Wiardgroup

In a phone conversation last week, Grant mentioned a "Serge NTO-like" 
oscillator with a Vactrol based filter (Borg).  10 chips on the board.
Sounds cool....

gary chang


--- In wiardgroup@y..., "drmabuce" <drmabuce@y...> wrote:
> 
> > What were the features?
> > Apologies if this has been revealed before or it comes under the 
> 'official
> > secrets act'.
> > CW
> 
> I don't think it's a secret, In fact, I think Grant may have posted 
> some info on this group last fall. 
> anyway...
> What I played was a prototype so I'll intone the following disclaimer 
> and then spill the beans-
> 
> designer capriciousness disclaimer:
> Grant may well change his mind about what features from his prototype 
> should/can be included in a production model or he may even abandon 
> the whole project and make a  solar flare alarm instead. Knowing 
> Grant, nothing would surprise me!
> 
> having stated that, the gadget I played had 1 VCO, a variable 
> waveshaper, A VCF, A VCA, an LFO (sqr & tri) & an ADSR. The 'keyboard' 
> was a stylus on metal pads, there was one chromatic kbd and four modal 
> rows of pads, the intervals of which were fixed in four modes. (ie 
> Aeolian, Dorian, Lydian etc) It was small enough to hold in one hand 
> and the sound was startlingly beefy. Routing was done with switches.
> 
> I'm sure Grant will correct me if memory has not served me well here
> -doc