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--- In AN1x-list@y..., "spaceanimals" <alciere@m...> wrote:
> Sometimes I can get a good distortion with no effects on, but 
I'm not 
> sure why. I can't do it every time-it seems more like luck of the 
> draw. 

Suggestions: 1) Use the Feedback parm in the VCA section for 
distortion effects and/or 2) the Noise parameter in the MIX/VCF 
section. If that's not noisy enough then 3) Crank up the FM Depth 
parm in the Sync/FM section.

Also, sometimes I'm able to get the filter to self oscillate (I 
> think) but again, I'm not sure why. On my old SIEL I just turned 
down 
> the filter cutoff and turned up the resonance-instant self 
> 0scillation. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. 

Remember, the FEG Depth setting interacts with the Filter Cutoff  
value - make certain to adjust it when if you drastically reduce the 
FC downwards.

Sometimes 
> the amplitude feedback helps, sometimes it doesn't.Also, the 
> amplitude feedback seems to have an optimum position 
depending on the 
> patch-it doesn't just get more raucous as you turn it up. It 
reaches 
> a sweet spot(or doesn't really do anything) then levels off. 
Why?

Try raising the Filter Cutoff value in this instance.


regards,

Jon