tips and tricks
From Yahoo List by Grant Richter
OK Envelator tips and tricks!
Since there are two envelators I will use 1 on the left and 2 on the right. It doesn't matter though.
1. Shorting OUT+ of 1 to OUT+ of 2 in cycle mode will make the Envelators alternate. This is the same as patching END1 to GATE2 and END2 to GATE1.
2. Shorting SQR1 to SQR2 will produce hard synch in cycle mode. You can also run an external oscillator into the SQR output to produce hard synch.
3. Use the mixer at the bottom as a logic inverter to get quadrature operation like the Buchla. Patch SQR1 to MIXMOD input and set the MIXMOD control to max. Set MIX to minimum. Put a dummy plug in MIX2. Route 10 volts from a Joystick set to maximum to MIX1. The MIX output is now the inverted version of SQR1. If you route that to GATE2, the second envelator will start it's attack exactly when the first envelator finishes it's attack and enters decay phase.
4. For chaotic function generation, patch AMOD1 and DMOD1 to OUT+2 and/or OUT-2. The patch AMOD2 and DMOD2 to the outputs of envelator 1. Put both in cycle mode. This is the classic "tail chasing" oscillators that was used in the original demonstration of chaotic systems. Listen at the MIX ouput. You will have to set both attack and decay controls to less than maximum. Try various settings of A,D,AMOD and DMOD for different effects.