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Originally Posted by Jazzpunk  I noticed you have the 'Oscillator Aid' module for each osc. How useful do you find these modules and what exactly does the 'soft sync' do? |
I find the Oscillator aid very useful, for 4 main reasons:
It allows me to quickly switch waveforms rather than manually re-patching them.
It gives me a single point for normalization of the VCO output where I can access every wave shape.
It gives me a level control knob of the output of the VCO (this is VERY useful, the output of modular VCO's is HOT).
It leaves all of the separate output jacks of the VCO free to use for other purposes such as sync, cross mod etc.
I can't tell you how good it is to just grab a rotary switch to change waveforms rather than searching around to move a jack. This is also why I prefer the .Com format, it is so easy to see what you are doing, particularly in the dark, compared to tiny modules with mini-jacks.
As for the soft sync, it is great, the hard sync jack on the VCO gives you the classic VCO's being dragged together sound as you change the pitch of the sync'd VCO, but the soft sync is infinitely better, it sounds radical, because the slave VCO is not as firmly locked, if you add a little soft sync with the knob on the oscillator aid and then detune the slave VCO it sounds fantastic, sometimes almost like ring mod, sometimes like cross sync.
Finally, it is a cheap module, so it is a foregone conclusion to get one in my books.