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Subject: VCEG

From: JWBarlow@...
Date: 1999-03-15

In a message dated 3/14/99 2:03:55 PM, jlarryh@... writes:

>Why
>would I want my EGs to be voltage controlled. I though the purpose of
>EGs
>was to produce voltages for the control of other modules liek VCAs and
>VCFs
>and such. If I have a voltage controlled ADSR, how would I use that?

Hi Larry, everybody,

I like VCEGs a lot. And, as in a previous post from Gur implied, the more, VC
the better. You probably have noticed on the piano, that the lowest keys give
a very long release time, while the highest give an extremely short release
time. This phenomenon seems quite common across many different musical
instruments. To mimic this is quite easy given a VC release time. And given
that, by reversing this effect (short release on low notes, long on high) may
give a very un-natural sound which may also be quite unusual and interesting.
Of course that's just one example of why I like them.

Glad I bought a bunch of CEM 3310s from Paul before they disappeared!
Synth Peon
JB