039//In Another Life - Eurorack, Moog Mother 32, Eventide Space beautiful self-generating track

Published on Sep 9, 2018 Alastair Wilson

"A melodic semi-self-generating patch using a small Eurorack setup sent through an Eventide Space shimmer reverb and an Eventide Timefactor on tape echo setting.

Sometimes it's nice to create something that isn't technically impressive, or a demo of a technique. Sometimes it's nice to make something musical and emotional for musicality's sake. So here is 039//In Another Life - enjoy.

PATCH NOTES:
The main idea of this patch is that it morphs from a melodic pluck line into a rich, searing bass. The plucks come from the higher M32, using a filtered square wave with random modulation on the pulse width and filter resonance. This is mixed with a higher note from the Minimod VCO, with the mix randomly modulated too. Finally, the tempo is sometimes randomly modulated (the modulation amount is controlled by the DH-ADSR via Veils).
The bass comes from the lower M32, which is clocked randomly by the higher. It is mixed with the Minimod VCO high note, the pitch of which is changed by the lower M32's gate.
A Maths LFO with the Rise time randomly modulated supplies the plucked envelope for the white noise that starts being heard in the background when the bass begins to take over.
The main star of the show is a Maths LFO with a slow rise time and a fast fall - this morphs between the 2 M32s. As it rises, the pluck's filter cutoff decreases, the bass' filter cutoff increases, and the white noise pluck's volume and LFO speed increase. When the LFO resets it also resets both M32 sequences.

If you want to recreate this patch, you can find it here:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/patches/view/42569"