Jamuary 08 2022 - Korg modwave #jamuary2022

video upload by Waveformer

"My last jam for Jamuary 2022 is a Berlin School / Ambient piece on the Korg modwave synthesizer, using a custom arpeggiator-driven patch with four parts. I play the arpeggiators and do live sound design during the jam, with explanatory text overlays in the video. Its a lot of fun using the modwave as a multitimbral synth with the help of its amazingly powerful modulation matrix and motion sequencing capabilities.

My music on Bandcamp: http://waveformer42.bandcamp.com/

Patch description:

Layer A Osc 1 Arp Melody and Bass
Layer A Osc 2 Arp Bass and Melody
Layer A Noise Light percussion
Layer B Osc 1 Arp Melody
Layer B Osc 2 Arp Melody

Each track's volume can be controlled independently using the four Mod Knobs, so I can fade each track in and out.

The oscillators on each layer share the arpeggiator, the filter and the effects.

The oscillator on each track has it's own amplitude envelope, using Osc 1 and Osc 2 envelopes.

Motion sequence lanes A-D modifies the notes played by the arpeggiator, adding silence/rests, holding notes, adding ratchets, adding glide, or shifting the notes up or down by an octave or a fifth.

So even though there are only two arpeggiators, one for each layer, each of the four tracks appears to have it's own unique rhythm and melody.

The ModWheel is used to set Filter Cutoff frequency for Layer B.

The KAOSS pad is used to modulate the Wavetable Position and Morph (Stretch) for Oscillator 1 on Layer B.

The audio is recorded to SD card on a Zoom R-16 mixer/recorder and normalized in Audacity. Video is recorded on a Canon EOS M50 mk2 with the included EF-M 15-45mm lens. Audio and video is synchronized in DaVinci Resolve 17."