MOTM

One more thing I forgot to mention: the whole peice was done using 
Stooge Cables!

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Marsh" <mmarsh@w...> wrote:
> Hi David -
> 
> Thanks for all you've said!  I couldn't be happier that you dug it.
> 
> The process was actually very simple, as are the voices.  All the 
> voices are the same patch with slight knob tweaks for each one.  
The 
> basic patch consists of 3 VCOs (2x300, 1x310). One 300 SQR out, 
one 
> 300 SAW OUT, and the 310 SHAPE knob half way.  All outs go to a 
420, 
> the out of the 420 to a 190.  One 800 mods the 420 and one mods 
the 
> 190.  Very straightforward VCo->Filter->VCA patch.  Tweaks to the 
> ATTACK knobs on the 800s and the FREQ knob of the filter were made 
> for each voice.
> 
> It's an old synthesist's trick: combine a simple voice into a more 
> complex whole.
> 
> The music itself is even simpler. The whole peice is a single 16 
> step sequence.  I used Seq-303 software from (now-defunct) Techno 
> Toys to generate the sequence and a Kenton Pro Slo to drive the 
> resulting MIDI into CV for the MOTM.  The bass part is played in 
> quarter notes, the two baritone parts in 8ths and 3 high parts in 
> sixteenths.  Some parts went through the sequence forwards, some 
> backwards, and some back and forth.
> 
> It's an old composer's trick: take a simple motif and combine it 
in 
> various ways.
> 
> As to recording, each track was played and recorded separately 
> (there are six tracks, or voices).  The OUT of the synth went 
> directly to my board which is connected to my PC via FireWire.  
The 
> original recording and mixdown was done at 48 KHz 24 bits.  It was 
> recorded using Cool Edit Pro 2 (now Adobe Audition).  The only 
> effect is a slight amount of reverb applied by Izotope's Ozone at 
> mix down, and some slight EQ and compression.
> 
> That's it!
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Garfield" <daveogarf@y...> 
wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Ok, gotta' know... HOW'D ya' DO It??  I mean, what kind of 
> voicings, 
> > melody selection, MIDI-ing, recording, effects, etc.  Please, 
> > please, please??  <Drool>
> > 
> > Gotta' level with you -- When I listen to this piece, it's like 
> > champagne bubbles popping ('cause I can't spell 'effervescing') 
in 
> > my head! :-D  (Ok, so I have synesthesia).  But, yeah!  It's 
> > joyous/happy/celebratory/complex/church bells-y/canon-y...  
YESSS!
> > 
> > Again, THANKS for the swell present!  I'm diggin' a LOT of your 
> > stuff these days.  (I'm sorry I didn't get you anything -- 
Divorce 
> > and lean end-of-year-ness, don'cha'know...)
> > 
> >    Your MOTM Demo Admirer,
> >    Dave Garfield, now from Boulder, CO
> >    (It's fortified, and Good for you!) ;->
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, motm@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
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> > ... Regards,
> > > 
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