[A6] Tracking generator

Jeff Laity synthetic at earthlink.net
Tue May 13 07:14:43 PDT 2003


I used it a lot on the QS8, but there are so many mod sources on the A6 
that it sounds fine without it. I would usually use it to change the 
shape of a mod source -- make the velocity response exponential, make a 
certain range of the keyboard softer, that sort of thing.

On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 06:30 AM, Tom Moravansky wrote:

>> But I think Brian is right about the Tracking Generator ...
>> I still haven't found a use for it, personally ...
>>
>
> In the early beta test days before the sequencer and arpeggiator
> were working, it was neat to use the tracking generator to get a
> mini-sequence going with every keypress.  Took some fiddling with
> levels and amount of pitch mod, but you could get a repeatable
> sequence that way.
>
> Another way I use it is to get a pseudo random sequence of values
> as a mod source.  Sometimes I like the sound of S&H modulation,
> but sometimes it's nice to be able to predict what it's going to
> do.  Use the TG to create your pattern, and then use it like the
> S&H generator, so in context it sounds somewhat random, but
> within your defined bounds.
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