A Patch A Day, No. 36

Published on Jun 13, 2013 Hamilton Ulmer·37 videos

"Ever inching toward combining basic harmony and fairly basic rhythms to produce dance-like music. Still not there with 6U x 84HP.

I wanted to attempt another fun experiment with combining a ramp with the Graphic Sequencer, which is what I got here. The Graphic Sequencer goes out to Maths, which sends its SUM (mixed with one of the cycling channels) to the Tame Machine. That signal is what's going into both VCO A and VCO B's 1V/Oct. I also have the /16 of the Clock Divider (clocked by Wogglebug) going out to an attenuated EXPO of one of the two VCOs. I output both a saw and a square from A and B to the Mixer.

The percussion is pretty standard. I have a kick made from a sine from the Dixie, and the RING OUT of the Wogglebug. Both of those are going into the Dual Index, with clock divisions opening and closing the VCA. One thing I noticed is that I tend not to output the OR 1+2 and the OR 3+4, which seems like a clear why to get more interesting rhythms. So this way I can actually attenuate the contributions of ENV2 and ENV3 and get slightly less basic rhythms. I should be doing this a lot more.

The mixer output goes right into the MMG, for delightful crunchy goodness."