I am flattered that people seem to like the Diesel Digestion track
and inspired to start capturing these patches more often rather than
let them disappear. These are really the result of trying to create
patches that I can sit and listen to and be surprised by the
constantly evolving noises and timbres...so the patch is part of the
process.
I have uploaded a naked (no patch cords) photo of my latest 2-panel
system at the link below and here are a few notes on some of the
customizations and system.
As with the earlier version each panel was designed to be a self-
contained unit and the left to right module placement based on how I
tend to work. Each Smooth and Stepped Generator has a manual trigger
button for the bottom section, press it and it samples whatever is at
the input and sends it out. This gives me some small capability to
determine when I want to send out/change one of the random mod
signals.
The Dual Random Generators each have White & Pink Noise outputs as
well as the Random Source output that is mostly used as an input to
the Smooth and Stepped Generators. The Dual Transient Generator has
an Input jack for one side and a selection switch for to choose
Attack, Both, Decay tied to the Mod input which gives a little more
functionality closer to the Dual Slope...one of my all time favorite
modules.
As I mentioned in earlier posts I virtually never do tonal music and
I view most modules as cv and audio / mod sources. I must say that I
have been working with the Wave Multiplier recently and the number of
different timbres you can get with that is astounding. With the dual
inputs on the lower two sections you can send in audio and some sort
of CV and get really weird outputs. The bottom section will oscillate
if you patch the output back into one of the inputs...don't recall
which one.
I changed the knobs, which are kind of a hybrid of an old Emu and
Buchla look just to give it a slightly more "vintage" feel/look. For
the most part the brown knobs are aligned with "static" things and
the blue knobs with modulation inputs. I don't remember where I got
the brown onesÂ…some surplus store on the web after days of searching.
The blue ones came from a guy on the Buchla Group who reluctantly
parted with some after a few months of beggingÂ… and some cash.
Sorry for the length...hope it is of interest!
and inspired to start capturing these patches more often rather than
let them disappear. These are really the result of trying to create
patches that I can sit and listen to and be surprised by the
constantly evolving noises and timbres...so the patch is part of the
process.
I have uploaded a naked (no patch cords) photo of my latest 2-panel
system at the link below and here are a few notes on some of the
customizations and system.
As with the earlier version each panel was designed to be a self-
contained unit and the left to right module placement based on how I
tend to work. Each Smooth and Stepped Generator has a manual trigger
button for the bottom section, press it and it samples whatever is at
the input and sends it out. This gives me some small capability to
determine when I want to send out/change one of the random mod
signals.
The Dual Random Generators each have White & Pink Noise outputs as
well as the Random Source output that is mostly used as an input to
the Smooth and Stepped Generators. The Dual Transient Generator has
an Input jack for one side and a selection switch for to choose
Attack, Both, Decay tied to the Mod input which gives a little more
functionality closer to the Dual Slope...one of my all time favorite
modules.
As I mentioned in earlier posts I virtually never do tonal music and
I view most modules as cv and audio / mod sources. I must say that I
have been working with the Wave Multiplier recently and the number of
different timbres you can get with that is astounding. With the dual
inputs on the lower two sections you can send in audio and some sort
of CV and get really weird outputs. The bottom section will oscillate
if you patch the output back into one of the inputs...don't recall
which one.
I changed the knobs, which are kind of a hybrid of an old Emu and
Buchla look just to give it a slightly more "vintage" feel/look. For
the most part the brown knobs are aligned with "static" things and
the blue knobs with modulation inputs. I don't remember where I got
the brown onesÂ…some surplus store on the web after days of searching.
The blue ones came from a guy on the Buchla Group who reluctantly
parted with some after a few months of beggingÂ… and some cash.
Sorry for the length...hope it is of interest!