 
 > Eurorack "won"?
 > 
 > On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 11:46:11PM +0100, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
 > >
 > > In general, I'd say more synths suffer from too many 
 > features than too few. Learning when to stop is crucial!!
 > > 
 > 
 > Wasn't this the whole point of the Minimoog? :-D
 > 
 > While it's possible to patch together modular synths in an 
 > incredible variety of different ways, if you want anything 
 > other than swooshing noises or collossal electronic farting 
 > noises, you tend to go oscillator->filter->amplifier, with 
 > maybe an lfo driving the oscillator pitch and a couple of 
 > envelopes to drive the filter cutoff and amplifier level.
 > 
 > I wondered for a long time why no synths (or okay, very few 
 > synths, the Redsound Darkstar springs to mind) don't let you 
 > modulate the resonance of the filter with an envelope or LFO. 
 > "Bet that would be easy with a modular!" but very few 
 > modular VCFs have a voltage-controlled resonance input. "Oh 
 > it's easy with digital" and indeed it is - so I tried it. It 
 > sounded pretty crap, really. Not a particularly exciting 
 > noise at all. Nowhere near as useful as sweeping the cutoff, 
 > certainly.
 > 
 > I think it's easy to lose sight of what you're trying to do 
 > and just go "oh I bet I could add a knob for..." without 
 > thinking whether or not it's actually going to be useful. I 
 > know I do that, although I'm trying hard not to.
 > 
 > --
 > Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
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