MOTM

> From: "Tkacs, Ken" <Ken.Tkacs@...>
> 
> >   Since you brought these up, I will ask you (and others)
> >   to offer up some observations on what these two modules
> >   can do and why we would want them in our MOTM system.
> >   I am still quite modular stupid myself since MOTM is my
> >   first modular experience.      Larry H.
> 
> Sure, I'd be glad to elaborate. Forgive me if I drone... these two
devices,
> and their uses, are difficult to explain, even simply. This is one of
those
> cases where, if you heard the effects, you would understand them almost
> immediately, but to explain them (without diagrams) is a bit of a
chore....
>
> ----- < snip out excellent details > -------


Ken,
	Your description was excellent and you painted a good visual picture of
the phase relationships.  I work in three-phase high-voltage power as my
vocation, so understanding the phase relationships of the sine waves was a
snap.  Of course, in my line of work, we always keep the varied phases on
their own conductor <grin>.

At least part of the quad VCO you described is one of the effects I
commonly seek in LFO functions (two waves exactly 180 degrees out of
phase).  However, I can see where the four waves at 90 degree intervals
could be very useful for voltage controlled panning (as soon as Paul makes
us that voltage controlled stereo mixer) and other applications.

The barber-pole effect you described sounds (by description) very
interesting.  Of course, I doubt I will ever have that "20 of each" MOTM
system you describe that would allow me the luxury of trying it out.

	Thanks for taking the time for such a detailed and easy to understand
explanation.

Larry H