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>>...I personally find VC control of EG parameters
>to be extremely useful.

>>>I agree. I'm currently using UEG's as voltage controlled envelope 
generators. They have one control input to vary all the times, not as 
flexible as I'd like, but still quite useful.


There's a group of folks (not necessarily *here*) that have always
insisted that the idea of VC envelopes *sounds* more useful than they
really are in practice, but I can only think that these people are using
envelope generators in a very limited, Mini-Moog style capacity. It's
arguable in that context that you can get a touch-sensitive effect with
a static envelope and VC of other parameters, such as LPF Cutoff
Frequency. Or the *amount* of envelope modulation to Cutoff Frequency.

But I personally have always thought of envelope generators as more
generic "contour generators" and use them for all sorts of things, not
just controlling amplitude envelopes on imitation piano sounds.

It just seems like very limited thinking, especially in a modular, to
dismiss voltage control of one of the systems most fundamental modules
out-of-hand.

Now, it may be true that EVERY EG doesn't need to be VC'd. But having
one or two is sure a nice thought. And then shore those up with five or
six 800's for good measure.