Wiardgroup

Ah, thanks, now I get it.  You aren't actually amplifying the signal 
when using a filter this way, but rather de-amplifying it, if you 
will by using the closed/open nature of the filter to control the 
overall volume level.  That I understand, I just didn't get how a 
filter could amplify the signal rather than cut the signal.  

Thanks for all the links.  I've seen some of them, but they all look 
useful.  While I've learned many synthesis techniques with hardwired 
synths (both analog and digital) and also with the Nord Modular, 
obviously only a limited amount of that transfers over to the world 
of analog modulars.  One thing it seems that I've got to work on is 
thinking "outside the box" as it were, or at least around the box.  
Thus, using a filter's closing capabilities to mimic an amplifier's 
ability to strengthen a signal.

Thanks, and I will definitely read as much as I can on those links, 
as well as wherever they may lead me.  In the end I'm sure the best 
way to learn will be to get a decent system and patch away--
hopefully rather soon, and definitely containing several Wiard 
modules (I really like the Noise Ring examples, and the 
possibilities seem quite fun).


J.R. "Bulldogge" Ross
& Snuffy, too:)