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Anybody use the Free Eg for anything interesting?

When I first got this synth I was sure I'd be using this really cool
feature. I had visions of the AN performing modular synth type parts.
Now I'm disappointed (in myself) for how little I use it.

I use it for two things, 1) modulate osc fine pitch subtly to emulate
oscillator drift, and to 2) get a sharp guitar like attack by pulling
osc sync pitch down from the stratosphere very quickly.

I wish I could find more uses for this. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jerry

Hello all,
Bruce - that is genius!! Very intelligent use of the hardware, I must
say. I knew all those options of modes on the sequencer were going to be
useful when I first read through the manual, but that one slipped right
past me (not the first time...) I have printed it to add to my AN1x
file. Thanks very much for the trick. It's stuff like that which makes
this list so great :)

Best,
Warren ^=.=^

P.S. The history is fascinating to follow, too. Cheers!

Hey that's good advice all round. I've got some cool things to try
out.

I don't think I've tried pitches on the Free EG before Ed. And Bruce,
it's a Sequencer tip but I'll be trying that out too.

Jimmy, I downloaded your patches and they look very interesting.
Trouble is my An1X is not with me at home. So all I could do was view
the patches in An1X Edit and try to understand the logic. It really
made me sad I didn't have the ability to listen to all the free eg'ed
patches. Making sense of it was kinda fun.

Some of it was familar and something I would do (drift = fine pitch
modulation). Some of it was pretty obvious after I read the patch
name (modulation of noise on a flute lead). Very clever btw. Some of
it I still don't understand (like the diving PWM setting). I know
I'll learn something from this, because it's something I wouldn't do.
So I can't wait to get my synth and try it out.

Thanks all,

Jerry