Wiardgroup

First, I'd like to politely urge anyone with an interest in the 
subject of this group to thoroughly investigate 
www.musicsynthesizer.com and especially Grant's subpage therein.
  I have been immersed in analog modular synthesis since 1972 and I 
have never encountered a designer who was as open and forthright about 
his ideas - and more importantly, his SOURCES, as Grant. 
  Many of the old masters, Dr.Moog, Alan Pearlman, and even Don Buchla 
are very accessible NOW.... but in the 70's, it was unthinkable that a 
 designer would allow so much as a peek at the kind of information 
that Grant has published in full public domain. He deserves to be 
paraded around Milwaukee in a sedan chair just for this generosity 
(some would say madness) alone.
(pssst! hear that Dieter???? free schematics from someone other than 
Jyrgen!!! hurry!!!!)
   sorry for the shameless shilling but it bears on the question and I 
couldn't resist

first download the wogglebug MP3's on wiard.com, listen, then read my 
babble if you're still interested

I have been to the wogglebug - and I believe!!!!
I built two wogglebugs based on the #3 standard circuit at 
musicsynthesizer.com. 
If you love 'metastable'
 (I.O.W: rebellious WITH a cause, random WITH a pattern)
 this circuit is without peer. 
  It outputs audio and CV's (I hear the production version may include 
pulse trains) all of which are related but not copies of one another. 
I have used a Buchla source of uncertainty (part of the dodeca-module) 
and the CV output of the wogglebug is (IMHO) just as "musical" and 
unpredictable without sounding bluntly random. I use these DIY modules 
a lot and I still posted a deposit with Grant for the "official" 
300-series version.
 Grant did not exaggerate one tiny bit when he described the sound as 
"forbidden planet in a can" That's just what it does.



--- In wiardgroup@y..., "Mike B. Fisher" <mbfisher@i...> wrote:
> Has anyone on the list used the Wogglebug? It looks very interesting 
to
> me...
> 
> Mike