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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "spaceanimals" <rainbowjimmy@s...> 
wrote:
> Got a chance to play with a friend's home grown ring modulator. 
With 
> that, the carrier frequency is a constant. With the AN1X the 
carrier 
> frequency is osc A so the carrier frequency changes note for note. 
Is 
> that correct?
> 
> What settings are poeple using for the ring mod?
> 
> Rainbow Jimmy

Hey Jimmy:

Yeah the ring mod comse into own with non-consonant frequencies. I 
use it just to support the basic saw waveforms, but more 
interestingly:

It works great with sine-ish waves where it's in-hamonic overtones 
can play to good effect. You can bring it in and out of the mix or 
sweep the pitch of one of the oscillators for snarl.

I do this on my standard whistle patch.

Osc 1: pitch =+12, Edge = 0
Mixer Osc 1 = 126 Osc 2 = 0, Ring Mod = 0, Noise = 0

I might have LFO modulation of pitch for vibrato. Then I add:

Osc 1= pitch = -37, Edge = 0

Then I map Ring mod volume to Ribbon Z. This way I get a snarl/growl 
when I hit the ribbon. Another way to use it as a performance tool. 
is to keep the ring modulator always on and play with the ptich. I 
set oscillater to -64 pitch. This creates a vibrato. Now sweep the 
pitch of Osc 2 upwards with the knob and than back down to its 
standard position of -64.

Hope this helps,

Jerry