MOTM

Paul graciously sent me the prototype 510 module to take to AHNE.  I held 
onto it for a few days afterwards so I could spend a bit more time with the 
module and report my findings.

Initially, I wasn't very impressed.  The "quick start" settings yielded 
some somewhat interesting waveshaping effects somewhat akin to PWM effects 
but it didn't do much for me.  I applied three different audio signals and 
got some interesting PWM/ringmod-like effects.  However, once I applied a 
low frequency signal to the Z input,
things started sounding much more interesting!  The effect was a very fat 
PWM/Tremolo/Distortion effect that was quite pleasing.  I started getting a 
hang of how the knobs interact but it is not always intuitive.

I found the most dramatic results with the switch in the "power" position 
rather than "root" or "unity".

One of the things that can happen when turning the knobs is that the signal 
will just disappear at some settings.  However, this is very dependent on 
the input signals and the other knobs!  This can be a bit of a challenge at 
first but I found it interesting and something to work within.  Also, the 
"offset" knobs affect the sound without any input signal so make sure you 
play with all the knobs!

It is still very hard to describe the effects I got with the 
wavewarper.  Paul said we wanted weird and that's what he made.  It 
certainly is.  I would put this module in the "random spice" category.  A 
little bit in certain patches will go along way but it may take you awhile 
to figure out just what flavors it can produce.  It can also warp CVs which 
might be interesting to play with using a sequencer output or something 
similar.  I didn't have a chance to try that out.

Thanks again to Paul for sending out the module for folks to play 
with.  Gee, I wonder what we'll have for AHNE 2005 ;}
	
	Eric

[Paul: the module will be going back to you tomorrow morning via priority mail.]