Monster Man: Riding The Rails

video upload by John L Rice

"This started as just a sequencer experiment on my large 5U modular and eventually I tuned it into another low effort installment for my 'Monster Man' series [previuos post] since the vibe was mostly there.

Using two Moon Modular 569 sequencers in 4x8 mode I patched all 8 CV outputs into a Modcan Scanner 69B set to switch mode and patched the Scanner's mono output to a Modcan Quantizer 55B. An Oakley/Krisp1 Slim VCO is the master clock with a SSL V-Gates divider providing a divide by 8 pulse to switch the Scanner to move to the next sequencer row and also reset both sequencers to ensure synchronization. This created a 64 step sequence but unfortunately I didn't take the time to create a recognizable melody so it just sounds random! 🙄🤦‍♂️😅 The patch is still up, maybe I will work out a better demo?

The output of the quantizer goes to a somewhat basic voice: a Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas Magnus VCO to a Grove Audio LP VCF to a Synthesizers.com VCA2++. A Marienberg Devices VC Envelope Generator modulates both the VCF and VCF with a Marienberg Sine Phase Oscillator modulating both the VCO and the EG.

I played an Expressive-E Osmose keyboard along with the sequencer track, and then later added a second Osmose track fir the very low notes that you might not be able to hear unless you have a sub woofer or very good headphones or monitors?

Everything went through my Allen & Heath MixWizard and used Strymon BigSky and timeline effects pedals and a Roland RSP-550 rack effects unit.

Thanks for watching, liking, and commenting! 😎💖🤗

#modularsynth #modularsynthesizers #electronicmusic"