RE: [wiardgroup] New Patch: Vectrone
2002-12-03 by Les Mizzell
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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??
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.