Wiardgroup

i've been working a lot on the following patch this evening, the heart
of which is the wiard borg2:

after about 5 unsuccessful attempts over the last few years, i finally
managed to actually patch up something similar to a compressor on my
modular.

the patch goes like this:

10v p/p sound source to be compressed into a multiple

multiple out to a) borg2 audio input b) serge/bananalogue vcs input

vcs out to inverter (i use a serge 3p)

inverter out to borg2 cv input

borg out to amp/mixer/speaker

notes:

1) the sound source needs to be 10v p/p or it won't "kick" the
compressor enough, so you will need a preamp after the sound source if
it is low level (i first used a bass guitar into the blacet i/o module)

2) the borg2 needs to be set to vca/low pass gate mode, freq. at max
and cv in at max (the inverted envelope pulls DOWN the low pass gate)

3) the vcs is acting as an envelope follower, but the beauty of this
module is that you have seperate control of the attack and release
time (which go from microseconds to minutes!), and they are both
voltage controllable Wink i set the attack at minimum first, the decay
at maximum, then slowly bring the decay down until i hear the
pumping/breathing/obvious compression characteristic i want, then
slowly increase the attack until i get the right mix of naturalness
and compressed sound. the second beautiful thing is that you can
individually set the attack and decay to be linear, logarithmic or
exponential for a very wide variety of compression characteristics.

interesting variation: turn the borg2 filter repsonse pot from lp to
hp for crazy high pass frequency compression!

i have come across some AMAZING sounds with this patch this evening. i
could get great bass guitar compression and heavenly acid lines. i
will try it on drums at a later stage.

other things to try:
1) use a wiard boogie or another type of low pass gate for a different
sound
2) incorpoate some kind of voltage controlled feedback or feedforward
(would need more mults and mixers)

final note:
i first attempted it with a "normal" linear vca instead of the borg 2,
and the blacet i/o envelope follower instead of the vcs, but it wasn't
nearly as versatile or nice sounding!

i can possibly upload some .mp3's if people are interested.

it ain't gonna beat an 1176, but it sure is fun!