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Hi Mark (& Harry!)
i'm very gratified to hear of your interest, especially since a couple
of my original paragraphs are missing (at the mysterious embedded \
character) i probably typo'd some control character into the text.
anyway,
 So i'm doubly pleased to hear that my message got across
anyway...obviously those paragraphs were superfluous!

re:
--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, Mark Griffiths <mark@...> wrote:

> Hi Doc, thanks for your message. I already have on order the
Wogglebug. It is now illegal in the EU not to have a Wogglebug. (Or
you need to go through a major form filing exercise and no one wants
that, do they?)

AHA!!!!!
so it's Europe that's subsidizing the 'bug music' school ... Those
continentals!...always ahead of their time... (and wooing away or
girlfriends with those darn alluring accents!)
;'>
ciao

-doc

Hi Doc, thanks for your message. I already have on order the Wogglebug. It is now illegal in the EU not to have a Wogglebug. (Or you need to go through a major form filing exercise and no one wants that, do they?)The second module will be..the Envelator. I felt I did need another EG, I only have one in the Blacet EG. I was then thinking that was a bit unsexy but trawling through the archives I did find references to the various uses including your own. That clinched it, so that's next!



all the best, mark

----- Original Message ----
From: drmabuce <drmabuce@yahoo.com>
To: wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, 15 June, 2007 8:35:37 PM
Subject: [wiardgroup] Re: Wiard 300 Series able to stand on own two feet?

Hi Mark
i'll second that, with emphasis. i cannot accurately address the
content of your dreams but i can perhaps try to summon up a repressed
memory...
Let's set the wayback machine all the way to the dawn of Wiardness-
Message 25- August of 2001, during Wiard's 'summer of love' when Grant
dreamed of the 'Wiggle Box' and you could still wear your shoes all
the way through the airport!

Grant tells it best in message 25. But i have to add that i'm glad
to see this question revived in post-modern 2007 because it bears on
the issue of a Wiard 'System'. \
In 2000, i procured three 300 modules: an envelator, a sequantizer,
and an Omni Filter. Nary an oscillator in the bunch!***. But Grant
demonstrated how i could patch these 3 modules into an
LFO-VCO-waveshaper- VCF-VCA voice.
One half of the envelator ,set slow, is the LFO. It controls the other
half-envelator which is set to audio range. The end pulse of the audio
envelator drives the clock of sequantizer which performs as a divided
, stepped wave gen. these two signals are mixed into the Filter and
one side of the cross-fader on the envelator provides a final stage VCA...
That's with three modules...none of them a VCO! (at least by name). 
(and none of them a wogglebug... that hadn't been invented yet!)

i've been asked by quite a few folks to recommend a 'desert island'
Wiard and i reflexively shout "WoggleBug!" but on reflection and
experience i'd have to say the envelator is an incredibly versatile
and useful module; one that i seem to use every time i create a
timbre. One of my favorite modules of all time is the Serge Dual
Universal Slope Generator. The Envelator picks up where that classic
gadget left off and surpasses it. 

sorry for yet another of my tedious screeds but your question just got
me thinking!

best,
-doc

*
O-ther P-eople's M-oney

***
by way of disclaimer i will confess that , at the time i got my
original 3 300's i already had piled up a lot of other synth modules
but Grant urged me to explore the possibilities available with just
those 3 devices...it was GREAT advice...and i was deeply impressed
(enough to buy more and more!) (nice work Professor!)

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com, davevosh@... wrote:
>
> 
> 
> can anyone confirm?
> 
> 
> 
> mark,
> yes,300`s can be used "freestanding" . i wouldn`t suggest it as a
long-term solution but will be adequate to get you going.
> best,
> dave
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark <mark@...>
> To: wiardgroup@yahoogro ups.com
> Sent: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:01 am
> Subject: [wiardgroup] Wiard 300 Series able to stand on own two feet?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi, I started ordering my 300 Series modules plus one rack. Being a 
> fairly quick person I see there are more modules than can be fitted 
> within one rack. Medium term funding means 2 racks are probably not 
> possible. So I've been agonising over which 6 modules to go for.
> 
> But I vaguely remember the modules can be physically stand alone..did I 
> dream that? In which case I would probably go for the one rack and one 
> or two modules as stand alones until maybe funds can stretch to more..
> 
> can anyone confirm?
> 
> many thanks, Mark
> www.inspiringsounds .com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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hi mark

thanks for this post.  sounds like I'm in a similiar boat to you as I've got a wogglebug on 
order and am now trying to decide what other modules to get next.  I don't know if you have 
any of the 1200 series but I'd consider the noise ring and jag as essential

cheers

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, Mark Griffiths <mark@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Doc, thanks for your message. I already have on order the Wogglebug. It is now illegal in 
the EU not to have a Wogglebug. (Or you need to go through a major form filing exercise and 
no one wants that, do they?)The second module will be..the Envelator. I felt I did need 
another EG, I only have one in the Blacet EG. I was then thinking that was a bit unsexy but 
trawling through the archives I did find references to the various uses including your own. 
That clinched it, so that's next!
>

r_a_quirk wrote:
> 
> thanks for this post.  sounds like I'm in a similiar boat to you as I've
> got a wogglebug on order and am now trying to decide what other modules
> to get next.  

Following Norman's suggestion from multiple posts both today and in the
archive, I strongly advise you to pick up a Borg 1 filter and an Envelator
(or a Bananalogue Serve VCS in a pinch).  Just these three modules will
spit more sonic insanity all by their lonesome than a box full of lesser
modules.  Ah: something to tame the output volume is necessary, but I
assuem you already have an unused VCA or miser input laying about :)

regards,
Paul

What would be great is if we could all agree on what modules we want
"next" so Grant could do runs on pre-paid modules knowing how many are
wanted by the general Wiard buying public.

I would be perfectly happy with some sort of organized batch ordering
since I am interested in a bunch of modules and it doesn't make that
big of a difference to be whether which one I order next.

just a thought, hopefully one that maes sense.
TD

Cheers Paul, I spoke to Grant again the other day and I've decided to 
next get a sequantiser, envelator, dual borg (version 1 as I prefer 
slower vactrols) & a waveform city.  After that it'll be another 
sequantiser and the new dual boogie hp/lp and maybe the new 
controller (I've also got one of the original ones).  Not sure about 
the vco's yet, I'll wait till I hear the vco in the waveform city as 
the core is the same.  I tend now to use my guitar drones as the main 
sound source.

Cheers

Richard

> Following Norman's suggestion from multiple posts both today and in 
the
> archive, I strongly advise you to pick up a Borg 1 filter and an 
Envelator
> (or a Bananalogue Serve VCS in a pinch).  Just these three modules 
will
> spit more sonic insanity all by their lonesome than a box full of 
lesser
> modules.  Ah: something to tame the output volume is necessary, but 
I

> assuem you already have an unused VCA or miser input laying about :)
> 
> regards,
> Paul
>