The 5-Pulser section is a waveform shaper/generator which can generate a coherent pulse train from incoming signals like basic sawtooth, ramp, triangle or sine waveforms, or a mix of them. The shape of the (up to) 5 pulses is dynamically controllable either manually or by voltage control signals. The range of sounds it's capable of producing is huge, due to the nature of the wave shaping itself as well as the fact that the amplitude of the incoming signal/s greatly affects the amount and way in which modulation of the shape controls the sound / pulse train.
The Analog XOR section is very similar in principle to "digital ring modulator" sections in various hybrid synths from the past, but depends on the actual analog voltage amplitudes of the input signals instead, allows much more flexibility, and can have a very different sound character.
Read explanations and info at the 1710 page, the page on Ian Fritz's site and the original forum page for lots of detailed info which may still not make anything about this module clearer to you
.Some sound examples I made:
(lower your playback volume, especially for the last sample)
melodic sequence
Triangle waveform input. Manual tweaking of 5-Pulser and Threeler VCF. Only added delay and reverb.
mind-warp
3 note chord made of one ramp waveform note, one triangle waveform note two octaves above it and another triangle note two octaves above the first one.
Manual tweaking of each note's volume (via Q112 mixer) and 5-Pulser shape. Effects are chorus, delay and reverb, no additional stuff.
crazy formants
Q106 saw osc (freq set to +5) modulated by a slow triangle LFO, to 5-P In. 5-P out to XOR Thres CV. Another saw osc, 4 octaves higher, to XOR In A. Large Thres knob at a little over 1, small knob between 7 and 8. XOR 1 Out to Threeler VCF In, attenuating the serious amount of high freq with Output 3.
Manually tweaked: the high octave saw osc and the 5-Pulser shape knob.
Although all these examples suite my musical taste and general taste in synth sound, they are all fairly simple and basic examples. The potential of this kind of wave shaper/generator is much greater and it could be put to great use in much more "serious" applications. The "Analog XOR" section is also capable of a huge range of sounds and although it is immediately great especially for "unmusical" effects, it can be "musical" with specific settings.
Already posted the samples on Muff Wiggler's forum but felt like letting more people know about it, summarizing and making a mini review kind of post.
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