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*sigh* let's try this again (ignore the previous, incomplete, message) ...

At 10:48 PM 8/27/01 -0400, "Les Mizzell" <lesmizz@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>Shouldn't be buggin Grant you as he oughta be building modules, not 
>answering email, but...inquiring minds want to know....and maybe somebody 
>other than Grant has an answer...

... not me, just some uneducated guesses ...

>1. What is going to be the primary difference between the Envelator and the
>Envelooper?

http://www.wiard.com/purchase/purchase.html
sez: "Dual DADSR plus complex recycling module"
I'd think the difference between a dual DADSR and a dual A(S)R is obvious, 
but "complex recycling module" sounds interesting ... I'll make a wild 
guess/suggestion that it controls looping mode of one or both EG's, perhaps 
allowing either EG to loop through some or all of its stages (DA, DAD, or 
DAD(S)R) AND looping through BOTH EG's sequentially for a complex LFO 
waveform cycling through 
D1A1D1(S1)R1D2A2D2(S2)R2D1A1D1(S1)R1D2A2D2(S2)R2D1... with all that going 
on, I'm sure that, unlike the Envelator, this module would not feature 
voltage control of stage times ... but perhaps it includes voltage control 
over loop begin/end points ... THAT would be something cool!  (I've only 
begun to scratch the surface of the Andromeda's loopable 8-stage envelopes 
... an incredible implementation, but ITS loop points can't be modulated ...)

>2. Can the Osc's in the Wogglebug be used as "traditional" Ocs's in the
>system, or are they too "weird" (...uh) in function for the Wogglebug to be
>used in a more traditional manner as well?

So the question is, then, "are the "rate" CV inputs for the Wogglebug's 
LFO's 1V/oct?".  Or if you're referring to the outputs of the Linear VCO's, 
what do you mean by "traditional"?  They're square waves, not complex 
waveforms, so they're "traditional" in that sense.  But they're not under 
linear or exponential voltage control, so I can't see how they could be 
made to follow a pitch in the "traditional" sense, if that's what you 
mean.  Or do you mean that, "with the proper knob settings, will they 
output a constant, rather than random, frequency?"

>3. Let's see some faceplates for these!!!!

I, too, am curious to know what the new ones will look like ...

         -Doug
          jasret@mindspring.com