It’s Sunday - time to kick out a happy jam. This is a peppy little tune that largely utilizes the Moog Subharmonicon. That synth is becoming kind of a love/hate thing with me. It can be really frustrating to get something just right with it. I feel like it’s more a matter of taming it than playing it. Maybe that’s just me. I did get something I liked one evening and here it is. Headphones on and enjoy!
Patch Notes
Voices: Grandmother (GM), Subharmonicon (SH), DFAM
Grandmother runs an Arp sequence
Subharmonicon does its polyrhythm sequence thing
DFAM rhythm controlled by a Korg SQ-1
Effects: Eventide Ultratap & Blackhole
GM CLOCK -> SH CLOCK
SH CLOCK -> A-160-2 CLOCK
A-160-2 (/2) -> SQ-1 SYNC IN
SQ-1 GATE A -> DFAM ADV/CLOCK
DFAM VCF EG -> DFAM VCA CV
SH SEQ 2 -> SH RHYTHM 1
CHAOS X -> MISO -> GM ENV AMT IN
CHAOS Y -> MISO -> SH CUTOFF
CHAOS Z -> MISO -> GM CUTOFF
The Tools
All my gear is below. Not everything is necessarily used for each recording. I record live to my HS6 recorder. I have a DAW-less setup, although I do use GarageBand for normalization and creating a shareable audio file.
Moog Grandmother
Moog Subharmonicon
Moog Mother 32
Moog DFAM
Eurorack
Doepfer A-145-4 LFO
Doepfer A-160-2 Clock Divider
Doepfer A-151 Seq Switch
Doepfer A-132 VCA
Zlob Chaos
Zlob Entropy
Super Synthesis EG Envelope
Eowave Zone B.F. LFO
Xodes LB5 Logic
Tiptop Audio MISO
ZeroScope Oscilloscope
Zoom MS-70CDR Effects Pedal
Eventide Blackhole Reverb Pedal
Eventide Ultratap Delay Pedal
Mackie Mix8 mixer
Zoom HS6 recorder
GarageBand (grudgingly)
Sunday Ambient #41