Small glorp with just a few MOTM modules
2006-06-10 by Richard Brewster
One of our list members, Jeremy, recently posted a question about module selection and his initial choices: 300 VCO 440 VCF 101 Noise / S+H 190 VCA 390 uLFO 800 EG (I suggest getting two) 910 Mult I thought it would be fun to make some patches with this exact set of modules, as a demonstration. Here they are: This uses the 190 Ring Modulator with the 300 VCO sine wave and the 440 as a sine wave oscillator. Half way through some pink noise is mixed in. http://www.pugix.com/music/small-glorp-rm.mp3 This one also uses the 440 as an oscillator, but for dynamic linear FM modulation of the 300. One VCA is used for the dynamic FM and the other VCA is used for volume. http://www.pugix.com/music/small-glorp-fm.mp3 The third patch uses the 440 as a filter and also uses Pulse Width Modulation on the 300. The output goes in parallel through the two VCAs, each controlled by an 800 EG. This is why you want two EGs. I had no trouble using both EGs and both LFOs in these patches. It was a little harder to find a place for both VCAs. This recording starts out in mono, and at the 20-second mark I kicked in the Lexicon MPX-1 digital post processor to add the "Classic Detune" effect. You can see how it creates a lively stereo field but does not alter the essence of the sound. The first two recordings also used the detune processing. http://www.pugix.com/music/small-glorp-pwm-vcf.mp3 Multiples were used! I made all of them with the Radio Shack Y adapters. Cheers, Richard Brewster http://www.pugix.com