MOTM

Another tip: you will get a purer ring mod effect by using inputs with few
of their own harmonics. Try 2 300s with sine waves. If you are ring
modulating audio, use a sine wave for the carrier. Ring modding rich
waveforms like pulse or saw only makes things muddy.

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bivins [mailto:dbivins@...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 12:59 PM
> To: MOTM
> Subject: [motm] ring modulator comes alive
>
>
> O.k., I'm a big fan of the ring modulator now. I guess I hadn't
> been putting
> hot enough signals into it. Jeff Schmidt (AH member, potential future MOTM
> owner) asked me to remix one of his tunes on mp3.com. It's a
> slight, minimal
> techno piece, mostly performed with TR-909 and FR777
> (sequencer/monosynth).

O.k., I'm a big fan of the ring modulator now. I guess I hadn't been putting
hot enough signals into it. Jeff Schmidt (AH member, potential future MOTM
owner) asked me to remix one of his tunes on mp3.com. It's a slight, minimal
techno piece, mostly performed with TR-909 and FR777 (sequencer/monosynth).
He was using the 909 high tom to trigger a Simmons module in his version. I
used the same patterns as he did, but I sent the tom directly into the
MOTM-110 ring modulator, along with a MOTM-300 in the "Y" input. I modulated
the oscillator various ways, and I got the most wonderful sound out of
there. I'm really, really glad I got such a good sound out of it. I was
beginning to wonder...

So if you haven't gotten good use out of the ring mod yet and wish to do so,
crank those inputs!

If you want to hear it, the URL's below. It's called "OSvNS" and the ring
mod comes in around half-way. It's pretty distinctive.

David.
http://www.mp3.com/baldbastard

Have y'all seen this yet?

http://www.sonicstate.com/articles/article.cfm?id=8

Nice overview, Larry!

	-Doug
	 ceres@...

Just got my March issue of Electronic Musician in the mail, and lo 
and behold, amongst the software reviews is an article 
(titled "Modular Mayhem") about list member Dave Trenkel's new album 
production, "Dark Lit", for his band Minus. Prominently mentioned is 
his trusty MOTM modular, which he uses to process many tracks.

Congrats on the article and the album, Dave!

Moe

--- In motm@y..., "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@y...> wrote:
> Just got my March issue of Electronic Musician in the mail, and lo 
> and behold, amongst the software reviews is an article 
> (titled "Modular Mayhem") about list member Dave Trenkel's new album 
> production, "Dark Lit", for his band Minus. Prominently mentioned is 
> his trusty MOTM modular, which he uses to process many tracks.
> 
> Congrats on the article and the album, Dave!
> 
> Moe

Wow, cool, I've been on the road for the last week and didn't know the 
issue had come out yet! In the interview, we actually talked quite a 
bit about the MOTM, it was one of the hooks that he wanted to use for 
the article. I gave a lot of examples of how we used the modular to 
process tracks, the one he chose was one of the more mundane. But 
still, it's way cool and an honor to be in EM, having read it since 
very nearly the beginning.

Got my EM today.  How cool for David and his band! Great article, I'm 
gonna go buy the CD...

Mike

--- In motm@y..., "davetrenkel" <improv@p...> wrote:
> --- In motm@y..., "mate_stubb" <mate_stubb@y...> wrote:
> > Just got my March issue of Electronic Musician in the mail, and 
lo 
> > and behold, amongst the software reviews is an article 
> > (titled "Modular Mayhem") about list member Dave Trenkel's new 
album 
> > production, "Dark Lit", for his band Minus. Prominently mentioned 
is 
> > his trusty MOTM modular, which he uses to process many tracks.
> > 
> > Congrats on the article and the album, Dave!
> > 
> > Moe
> 
> Wow, cool, I've been on the road for the last week and didn't know 
the 
> issue had come out yet! In the interview, we actually talked quite 
a 
> bit about the MOTM, it was one of the hooks that he wanted to use 
for 

> the article. I gave a lot of examples of how we used the modular to 
> process tracks, the one he chose was one of the more mundane. But 
> still, it's way cool and an honor to be in EM, having read it since 
> very nearly the beginning.

