hello ingo,

1. the a136 should have great effect on waveforms like
triangle, sine or sawtooth, but the results vary widely,
depending on the knob settings. on some settings you get
no output at all.

2. i use the a136 for complex signals too, like drums
or vco-mixtures. often the level is boosted, maybe that
is why the bass is boosted too.

3. indeed it is not easy to get a neutral setting.
your described knob-settings don't give neutral settings
for sure. i'll try to figure out the neutral setting
if i find the time.

4. afaik the pots are no attenuators, the pot setting and the
cv are added internally. i guess the a136 manual will
help clearing this issue.
i often use the a136 for complex external
signals. it is also nice inside a feedback loop.
dc-voltages will also be altered heavily, but i don't
do that too often, the changes are not subtle enough for me.

best wishes

ingo

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "ilanode" <techmeier@w...> wrote:
>
> Hello list, the A136 is on my mind for long time. Recently I had the
> chance to toy with it for a while and was wondering on the results:
> 1) On *any* of the VCO's waveforms it had rather minor impact.
> 2)Dramtic and great results could be obtained by feeding a more
> complex signal (= Jomox drum machine) into the module. However, some
> settings boost the bass which I didn't expect.
> 3) There was no neutral setting. Eg feeding white noise into the
> module while all pots set to 0 lead to an obvious loss of high freq.
> 4) I expected the -L pot being an attentuator for external CV on -A
> (some for L and A) but they seem to be independent from one another.
> I've to admit that I have no experience with Distortion devices (let
> alone Waveshaper) so probably my expectations were mislead. Anyhow, I
> wonder wether all A136 behave as decribed: almost no effect even on a
> square wave; possible bass boost; lack of neutral setting; no
> connection btn. -L/-A and L/A And, your application for the A136
> TIA, Ingo
>