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RE: [wiardgroup] New Patch: Vectrone

RE: [wiardgroup] New Patch: Vectrone

2002-12-03 by Les Mizzell

:> -The sine wave is tossed in there to give the sound some low-end 
:> "rumble". You should be able to hear at least some of that on the MP3.


Uhhh...what MP3??

New Patch: Vectrone

2002-12-03 by Mike Fisher

Here's a patch that occurred to me while I was waiting for a plane. The 
general idea is a sort of pseudo-vector drone utilizing the Waveform 
City and Classic Oscillator, with smooth transitions between the 
waveforms. It's intended to prevent hearing the WC "step" from one 
table position to the next.

A few general notes:

-The sine wave is tossed in there to give the sound some low-end 
"rumble". You should be able to hear at least some of that on the MP3.
-Running the mixolator back into the WC sync was pretty much an 
afterthought, but gives the sound an interesting warble at times.
-The Omni Filter set to AllPass mode gives a nice sweep to vectors 1 
and 2, while the third is pretty much a straight pulse wave that's 
being PWM'd by the envelope.
-There's probably a more efficient way to create this sound, but it 
hasn't dawned on me yet.

I'm posting an MP3 example of the patch to the files section, along 
with a pic of the front panel showing how the patch looks. What follows 
is a panel-by-panel description of patching and control settings.

Classic VCO

Sine output to X2 of Mixolator #1
Pulse output to Y of Mixolator #2
Saw output to Y of Mixolator #1
PWM set all the way up
Pulse set at about 12o'clock

Sequantizer

10v output (non-quantized) to ENV input of WC
Steps 1-8 tuned to trigger different table points on WC

Dual Envelator

+Out of Envelope 1 to Zmod of Mixolator #1
-Out of Envelope 1 to multiple: to FC1 of Omni Filter, to PWM of 
Classic VCO
SQR out of Envelope 1 to Gate input of WC
END out of Envelope 1 to Multiple: to Sequantizer step input, to Gate 
of Envelope 2
+Out of Envelope 2 to Zmod of Mixolator #2
Attack and Decay of Envelope 1 set about 10o'clock
Envelope 1 mode = cycle
Attack of Envelope 2 is set to full clockwise position
Decay of Envelope 2 is set to approx 8o'clock
Envelope 2 mode = AD

Waveform City

VCA output to X1 of Mixolator 1
Wave knob set to full counter-clockwise position
ENV knob set to full clockwise position
Attack set to approx 1o'clock
Release set to approx 2o'clock
Synch set to approx 1o'clock
Bank 8 selected

Omni Filter

12db output to X1 of Mixolator 2
Coarse knob set to approx 1o'clock
FC1 set to approx 3o'clock
Mode = AP (All-pass)
Q set to approx 1o'clock
Add switch set to "On"

Dual Mixolator

X+ output from Mixolator 1 to IN1 of Omni Filter
X- output from Mixolator 2 to WC Synch input
X+ output from Mixolator 2 to amplifier, speaker, etc.
(this is the main output)

X1 of Mixolator 1 is set to approx 12o'clock
X2 of Mixolator 1 is set to approx 3o'clock
Y of Mixolator 1 is set to approx 10o'clock
Z of Mixolator 1 is set to 12o'clock
Lin/Log of Mixolator 1 is set full counterclockwise (Linear mode)

X1 of Mixolator 2 is set to approx 1o'clock
Y of Mixolator 2 is set to approx 10o'clock
Z of Mixolator 2 is set to 12o'clock
Lin/Log of Mixolator 2 is set full counterclockwise (Linear mode)


Notes:
If voltage control of pitch is desired, 1v/Oct goes to Classic VCO and 
Waveform City
Bank 8 is used for this example but any bank will produce interesting 
results
The speed of the vectoring (such that it is) is set by A and D knobs of 
Envelope 1
Sequantizer is "tuned" manually so as to trigger different waveforms on 
the WC
Oscillators were set to "high" pitch mode for the example, but would 
probably also produce interesting results in "low" mode.

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