Doepfer

Allo!

I've been thinking on this Groovalizer concept and I think it can be  
accomplished with very few modules and several different ways with  
the tools we have (or soon will have) available.

What we want to have is a sequence of notes with the possibility of  
sounding before or after the beat.  Right?

I really love my A-146 Variable Waveform LFO.  It produces a variable  
width pulse wave and a variable saw to triangle to ramp wave.  I  
patch these into Envelope Generators.    The variable width pulse  
gives a variable Gate for note durations.  But the variable saw wave  
allows you to trigger the EG at different times in the cycle.   
Comparing the pulse to the saw you are able to trigger the EG's  
simultaneously or at ever widening intervals.  A little knob  
twiddling can be fun!.

If you use the triangle setting as the starting point of the first  
cycle, then you can vary whether the next trigger occurs after or  
BEFORE the beat!  Time Travel aka Rubato!

As soon as the Universal Vactrol is available we may be able to  
remove the protoplasmic element from the knob twiddling and get  
repeatable variations using a Sequencer, for instance.

So Dieter, we pray that your UV will come with patch-point  
instructions for the A-146.  Pretty Please?

Similar effects may be obtainable with the A-142 Decay/Gate.  It  
produces an inverse gate when the delay is done and it is Voltage  
Controlled!  This one doesn't even need patch-points!  Is this the  
elusive Groovalizer?

Also perhaps the A-162 Dual Trigger Delay.

sfrules