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EML 101 patching

EML 101 patching

2008-11-02 by mfretton

OK I've had my EML for a few months now & love the wild & unpredictable sounds it can
produce, but I'm still at square one with patching. Apart from the fact that patchbay is barely
mentioned in the manual & is far from self-explanatory, when I try to patch things like EG1
into the filter control I get...nothing!

Has anyone here some useful tips they could share? For example, is it possible to modulate
the filter using both an LFO and an EG at the same time using a patch? Has anyone got a
delayed vibrato patch?

All help gratefully received!
Matt

Re: [emlsynth] EML 101 patching

2008-11-02 by sascha victoria

I'm not in front of my 101 at the moment but off the top of my head you don't need any patch cables to do what you're asking. All you have to do is adjust the knobs in the "filter control" section to get the desired result. You could use ENV 2 modulate the filter and then Osc 4 in LFO mode. If you want seperate envelopes controlling the filter and VCA you could flip the switch above the "Sampler" knob (I forget the name of the switch) so that ENV 1 is controlling the VCA. Make sense?



On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:47 AM, mfretton <matt.fretton@...> wrote:

OK I've had my EML for a few months now & love the wild & unpredictable sounds it can
produce, but I'm still at square one with patching. Apart from the fact that patchbay is barely
mentioned in the manual & is far from self-explanatory, when I try to patch things like EG1
into the filter control I get...nothing!

Has anyone here some useful tips they could share? For example, is it possible to modulate
the filter using both an LFO and an EG at the same time using a patch? Has anyone got a
delayed vibrato patch?

All help gratefully received!
Matt


Re: [emlsynth] EML 101 patching

2008-11-02 by Matt

thanks Ben,

I was using OSC4 as a pitch source when I was trying to do the EG+LFO
filter modulation but I guess I could patch in VCO1 instead. I've not
managed to make a delayed vibrato either & am still mostly baffled by
the patchbay, but it's a great synth.

Matt

On 02/11/2008, sascha victoria <sascha.victoria@...> wrote:
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> I'm not in front of my 101 at the moment but off the top of my head you
> don't need any patch cables to do what you're asking. All you have to do is
> adjust the knobs in the "filter control" section to get the desired result.
> You could use ENV 2 modulate the filter and then Osc 4 in LFO mode. If you
> want seperate envelopes controlling the filter and VCA you could flip the
> switch above the "Sampler" knob (I forget the name of the switch) so that
> ENV 1 is controlling the VCA. Make sense?
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> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:47 AM, mfretton <matt.fretton@...> wrote:
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> > OK I've had my EML for a few months now & love the wild & unpredictable
> sounds it can
> > produce, but I'm still at square one with patching. Apart from the fact
> that patchbay is barely
> > mentioned in the manual & is far from self-explanatory, when I try to
> patch things like EG1
> > into the filter control I get...nothing!
> >
> > Has anyone here some useful tips they could share? For example, is it
> possible to modulate
> > the filter using both an LFO and an EG at the same time using a patch? Has
> anyone got a
> > delayed vibrato patch?
> >
> > All help gratefully received!
> > Matt
> >
> >
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Re: [emlsynth] EML 101 patching

2008-11-02 by sascha victoria

There's only 1 filter input for external control. The one with the arrow pointing down. You could patch Osc 1 to that input. This breaks the normalization of Osc 4 going to that destination. Then you could adjust the level of that input on the Osc 4 / EXT / SAMPLER knob. Not sure about the delayed vibrato...



On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Matt <matt.fretton@...> wrote:

thanks Ben,

I was using OSC4 as a pitch source when I was trying to do the EG+LFO
filter modulation but I guess I could patch in VCO1 instead. I've not
managed to make a delayed vibrato either & am still mostly baffled by
the patchbay, but it's a great synth.

Matt



On 02/11/2008, sascha victoria <sascha.victoria@...> wrote:
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>
>
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> I'm not in front of my 101 at the moment but off the top of my head you
> don't need any patch cables to do what you're asking. All you have to do is
> adjust the knobs in the "filter control" section to get the desired result.
> You could use ENV 2 modulate the filter and then Osc 4 in LFO mode. If you
> want seperate envelopes controlling the filter and VCA you could flip the
> switch above the "Sampler" knob (I forget the name of the switch) so that
> ENV 1 is controlling the VCA. Make sense?
>
>
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> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 11:47 AM, mfretton <matt.fretton@...> wrote:
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> > OK I've had my EML for a few months now & love the wild & unpredictable
> sounds it can
> > produce, but I'm still at square one with patching. Apart from the fact
> that patchbay is barely
> > mentioned in the manual & is far from self-explanatory, when I try to
> patch things like EG1
> > into the filter control I get...nothing!
> >
> > Has anyone here some useful tips they could share? For example, is it
> possible to modulate
> > the filter using both an LFO and an EG at the same time using a patch? Has
> anyone got a
> > delayed vibrato patch?
> >
> > All help gratefully received!
> > Matt
> >
> >
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