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Erik,

You should be able to skip the 9V mod if you want to.  There are no parts 
that will be damaged by running the WSG off a straight +12V or +15V supply.  
Who knows, with a bigger supply voltage you may be able to get even more 
wackiness out of the thing.

James


>From: "Erik Karl Sorgatz" <auzorkmid@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
>To: dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [dotcomformat] new goodie! The WSG as a source of random weirdness
>Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:22:29 -0000
>
>  So I bought one of Ray Wilson's WSG pc boards, $15 and it's a nicely
>made board. I think I can squeeze the 11 pots and 6 switches into a
>1w panel using some sub-mini Spectrols. Then with a few simple mods,
>this noisemaker can be a good source of random or programmatic signals.
>
>  The first mod will be to add a +15v to +9v regulator - possibly just
>a 9v pass zener.
>
>  Fortunately the WSG has been very well researched, and there are 5
>other mods already available for it - adding some more depth and
>latitude to the already versatile unit. Taking this to the next level
>calls for some patch points using switched 1/4" jacks, so that the
>normal signal path can be augmented using the usual compliment of
>modular signal processing and the existing vco, vcf and vca chain.
>
>  Further off in the horizon is the use of the WSG as a source of some
>complex control waveforms - inputs to the vcf's and vca's, perhaps
>after being run thru the sample/hold and/or mixed with noise.
>
>  It's really a mini-synth on it's own, but even just as a drone or
>mono rhythm source, there's great possibilities in this thing.
>
>  Cheers!
>  -Erik
>