PLAN B analog blog

Hey gang,
I received and fired up my VCO today (the frac'd one), and it is a 
great sounding module. I took a line out of each waveform jack (I 
have two jacks for each wave) to make sure the connections 
were good, moving from the square wave (bottom) to the sine 
wave (top). By the time I got to the sine, I was sold -- I didn't even 
have any CVs plugged in yet, and I was loving the sound. 

The sine wave seems much mellower on the Plan B VCO than 
on my Blacet. I'm not making a value judgement -- just pointing 
out that I could easily hear a difference, which is great 
considering I have 2-VCO instrument and want as much variety 
as possible. I don't have a scope to view the waveforms, so I'll 
leave that to someone else who wants to make comparisons.

The other sound that totally knocked me out was sweeping the 
Wave Morph input with my Blacet LFO, while sending VCs to the 
other inputs. I recorded a few moments with this sort of patch, 
and I'll post them in the next day or two. I kept the patch to a 
minimum -- no filter or EG for much of the session, for example 
-- just to show what this thing can do with only two or three VCs 
coming in. In fact, I totally forgot to use a filter, because I was so 
distracted by the sounds I was getting straight out the the 
module.

I know, I know, many of you will say "It's all in the filter, son." But 
I'm one of those guys that thinks that the osc has just as much to 
do with the overall sound of a synth (at least in my small amount 
of experience with Buchla, Serge, Blacet, etc). Every little nook 
and cranny on a waveform gives a filer (and other processors) 
something to hang on to and exploit. Having a mellow sine will 
hopefully allow me to get some of those delicious, woody Buchla 
258 kinds of sounds (the Lowpass Gate should help). However, 
the other waveforms on the Plan B sound wonderful.

Okay, enough of this limoncello-soaked prattle. Is this VCO worth 
the money and the wait? Absolutely!
ginorobair