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Why was the Borg used as a VCA?  Because it has a VCA mode.  The Borg 
Filter is a further developement of the Buchla low pass gate, which had 
three modes - vca, filter, and both.  When the Borg is swtiched to VCA 
mode, the filter is a single pole filter with no resonance.  This is 
similar to the "both" mode of the Buchla, which Don Buchla described as 
a "pcsychoacoustic" feature - that the frequency spectra should drop as 
the volume deminishes. 

gary chang 

--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "jrbulldogge <jrbulldogge@y...>" <
jrbulldogge@y...> wrote:
> Ah, thanks, now I get it.  You aren't actually amplifying the signal 
> when using a filter this way, but rather de-amplifying it, if you 
> will by using the closed/open nature of the filter to control the 
> overall volume level.  That I understand, I just didn't get how a 
> filter could amplify the signal rather than cut the signal.  
> 
> Thanks for all the links.  I've seen some of them, but they all look 
> useful.  While I've learned many synthesis techniques with hardwired 
> synths (both analog and digital) and also with the Nord Modular, 
> obviously only a limited amount of that transfers over to the world 
> of analog modulars.  One thing it seems that I've got to work on is 
> thinking "outside the box" as it were, or at least around the box.  
> Thus, using a filter's closing capabilities to mimic an amplifier's 
> ability to strengthen a signal.
> 
> Thanks, and I will definitely read as much as I can on those links, 
> as well as wherever they may lead me.  In the end I'm sure the best 
> way to learn will be to get a decent system and patch away--
> hopefully rather soon, and definitely containing several Wiard 
> modules (I really like the Noise Ring examples, and the 
> possibilities seem quite fun).
> 
> 
> J.R. "Bulldogge" Ross
> & Snuffy, too:)