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I had almost the same problem, after I realized, that for Vector-
Synthesis you need linear VCAs together with the JAG. The Blacet VCA 
Quad-Mix uses exponential VCA's and I don't want to use my 4 VCA's in 
my Wiard 300 VCO's, they are busy. I just found a very cheap way, if 
you like to do Vector-Synthesis now and then: The Doepfer A135 
Voltage Controlled Mixer. I guess it does the job (have to buy it 
first).



--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Chang" <gchang@c...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I called Grant yesterday, and, as usual, he came up with a great
> suggestion...
> 
> Many of you JAG users out there may have had similar experiences 
with
> the JAG as I have had - It's a really great module, but when you 
start
> using multiple channels of audio or control voltages, it really 
starts
> to tie up mixers and VCAs that otherwise where used elsewhere - so 
the
> JAGs were essentially limitting my sonic patches so that I could 
pan,
> or modulate with the JAGs.
> 
> At the suggestion of Grant, I have been using a couple of Blacet 
Dual
> Linear VCAs to do panning with one of my JAGs - in lieu of using up 
my
> Borgs to do the same thing.  This has worked out very well, to the
> point that now I am very interested in getting the second JAG into 
the
> patch, which will give me two panning outputs.
> 
> The issue is, "How do I take 2x5 outputs and sum them without using 
up
> 5 mixers?" (I hardly imagine anyone's modular system has FIVE mixers
> laying around dormant; most of my mixers are earmarked for other 
uses).
> 
> The solution was right under my nose;  the Blacet Dual Linear VCA 
has
> a mixed output A(B); when nothing is patched into the Out B jack, 
both
> VCA ouputs appear at the output of VCA A.
> 
> So, five Blacet Dual Linear VCAs allowed me to reclaim 5 Borgs, 5
> VCAs, and 5 Mixolators back into sound patches that otherwise would 
be
> tied up in a dual JAG panning patch!
> 
> At the price of only $89 apiece ($117 assembled), any only 1.5 
inches
> of module width, this makes this very affordable, too.  
> 
> The best part of it for me was that the depth of the module is only
> 3.24 inches, so I can install them into my 3.5 inch deep console
> cabinet without modification.
> 
> These guys are DC coupled, too, so they come handy for gating cv
> sources with the JAG.
> 
> Gary