Happy Sunday! Today I have a somewhat somber sounding tune for you. It kind of meanders around between the Moog Mother 32 and Subharmonicon. Each synth does its own thing. It can be a bit difficult to combine the Subharmonicon with other instruments. It tends to have a mind of its own! I liked some of the bell like sounds that I got from it in this session. It adds a haunting vibe, at least to me. Get your headphones on and enjoy.
Patch Notes
Voices: Mother 32 and Subharmonicon
The Subharmonicon is clocked by a couple of independently running LFO square waves that are combined through a logic module. This provides a clocked source with some variability in the rhythm. Mother 32 is free running its own sequence, with lots of modulation going on. The whole thing comes together as a generative sounding piece.
A-145-4 (square) -> LB5 A
A-145-4 (square) -> LB5 B
LB5 XOR -> SH CLOCK
SH TRIGGER -> ENTROPY HOLD
EOWAVE (stepped LFO) -> MISO -> ENTROPY IN
ENTROPY OUT -> SH VCO 1
CHAOS X -> MISO -> EG CV
CHAOS Y -> MISO -> M32 LFO RATE
M32 GATE -> EG TRIG
EG OUT -> A-132 CV
M32 VCO PULSE -> A-132 SIG IN
A-132 SIG OUT -> M32 EXT AUDIO
M32 EG -> M32 MIX 2 (with attenuator cable)
M32 LFO TRI -> M32 VC MIX CTRL
M32 VC MIX -> M32 VCF CUTOFF
The Tools
All my current 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 #42