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There are some sounds that have been intriguing me. I think I heard 
the first on some Parliament Funkadelic Cd's and then they became 
ubiquitous in the rap and the gospel scenes.

1) One lead sound is best described as wormy and nasally. Lots of 
portamento. It's kinda irritating but distinctive.

2) A similar sound is like the above sound but heavily filtered 
almost to a sine/triangle wave. It's played like a whistle, 1-2- 
octaves above middle C.

In good examples of them, they have a snarl, a bite instead of a 
glisten. I am having difficulty getting the same aggression and am 
usually to sweet/glisteny in my attempts. I would assume the trick is 
some kinda lfo modulation to heighten tension but I'm not sure with. 
Any advice on creating these sounds?

Thanks in advance,

Jerry

Bernie Worrell of P Funk used a lot of mod wheel vibrato. Set the mod 
wheel to control the VCO 1 and VCO 2 osc pmod (pitch mod not pulse 
mod) and set the depth to + 9. Then set LFO 1 to either triangle or 
sine and turn the speed up until it sounds right.

Bernie also got a nice cat meowing lead where he used a pitch 
envelope. Patch 102 Morphism gets a pretty good yowl if you want some 
ideas for settings. 

Rainbow Jimmy
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> Bernie Worrell of P Funk used a lot of mod wheel vibrato. Set the 
mod 
> wheel to control the VCO 1 and VCO 2 osc pmod (pitch mod not pulse 
> mod) and set the depth to + 9. Then set LFO 1 to either triangle or 
> sine and turn the speed up until it sounds right.

Thanks Jimmy. I'll do that. 


> Bernie also got a nice cat meowing lead where he used a pitch 
> envelope. Patch 102 Morphism gets a pretty good yowl if you want 
some 
> ideas for settings. 

How did he use the pitch envelope? Move all oscillators or move one 
oscillator agains the other? Or something else?

Cheers,

Jerry