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Hi folks
No doubt you more experienced users know this stuff already, but the comparator has been a bit of a mystery for me. I just figured out an interesting use of it. I'm still trying to get a handle on this and I have yet to discover a really musical application of it, but here it is:

I tuned two osc's in unison (as an example) and have the same cv going to each's 1v/oct, except that one of them is lagged with a DSG. By also patching those 2 voltages to the + & - of a comparator, with the pot set in the middle, it will go hi when the two are equal. So,say the source of the cv is a sequencer clocked to the comparator out, then it won't advance until the the lagged cv catches up with the other one. You have to mess with it a bit if gets stuck, but I have found work arounds to keep that from happening.

While fiddling with this I wondered how to modify the lag time based on the amount of difference between 2 voltages. So I also fed the cv source into an ASR, with 2 of its outs going to a processor, one channel hard right, the other hard left. So, with each pulse the processor output is the difference between the last two cv's received. This result is also interesting when fed to a 3rd osc's pitch.

John R.

Folks,

Just got off the phone with Rex - had to call him to discuss other matters and found out there is a new "S" (Shop) panel called the ANIMATE -- uploaded an image of the new panel to the Yahoo Group's photo area.

According to Rex, the ANIMATE has been specifically designed to be the mate for those who have (or are considering) an "ANIMAL" or "ANIMOO" (w/ ring mod), and as a single panel 'stand-alone' Signal Processor panel for those who have wished for the power/density of a SOUP Kitchen and CV 2 in one panel, similar in concept to the ANIMAL in relation to the BLUE or RED Voice + CV1 or 2 as the two panel solutions found in the original line.

Interesting mods:

1. There is an on-board Comparator with a variable 'Threshold' control, now included in the Preamp with the input available to any audio signal OR CV control signal for creating gates, triggers or square wave signals from any source in the system.

2. The 'NTO' has a "HI -LO" frequency range switch allowing a powerful set of vari-waveform outputs, featuring voltage control of both exponential and linear frequency modulation, operating as a stable complex LFO or as the typical NTO.

What's cool is that now in just 2 shop panels you can have synthesis with complex triple oscillator voicing (2x NTO/1xPCO) AND signal processing in both frequency domain (Wave Mult/Triple Wave Shaper) and time domain (Wilson Analog Delay). Not to mention the importance of a preamp to import external signals into the system. Very nice.

Rex is offering a free chassis to the first 3 orders for the new panel - so if any of you are interested, give him a call.

He also mentioned he had some ship-ready modules - one of each Kleinzeit, Bi-Filter, EQ Shifter, Audio & CV Matrix Mixers, CV Processor and Sequencer B - offering incentives if you want one now.

Thought it would be of interest to all, reason for sharing. Happy XPatching!


Cheers -- Bill
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