stackyFACTSKeyboard players deeply wanted the soulful, whining bends of an electric guitar, so they installed a literal voltage throttle. When you push the plastic wheel up, it manually increases the control voltage sent to the oscillators, physically speeding up the waveform to bend the pitch in real-time.
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