fonik wrote:ha! i believe you are absolutely correct.
i will put a note on the schematics ASAP.
danke matthias! good to know that i'm not the only one who thinks so

i was a little selbstverzweifelt initially...
my only other change - i'm going directly into the 10uF cap at the beginning, having shorted the 100k input resistor. i do not know if this makes a difference because nothing happened until i put that positive voltage on pin 1.
other thoughts - if using input lower value input resistors (say 10k?), it may or may not be useful to put an input summing buffer between multiple audio inputs and the transistor base... i haven't tried this yet, don't plan on having more than 1-2 inputs at most. am also thinking about having opamp-buffered CV.
a make-up gain stage may be useful too - while the output is sufficiently usable, there is a volume drop for sure.
in the future, i'll build this without the VCA - i'm considering the other half of the OTA for CV controlled resonance.