Kevin,

As a VCA = end of the line man, I was very interested in this statement of
yours:

>I, for one, use a number of VCA's because I view them as more than
>simple gain controls, or the final module in a patch. To me, VCA's
>are basic automation devices, and when used to control modulator
>outputs (for both for level and time), VCA's can animate a patch.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding you here, but it seems to me you are talking
about using the VCA as a stage to pass a modulator through on the way to the
carrier. You would then apply automation to the VCA (via seq, env, lfo,
whatever) which would in turn modulate the signal passing through the VCA
and, hence, ultimately the carrier itself. While this would be very useful
for a carrier which has a CV input for modulation but no modulation amount
knob, surely it's just wasting a VCA where the CV input on the carrier does
allow depth to be set as well

The reason I ask is because I have always suspected that I am lacking
something fundamental in my approach to the use of VCAs...

TIA

Pierre

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