RICHTER WOGGLEBUG
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Installation: The Make Noise Richter Wogglebug is an electronic signal generator requiring 50mA of +/-12V regulated power and properly formatted distribution receptacle to operate. It is designed to be used within the euro format modular synthesizer system. Go to http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100t_e.htm for the details of this format.
1 2 3 Panel Controls: Audio: 1. SMOOTH VCO OUT: Shark’s Fin wave audio rate signal controlled by the Ego Input, Ego/Id panel setting, Influence CV IN, and Clock Rate/Chaos controls; 10Vpp. 2. Ring-Mod OUT: Pulse Wave Audio rate signal, ring modulated product of Smooth VCO, Woggle VCO and audio rate signal at the Influence IN (if present). It gets messy, real fast.
4 5 6 8 9 10 7 11 Panel Controls (cont’d) CV: 4. Ego/Id Balance Control: with nothing inserted at the Ego Input, sets the range of probable values. Turning this control CCW, the random values generated by the system tend to “cluster.” With a signal applied to the Ego IN, it allows that external signal to be balanced with the internal signal source to generate random voltages. 5.
12 13 14 15 19 20 16 Panel Controls: (cont’d) 18 21 17 CLK: 12. Speed CV Attenuator: unipolar attenuator for Speed CV IN. Normalled to 8V (see below). 13. Speed CV IN: unipolar control signal input for Speed parameter. Normalled to +8V so that with nothing patched, the associated Speed CV attenuator will extend the internal clock generator range up to around 200hz; Range: 0V to +8V. 14. External Clock IN: any signal may be applied here, allowing for independent control of rate and smoothness. 15.
Overview: Amongst other things, the Make Noise Wogglebug contains the following: 1 Voltage-Controlled Clock, 1 Sample & Hold, 2 Lag Processors, 1 Random Gate Burst Generator, and 2 VCO Digital Ring Mod: most of which are patchable via the instrument's panel in a system that is capable of CV and Audio Signal generation and processing. While we have broken the Panel Controls & I/O description into Sections for explanation, please understand that ALL portions of the Wogglebug interact with each other.
The new Richter Wogglebug has yet a few more tricks up its sleeve... - A much more stable clock output with the widest frequency range yet seen on a Wogglebug. The clock now goes up to about 200Hz, allowing the Control Voltage and Gate OUTputs to be heard directly as different flavors of analog and digital noise. - In previous Wogglebugs, the clock had been locked to the internal Sample and Hold Circuit.
Patch Ideas: Tame The Bug Set Ego/Id Balance to 9 o’clock. Patch a master clock to the External Clock INput. Attenuate all CVs at destinations. Basic Random Sequencing Patch Clock OUTput to STRIKE in on Optomix, Stepped Random output to 1v/oct input on DPO. Patch DPO output to same Optomix channel Signal input. Adjust Speed Panel Control and Ego/Id Balance Control to taste. Sample and Hold Patch signal to be sampled to Ego Input. Set Ego/Id balance full CCW. Take S/H output from Stepped CV OUTput.
Patch Ideas (cont’d): Kick the Bug Patch the dummy cable to External Clock INput. Wogglebug will stop dead in its tracks. Pressing the Disturb Button will “kick the bug,” generating new random voltages each time you press. Kill the Bug Set Speed panel control to 3 o’clock or greater. Press and hold the Disturb Button to “kill” the bug and the last generated random voltages will hang until release.
