Can we talk about modular synths?

[Strange Tales]

Based off her latest youtube video she uses 2 Mangroves and a ER-301. I've seen a host of stuff on her videos though including but not limited to:

Twin Peak Filter
Verbos Harmonic Oscillator
Make Noise DPO
MI Elements
4MS SMR

I have a really weird memory for the most random shit. It'd be cool if she still posted here as well.

[Warpsmasher]

YO WARPS! Been meaning to compliment your material for a while. Now is as good a time as any. That is some next level rhythmic sound collage.
SWAMP THINNNGGG!!! (Blast Glitchy Beats).
KEEP IT UP!

Hey, thanks man! Made my day.
That reminds me, I have an album's worth of finished pre-modular tracks that I need to do something with (stuff on my soundcloud).

[kbit]

Thanks for input on oscillator stuff y'all

Based off her latest youtube video she uses 2 Mangroves and a ER-301. I've seen a host of stuff on her videos though including but not limited to:

Twin Peak Filter
Verbos Harmonic Oscillator
Make Noise DPO
MI Elements
4MS SMR

I have a really weird memory for the most random shit. It'd be cool if she still posted here as well.

Based on YouTube patch notes, Emily uses Tides as an oscillator fairly frequently, and based on the sound is in the ballpark for that track.

Thanks for posting about the tape, definitely going to grab one. I've really enjoyed all of Emily's material so far.

[raj007]

sry to double post but whomst hast mess'd withupon a WMD Chimera? It sounds like it's full of crickets and dying toys and clanking bits of scrap metal. If I uhhh hate percussive/techno stuff would I be able to haxxx the Chimera to make some SICK DRONES? or some TEXTURED SWELLS from ANOTHER DIMENSION?

It can probably get into that kind of stuff without being modded/haxor'd. I have the Muskrat and it can do cool krappy droney sustaining stuff that gets awesome when you add filter, delay, etc.

Haha I didn't mean litterally hack it, but just ya know, use it in a way that the manufacturers didn't intend. Anyways, it's not at the top of my list (and my case will be full after I pull the trigger on an ErbeVerb anyways), but I'll look into the Muskrat too.

Also did any of y'all hear this track by Emily Sprague (former ILF'er Stripes)? I have no clue what the hell kinda osc or sound source she's using to get that timbre on the main loop, but it's absolutely gorgeous. Definitely the kind of evocative music that either takes you places, or lets you get lost within it. https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/water-memory-1

Pre-ordered a tape
Really enjoy what she does.

[behndy]

lol. ordered the Quad Gate Delay Monday or Tuesday, still no shipped notice from PCA. did an order from DetMod TODAY, and got a shipped notice. STEP UP YOUR GAME PCA.

used a refund on some stuff to order a Pico DSP, Pico Logic A Logic A LOGICS, 2hp ARP and a Doepfer A-199V (the spring reverb that doesn't need a tank). woooooootins.

[Muse FTW]

Also did any of y'all hear this track by Emily Sprague (former ILF'er Stripes)? I have no clue what the hell kinda osc or sound source she's using to get that timbre on the main loop, but it's absolutely gorgeous. Definitely the kind of evocative music that either takes you places, or lets you get lost within it. https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/track/water-memory-1

Jesus Christ that whole composition is so beautiful. The tone of the lead... it almost sounds like piano/prepared piano. Plus the attack on each note feels more like a piano being played. I wonder how she achieved that tone and almost acoustic feel from her modular. Truly incredible stuff. It feels especially "organic"...

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I did some re-arranging on my setup. I'm giving Braids, Yarns, Telharmonic, and Voltage Block another shot. I'm already loving Voltage Block because I'm not using it for notes anymore, but instead as a modulator - thank god I didn't sell this one. Yarns also is a lifesaver because my uMIDI stopped getting the right MIDI from my keyboard. I think I'm done with my AJH oscillators, unfortunately. The drift over time was so hard to control that in the end it was more pain than pleasure. Idk if I'll stick with my Telharmonic but I need to give it a fair shake.

Harmonaig coming next week.

I'm thinking about a Syntech E352.

Fairly certain a Tetrapad and Shifty are in my future, as well.

[behndy]

Shifty has always been something i WANT. i have a bunch of switches and the Harmonaig so i keep ALMOST ordering it, but then feeling like it might be redundant?

hurm. i love my AJH. i haven't noticed any pitch drifting. is that because it's still relatively young butts?

[Ruiner]

I swear i ordered Shifty like two weeks ago but haven't received it... don't see anything in my email when i search and don't remember where i tried to order it from or from which credit card! I'm guessing i never finished the order but i don't know....

[behndy]

I swear i ordered Shifty like two weeks ago but haven't received it... don't see anything in my email when i search and don't remember where i tried to order it from or from which credit card! I'm guessing i never finished the order but i don't know....

lol. okay. i'm going to go a little Osc-silly Disapproving Father Figure on you and say..... mebbe.... you order a TAD too much.

STILL JEALOUS. BOOF.

[Ruiner]

says the guy that ordered 5 things in his post on the previous page....

[behndy]

lol but. yeah. but no. but yeah.

but.

i mean.

i DO like...... REMEMBER that i ordered themmmmmm?

JEALOUSSSSSS.

[behndy]

lol. also, i was kinda on the fence about the 2hp ARP, but i realllly like the stuff you've been doing with it. and i do want some more immediate/tweakable sequencing. so. YES PLEASE.

going to add the Evil Drum Oscillator (i..... wouldn't be angry if it didna sell and i kept it) and 2hp VERB to my for sale shizz.

[Ruiner]

Yeah it’s definitely instant gratification and triggered by the Euclid or any euclid makes it even better

[behndy]

yeshhhhh. i am excited. like BUTTS.

i dug the Black Hole and if it sound as good (lol. and as good as DivKid made it sound.), i might grab another one or two to stack efx. because REASONS.

also, thought i asked this and if someone answered and i missed it, i suck, you rokk.

but can the Voltage Blocks have different Smooth patterns per track? or just a global? every time i change it, i'm doing it globally.

[kbit]

Nothing special but some jam footage from my patch tonight. I've been experimenting with having the elements of two voices using inter related modulation sources.

https://soundcloud.com/dirtybursts/071217raw/s-taV42
(sorry its a little quite)

So the two voices are Cursus (bass) and DPO osc B (melody), each going through a channel of an Optomix before hitting the low and center inputs of Three Sisters, respectively. My SQ-1 is doing all the sequencing with two 8 step sequences in ping-pong mode. The two sequencers have the gate and CV (pitch) outputs are crisscrossed, so the Cursus is getting it's gates from A and CV from B, and the DPO is getting it's gates from B and CV from A. The CV outputs only update when a step's gate is active. So, if I change the gate pattern on one voice it affects the melody of the other.

Additionally, pitch for the DPO is actually 4 sources combined: SQ-1 CV A + a Triangle LFO from the DPO osc A + both channels 1 + 4 of Maths (all attenuated to taste). All of the CV sources are coming out of Math's mixer and going into the Penrose for quantizing. I'm utilizing the Trig input on the Penrose so that the pitch updates at a regular rhythm (SQ-1 gate B). This way I can change the attenuverters of the Maths mixer to change the melody on the fly. I also have the follow amount on the DPO osc A turned up so that the LFO is changing speed with the pitch of osc B. There's some other timbre modulation going on as well, & I'mwiggling timbre controls and Sisters a bunch (still learning way way around that one).

Honestly, this patch is making me rethink giving up the DPO. I don't always love it but it's integrated feature set is so well designed.