Saturday, February 22, 2025
Voltage Math | The Modular Classroom | Lesson 03
video upload by Cinematic Laboratory
"In the previous lessons I tried to explain that learning modular synthesis is about learning voltage. The basic chain of VCO, VCF and VCA is not where it begins. On many classic synthesizers, this is where it ends and a lot is going on under the hood. Things you can't see. On a modular, you can wire it all up and it's OK to wire up a basic chain with a voice, filter, amp and envelope. Just don't expect it to sound like something else.
I guess many of you own a Buchla 281 and 257 in some way. If you have a Maths, you got those too. If you have anything that moves, it may be inspired by the Bucha's. Even a simple attenuator or crossfader starts here. In this lesson, we'll learn a few truly basic concepts, where voltage goes up, goes down or stays idle. Voltage is potential and you'll need to open the floodgates. It's such a clichee to call it a magic world, but actually, it is."
Cinematic Laboratory Modular Classroom
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