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Sunday Ambient #41
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Sunday Ambient #41

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)

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