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Sorry if this gets cross-posted.
    I just finished up an interesting "modular based" track that I 
want you guys to hear. Its definitely for those of you that are tired 
of the old steady tempo, 4/4 routine! Its also a great chance for 
those of you that always wondered what Vactrols and/or Wiard 
modules sound like. Its also easy to hear why the Buchla and 
Wiard are sometimes talked about like they're cousins :) 
    The URL for the song is below this e-mail. Its 4.2MB. I wish I 
could have gotten it smaller but the sound becomes so bad it 
defeats the purpose. 
    
There are only 3 main sounds in this track... 

1. the ring mod VCOs throughout the song
2. strange flappy percussive sound
3. drone/screeching sound

    1. For the ring mod sound I ran 2 MOTM Sines into the MOTM 
VCA/Ring Mod. From there it went into the Wiard Borg filter which 
basically acted as a VCA or "gate" as Don Buchla use to say. I 
triggered the Borg with a MOTM 800 EG. Since the MOTM EG only 
puts out +5V I had to run it into the Blacet VCA to boost the CV so 
I would be able to open the Borg's spectrum up all the way. What 
a difference it makes! Before I had the Blacet I would only give 
the Borg +5 signal so I wasnt using its full potential. With a 
healthy trigger the Borg's Vactrols EXPLODE!!! Nothing else like 
it. BTW, the ring mod melody was from the Pro-One's internal 
sequencer. I tapped the CV out of the Pro-One and into my 
VCO's.
    2. The flapping percussion was mainly a Wogglebug going 
into the Borg. I triggered the Borg by taking the rimshot out of an 
808 and plugging the output of it into the Blacet and then running 
that into the Borg's "envelope input," for lack of a better phrase.. I 
programmed semi-random beats to make the Wogglebug 
pattern elusive. On this sound you can REALLY hear the effect of 
the Vactrols in the Borg. Its very hard to put it into words. If you're 
a Vactrol fan you know what I mean.
    3. The 3rd sound consists of 2 MOTM VCO's having their 
1V/OCT jacks mangled by a Wogglebug. The VCO's are running 
through the MOTM 490 VCF (Moog 904a clone) this time. I still 
was using the 808 to trigger the EG's which I know routed to the 
MOTM VCA which was the final destination. The only difference is 
this time I would start and stop the 808 when my ear saw fit.
    BTW, everything went through a Moogerfooger delay pedal. 

HERE IT IS:
http://www.inform3r.com/Nightmare_Sequence.mp3
    
    If anyone has questions please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks 
for reading.

                            -John Langdon
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