Darkness Remover

Darkness Remover from Bryan Noll on Vimeo.

"Performed on a modular synthesizer with the help of Ableton Live for effects and mixing.

http://soundcloud.com/fourhexagons/darkness-remover
Happy Winter Solstice. Ganesh helps this patch remove any obstacles encountered in turning the tide of darkness over to the light.

PATCH NOTES

YARNS
Tempo, 94 bpm. O/ = 16. PA1+3 C/ = 1

VOICES
- Yarns Ch 1 > Elements V/Oct & Gate (Ringified, Chords mode)
- René Q-CV > Rings V/Oct
- Rings (mult to Tangle Quartet) > Clouds
- Ableton Drum Rack > Filter Delay

ADDAC402 (steps:fill)
- Ch 2 (16:01) > Peaks Trig 2 (Tap LFO)
- Ch 3 (12:04) > René Y-CLK
- Ch 4 (12:06) > René X-CLK

PEAKS
- Trig 2 > Elements Mallet

BATUMI
Div mode, Yarns master clock via Ableton

- Ch 1
- Square > Tides Clock

- Ch 2
- Sine > Elements Strike Timbre
- Saw > Tides Shape
- Square > Clouds Trig

- Ch 3
- Sine > Elements Damping
- Saw > Tides Smoothness
- Sq > URA clock
- Ch 4
- Sine > Elements Position
- Saw > Mult to Elements Bow & Blow Timbre

MATHS
- Ch 1 (slow cycle) > Clouds Blend (Mix)
- EOR > Tides Freeze
- OR > Tangle Quartet Ch 1 (Rings ODD to Clouds)
- SUM > Tangle Quartet Ch 2 (Rings EVEN to Clouds)
- INV > Elements Space
- Ch 4 (even slower cycle) > Rings Structure

URA
- Sample Out-A > Elements Brightness
- Toggle A-B Out > Elements Geometry
- R-Flux Out > Elements Flow
- Sample Out-B > Tides FM

RENÉ
- First 12 steps activated
- Switching between 2 scale presets

TIDES
- High Tide > Rings Damping
- BI > Rings Brightness
- UNI > Rings Damping

ABLETON
- Yarns
- MIDI track to play Elements with a very high note thus producing the explosion sound.
- Elements
- Audio track to receive Elements, run through Guitar Rig amps for overdrive/shaping
- Also compressed and gated using a clocked LFO (Max for Live device)
- Rings
- Audio track to receive Rings (direct), run through Guitar Rig amps for shaping/amp reverb
- Also compressed and EQ'd
- Clouds
- Audio track to receive Clouds, run through chain similar to Rings channel
- Drum Rack
- MIDI channel playing 3 tuned kick drums with filters, delays, and dynamics processing
- Entire Drum Rack sent to automated Filter Delay

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