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Subject: re: [AN1x] swearing off complicated patches (sort of)

From: Jeff <jf.serviere@...>
Date: 2015-04-28

Thanks Jimmy ! As some say "less is more"...

Cheers.

J.F.

 

 

 

 

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> Objet : [AN1x] swearing off complicated patches (sort of)
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> I've been having problems with the AN1x because of the sheer number of options provided. I decide that I'll try everything and wind up with weird, heavily-layered, complicated sounds. These sounds,amusing as they are, don't fit in the mix very well.

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> Not extremely musical.

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> So, I'm writing patches with no layering. One osc. A little tuning instability, a little noise. They sound very nice.

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> An osc sync patch with fm and pw mod on the slave osc also sounds very nice--digital--especially with osc 2 being the source for the fm. But if I layer it with another scene, and/or set it on unison, it rapidly turns mutant.

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> When I get a good pile of sounds, I'll post them.

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> Jimmy