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Hi 'paradigmshiftbeats'
   With both Olivier and Gary responding to your query, you've heard
from two guys who have done some superlative work with the Omni and
they have focused on the sound of the filter. i certainly have nothing
to add in that admittedly subjective area. (i own a few classic synths
that aren't even remiscent of THEMSELVES!)
;'>
but Olivier and Gary didn't mention my favorite feature of the Omni
and that's the voltage controlled mode parameter.  
    This is a feature that is rare as hen's teeth on commercial analog
filters and i can only think of one synth's filter that sounds even
vaguely like the Omni when it's shifting modes: The Oberheim Xpander. 
    But with the Xpander you have to physically spin an encoder to get
the effect. Grant figured out how to do this with a control voltage
and it yields a very unique character to the Omni's sound. I had been
working on a scheme to do this trick in my DIY work for a decade when
I discovered that Grant totally beat me to the punch. If fact, my very
first inkling that Wiard existed was a 1999 Alta Vista web search on
the words: "Voltage Controlled Pole Slope" when looking for hints on
the newfangled 'internet' thing.
     This feature of the Omni gives it very distinctive sound and i
use it all the time.
best wishes
-doc


--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "paradigmshiftbeats"
<paradigmshiftbeats@y...> wrote:
> I don't have this module, and it seems to be less talked about than 
> many of Grant's other modules. I recognize that sound is a very 
> subjective arena, but I hoped a few of you might offer your own 
> descriptions of the character of this module. Is it reminiscent of 
> another classic synth you have owned? What is your favorite feature
> or application? What do you think of the phaser mode, etc?