--- In motm@y..., Dave Trenkel <improv@p...> wrote:
> At 7:02 PM +0000 2/13/2002, mmarsh100 wrote:
> >Got my EM today.  How cool for David and his band! Great article, 
I'm
> >gonna go buy the CD...
> >
> >Mike
> 
> Man, this is killing me, I haven't even seen the final article yet! 
> Hope it comes today!
> 
> BTW, I've been seriously checking out Mike's CD "Absolute Truth" CD 
> lately, it's algorithmically composed chamber music performed 
> entirely on MOTM. Utterly wonderful stuff, reminds me of a lot of 
the 
> best parts of "classic" electronic music, K. Schulze, (early) 
> T-Dream, and particularly Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece 
> Company. I think it's only available from Mike as a CDR, but it's 
> definitely worth it!
> -- 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
> Dave Trenkel                                New and Improv Music
> http://www.newandimprov.com         improv@p...
>                  Now Available: Minus: Dark Lit
> "This is music all-consuming in its beauty and power"
>                                 -Jake TenPas OSU Daily Barometer
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
-----

At 7:02 PM +0000 2/13/2002, mmarsh100 wrote:
>Got my EM today.  How cool for David and his band! Great article, I'm
>gonna go buy the CD...
>
>Mike

Man, this is killing me, I haven't even seen the final article yet! 
Hope it comes today!

BTW, I've been seriously checking out Mike's CD "Absolute Truth" CD 
lately, it's algorithmically composed chamber music performed 
entirely on MOTM. Utterly wonderful stuff, reminds me of a lot of the 
best parts of "classic" electronic music, K. Schulze, (early) 
T-Dream, and particularly Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece 
Company. I think it's only available from Mike as a CDR, but it's 
definitely worth it!
-- 
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Dave Trenkel                                New and Improv Music
http://www.newandimprov.com         improv@...
                 Now Available: Minus: Dark Lit
"This is music all-consuming in its beauty and power"
                                -Jake TenPas OSU Daily Barometer
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*Sigh*  I hate Yahoo.  My entire message seems to have been swallowed 
up.  Let's try again:

Hi Dave -

Hey thanks for the compliments!  I'm very glad somebody actually digs 
the music besides me.  I know it's difficult stuff, but after a few 
listens it grows on you.

I was just about to send an email for the URL to your site so I could 
pick up a CD, but you beat me to it!

Mike


--- In motm@y..., "mmarsh100" <mmarsh@s...> wrote:
> --- In motm@y..., Dave Trenkel <improv@p...> wrote:
> > At 7:02 PM +0000 2/13/2002, mmarsh100 wrote:
> > >Got my EM today.  How cool for David and his band! Great 
article, 
> I'm
> > >gonna go buy the CD...
> > >
> > >Mike
> > 
> > Man, this is killing me, I haven't even seen the final article 
yet! 
> > Hope it comes today!
> > 
> > BTW, I've been seriously checking out Mike's CD "Absolute Truth" 
CD 
> > lately, it's algorithmically composed chamber music performed 
> > entirely on MOTM. Utterly wonderful stuff, reminds me of a lot of 
> the 
> > best parts of "classic" electronic music, K. Schulze, (early) 
> > T-Dream, and particularly Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece 
> > Company. I think it's only available from Mike as a CDR, but it's 
> > definitely worth it!
> > -- 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> -----
> > Dave Trenkel                                New and Improv Music
> > http://www.newandimprov.com         improv@p...
> >                  Now Available: Minus: Dark Lit
> > "This is music all-consuming in its beauty and power"
> >                                 -Jake TenPas OSU Daily Barometer
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
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> -----