PLAN B analog blog

Basically you need a Dual Timbral Gate set to 'both' for the ringing.
 Or a Lowpass gate of course.  Very short envelope (all settings to 0
- REALLY short) - output of EG opens Timbral Gate -and- puts a
frequency transient on the VCOs you're gating  This in tandem with the
Timbral gate ringing is key. Two or more VCOs in unison are better.
The phasing really adds a zing to the timbre.   The Doepfer Wave
Mutiplier will also give you some interesting varitions, as wil a
Blacet Miniwave.  But start with saws and then try sine on sine FM.

In any event,  I've asked Mort the same question because at first i
thought he had a bit of noise in there as well. His reply was:

"I used a mixture of oscillators...but I did not use any noise. What I
did was put an envelope follower with a transient up and v quick,
almost transient down mixed with another voltage which gave it its
pitch...I had voltage mixers [I think they became standard]. That is
what created the transient at the beginning of the sound...it was a
transient!"

As to how he created the triggers for that piece, this gets really
interesting.  I've got a page on it on my Buzzclick site. It speaks
about Cloudless Sulfur specifically.  If any of you haven't read it,
you may enjoy it:

http://www.buzzclick-music.com/mort_lore.html

enjoy (or not!),

- P



--- In PLAN_B_analog_blog@yahoogroups.com, "j_inform3r" <inform3r@...>
wrote:
>
> I received 2 Model 15 VCO's a few days ago and I'm completely blown
away by them. 
> Everytime I plug in I seem to get something new in terms of
modulating them in various 
> ways. I was just listening to the first part of "A Sky of Cloudless
Sulfur" by Morton Sunotnick 
> and I was wondering how he got those tones in the very first part. I
understand the track was 
> made using a Buchla and the Model 15 core is very similar to that of
what Morton probably 
> used. Anybody have any idea of how Mort abused those oscillators to
make them sound like 
> that?! What waves do you think he started with? Intereting.
> Thanks,
> John
>