Re: [The_Cyndustries_List] Birthday versus Zeroscillator
2009-08-07 by Don Kim
Congrats on deciding to get a ZO! I loved mine so much I got a 2nd euro one used, and have a ZOe on order too. They sound great in pairs, but I would say that they aren't typical like other oscillators and you can easily get by with one as long as you have a decent modulating oscillator or two. The 4 morph quadrature outputs can get you into stereoland easily, but with all the modulation inputs you have available, you can get lots of different timbres out of one in a nice patch. The most important modulator will be the linear in. I use a PlanB Model 15 and/or a Cwejman VCO-2RM. The ZO sounds great with everything I've thrown at it so far from AFGs to Model 15s and of course the 2nd ZO. But I would say that there is no huge advantage modulating a ZO with another. It ends up where a filter "should be" in most patches I use with it. The FM index is nice too since you can use the dynamic FM input, turn it all the way down, put an envelope in the FM index, and the ZO acts kinda like a VCA, sorta (it's not amplifying signals, it's just using the FM index as a level of modulation, since the ZO is quiet with no linear FM input present. So when you get yours, don't wonder if it's broken if it's not making noise, flip the bias switch, or feed it a VCO into the linear FM input. It's amazing sounding and may inspire all your patches to be stereo. :D On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:32 PM, David Ingebretsen<dingebre@3dphysics.net> wrote:
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> > > Hi Cynthia, > > First, happy belated birthday! > > I just purchased a Zeroscillator and as I wrote in my order, I couldn't > think of what to get you for your B-day, so I ordered a Zeroscillator for my > FracRack setup :) > > Please ship to my business: > > David M. Ingebretsen > Collision Forensics & Engineering, Inc. > 2469 East Fort Union Blvd. STE 114 > Salt Lake City, UT 84121 > > 801 733-5458 Office > > Question on it. Many samples I've heard are from just one module. Most > typical oscillators sound best when an odd number are blended. While I have > nothing against buying a couple more some time, it will be awhile before I > can justify another $1000.00 on a single oscillator. So, do you really need > to blend Zeroscillators? > > Thanks again. > > David > >