Timothy, the A136 User's manual says that the signal is split into
three parts, but no signal flow diagram is provided. (This is only
the least of the problems with the A136 documentation). The
signal diagram on the module front panel suggests that the "A" gain
is applied BEFORE the signal is fed to the positive and negative
clipping circuits. That's why I made the suggestion that I did.

I suppose I could spend some time experimenting to determine the
actual signal path, but it's a tedious business without a scope. I
wish bakis would nudge Dieter to describe the A136 signal path, and
correct all the errors in the User's Guide while he's at it.

Joe

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "Tim Stinchcombe" <timothy@t...>
wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> > If the positive/negative gain isn't an issue, couldn't you just
> route
> > the audio thru an A132 VCA and get voltage control of the gain

that

> > way
>
> Internally in the A-136 the signal is split into three paths, and
> the 'A' gain knob affects just one of these, and it's the

interaction

> of this path with the other two that produces all the interesting
> waveshaping effects. I suspect that doing what you suggest just
> probably wouldn't be so interesting.
>
> Tim