I agree, attenuation really gives you more room to play with shape... the same can be said for the WVX serge waveshaper from Bananalogue.
 Tony
 > To:
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 > From:
synaptic_music@...
 > Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:21:54 +0000
 > Subject: 1 Re: Thoughts on the A-136 Distortion/Waveshaper
 >
 > --- In
Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
, "djsoysos" <djsoysos@...> wrote:
 > >
 > > Anybody out there have cool uses for
 > > the A-136 Distortion/Waveshaper
 > > Mine hasn't seen much use lately.
 > > Soy Sos
 > >
 >
 > the most important thing is not to use unattenuated
 > waveforms from a vco. i found it most appealing
 > to use lowpass-filtered signals with much lower
 > output level than the direct vco waveforms,
 > lets say around 50 % of the usual vco output level.
 > same applies to external signals. it is not necessary
 > to use simple waveforms only, the input signal for the
 > a136 can also be quite complex. the key is to
 > scale the a136 input correctly. since the a136
 > has no input attenuator you have to use another
 > module for that task, like a vca, mixer of vcf.
 > i also got interesting results when inserting
 > the a136 in the feedback loop of a vcf.
 >
 > best wishes
 >
 > ingo
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > Yahoo! Groups Links
 >
 >
 >
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