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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