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Bruce (and everyone),

Thanks for all the help so far.One thing I wondered, when one inits a preset
to the basics...like a factory preset of a certain type

[I mean the operation where you hit "130" and then choose among different start points. where 1 is "standard"]

Are you starting from "scratch" with bare minimum? I may be wrong but have the feeling I like to start with a very basic sound and add and take away things..I have tried this but am not sure which modules even can be unhooked.

I guess what I am asking..I know you have to have the VC0 going, and I liked your explanation of FM, but still am not sure..what is the bare minimum? Does the FM have to be present to get sound? What about the PEG? I am guessing no, because I can set it to all 0 parameters and get notes..

I guess some of the parameter names are screwing me up a little..again I think in a few places I have seen one option for parameters where you can choose among several input types where you can set it to "fixed" and I though this meant "not modulating" or effectively "off"..but thought to check.

Also wondered..in general what is the ring modulator, (I thought from electronics days it is one that goes around picking several different inputs in turn...) and what is its' best use? I thought I noticed that for some piano presets the ring modulator affects more the hard hits and makes them more interesting..like a real electric piano when you hit the hammers hard?

Thanks again in advance for all the help...

Jim