Synthesizer Player's Stairway to Heaven:aka On The Run PlanB

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"The only song I knew how to play on my first guitar was Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water. This lasted a few years as I played it and Pink Floyd ballads to try to impress the girls. I wasn't very impressive, not a great guitar player, but knew how to play Stairway to Heaven dammit. Me and millions (literally) of others. So when I was watching some videos on youtube and listening to Dark Side of the Moon at the same time, it all syncs up like the wizard of oz! I realized that the synth loop in On The Run was kinda like something you had to do if you play around with synths and sequencers. Well, at least in my head. So, today I spent some time figuring out the Model 17 Triple Event Timer. The trick is to use low frequencies, really low frequencies, like cycles that take seconds or maybe even a whole 16 bars or something. I could see using it with a few Model 10's, One to drive at a leisurely pace, maybe even over a whole song since it can generate an envelope that's minutes long. Chain some more Model 17s to trigger more 17s, on man...I should get back to max/msp or i'll go broke! Anyhow. I came up with this version of on the run. I used my phone video camera, so the video sucks, but I think the sound should be ok. You can definately hear the triple timer triggering 3 different events. Neat. I think I figured out the technical side of all the modules, now time to make music...

Enjoy this synth cliche! I had fun making the patch.

Revolution is the master sequencer, but it has it's CV modulated with a signal out of the modular. The modular also controls the feedback on the Moogerfooger delay. The slow envelope that the triple timer follows the LFO in the Moogerfooger CP-251, the envelopes on the Paia are used to modulate or VC something, I forget what exactly. I don't document my patches so far, I probably should."