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Subject: re: step sequencer

From: "spaceanimals" <alciere@...>
Date: 2002-05-19

Layer the AN1X with some other sound source. I use an EMU module and
set up a patch with four layers. There's only one note at a time so
polyphony isn't an issue. I set the note range of the layers really
small so the EMU isn't playing every beat, and when it does play
there's different sounds.

Then set up the AN1X so there's some fairly drastic key tracking for
several parameters. This makes each note sound a little different. Go
crazy with the free eg. I like setting the sequencer on 12th notes
whatever those are. With 15 or 16 steps on twelfths there's a crazy
rhythmn going. Set the two scenes to morph with the mod wheel. Then
set up the trigger mode so that you can trigger a different sequence
on every key. Then put in a tempo echo and set the ribbon controller
to filter cutoff. That way you can just tap the ribbon controller and
get a cascade of echos as the sound gets filtered out.

I can spend hours playing with this. It usually doesn't produce
commercially viable works of art.

Rainbow Jimmy
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