200e

Thanks - glad you're enjoying it.

I'll likely post more about the instrument and my discoveries as time 
goes on, but I think one thing in particular worth mentioning, 
especially if you haven't watched the Intro video, is that I'm 
largely bypassing the envelope generators (the 281e module) in favor 
of direct amplitude control from the Continuum. When I've used 
modular instruments in the past, I almost always controlled dynamics 
with EGs and VCAs in the usual way, but have found that I have much 
more control over the dynamics by using the depth or pressure 
dimension of the Continuum patched directly to the VCAs (the 292e).

The Continuum is responsive enough that a fast finger attack will 
give me a fast envelope directly into the VCA - maybe not as snappy 
as the 281e itself, but fast enough for me. Or I can use a very slow 
attack and get a correspondingly slow envelope. From there, of 
course, I can dynamically vary the amplitude of each voice 
independently with finger pressure, so my manual envelopes can have 
as many stages as I want (within the limitations of my technique, 
which I'm working on).

I'm finding it musically very liberating and expressive to work this 
way, surprisingly so, given that amplitude isn't as "sexy" a 
parameter as pitch or timbre. But it turns out that having direct 
finger control over the dynamics for each voice really opens up my 
playing, particularly for the kind of music I like to do.

So that's probably the most unusual discovery I've made so far - 
certainly the one that's surprised me the most.



>Very cool Richard. Thank you !!!!!
>
>HEY if you ever have the time and feel like sharing
>more.. I'd sure like to hear more about how your patching
>everything together - especially any unusual discoveries
>you've made (same goes to any other users here -
>it would be great to hear about all the crazy connections
>everyone's making :-)

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Richard Lainhart
O-Town Media
rlainhart@otownmedia.com
http://www.otownmedia.com