[A6] re: A6: Tracking Generator?

[MelloT at aol.com]

> for example - Is it like a thru <

>>>  IIRC, yes.  You feed a mod source into the tracking generator and then 
use the generator's output to modulate whatever destination you're interested 
in.<<<

Well, not really a complete answer for you yet - 

You set it to receive a signal input - and then TELL it what level output 
that will cause to happen. For example, you could say, "as they Mod Wheel level 
rises, make the output go Hi, Low, Hi, Medium, Low, Meium, Low." That would 
generate something that seems like a sequencer output with three levels. It's 
almost like a Sample and Hold, but where you specify the output depending on the 
input...

I don't use it for anything, but I haven't really tried it much. Others here 
have used it to generate fast "sequencer-like" patterns from an LFO feeding 
into it. You could make it so that the filter (or Osc, or Envelope, or LFO) 
behaves totally differently on different ranges of the keyboard.

My theory is that it gets used less, because it's response is less-like the 
organic world; it ouputs in a non-linear manner (if you set it up that way). 
The other synth bits tend to be organic reponse (filters, envelopes, waves) and 
human ears really like this stuff to be organic-based, even for purley 
electronic music....

BrianK