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I think all of the guesses on this module have been far too conservative.

I think "Coarse" and "Fine" refer, not to pitch, but to the amount of "Grit"
in the final signal. (I originally thought that 'Fine' referred to one of
the Stooges, as an honorarium, but now that I understand the entire function
of the module, I see what its true purpose is.)

"Spread" obviously adds some kind of non-butter flavoring to the surface of
the sound. I'm glad this is a control, because some of us prefer not to have
any spread at all.

Any student of history will tell you that "SPR Mod" clearly stands for
"Senatus Populusque Romanus Modus," which is Latin for "Change in the Senate
and the Roman People." By modifying this relationship, I think you can tweak
the level and quality of democracy the module will impose of the rest of
your system (dubious results when you patch it into the 521 Emperor module,
though... the latter may get a knife switch in the back... be sure to at
least add some 526 Soothsayer CV).

"FM Mod" is not the standard VCO control, but rather an actual FM radio tap.

"PH Mod" seems to have everyone fooled. It doesn't stand for "phase" at all,
but simply the amount of "acid" content you can add to the sound. You can
get really "60's" sounds fully CCW, and "house" sounds to the right. (The
center setting is very "80's" and sounds kind of nasal...) I've seen this
control on older EMU modulars, but the extreme ranges of the dial were
labeled "Add Acid" and "Add Soda Ash." Personally, I always found that kind
of counterintuitive.

"Mode: Wide/Narrow" seems to select how much ice cream gets added to the
output.

The final knob isn't really a knob at all; it is simply a graphic of the
Schreiber family crest: "Phase Spread Chaos." ('Phase' is from the Greek
'phainesthai,' or "to appear to.") This was the motto of the Greek goddess
Eris, who of course threw the apple marked "To the most beautiful" into a
group of the other goddesses to cause them to argue amongst themselves (a
pivotal event in the history of the Illuminati).

Which is what Paul does to us when he gets close to releasing a new module.
He throws out an apple labeled "Cloud Generator" ...

As for the jacks, we have the usual "IV/OCT" ("Fourth Octopus"), FM ("First
Marking" because he labeled that jack first), "PWM" is "Personal Windows
Manager" (Macintosh interface expected 1Q 2003), and "SQR OUT" squirts water
if you bring your eye close to the hole in the panel. This is clearly
documented in the manual, and it's Paul's way of getting you to start
reading it!

"SINE OUT" is misspelled, but you have to apply a signal here before
shutting down your system.


Okay, how close am I? Do I win?


Mr. T