Hi Chris,
----- Original Message -----
From: "C. Whitten" <chris@...>
To: <SergeModular@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: Wiard (Re: [SergeModular] Re: greetings serge users/a request
for opinions.I.M.O)
: Sebastian.....and others,
: very interesting posts about the Serge filters and your thoughts on the
: Wiard system. If I might add a couple of simplistic points...
: I see what you are saying about the Serge filter characteristics but
: wouldn't it make sense to offer a 'fatter' filter for those times when you
: want to patch a VCO, VCF, VCA type sound. I think when people have
mentioned
: the filters it was really in the context of the Serge being so complete in
: every other way.
: Comparing Wiard to Serge (and my only experience of Wiard is online so to
: speak), the beauty of Serge is that anyone with a little modular
experience
: can put together very simple patches straight away. The Wiard just looks
so
: complicated to me. I want to be able to see where to stick my cables to
get
: a simple patch going without having to figure out new terms like mixolator
: or envolator.
: Finally, sometimes I find the more complex a patch and the more cables and
: modulation I employ the more the sound disappears up it's own arse.
: The great thing about Serge and why I would always recommend it is that it
: can be so simple and yet so deep.
: CW
:
Accepted - but for both Wiard and Serge stuff one has to wait several
months. Some free hours during the wait are well spent learning some about
what one is going to acquire. So the spontaneity point doesn't ring true to
me personally. I've never touched a Wiard yet, mine is still in the make, so
all my knowlege is from theory too, like yours.
However I would agree with your argument if extended to ergonomics: it
certainly takes some time until one intuitively knows which jack is which on
the Wiard 5x4 jackboard (which has other advantages).
For example, the Mixolator is really SO simple: imagine that your average
crossfader had two opposing outputs. That's all for x-fading, panning and
attenuating. The ringmod function is more like a bonus (as I said it's not
the best sounding around).
Sebastian Kuehnl
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