A progression from Patch 018.... now the arp spans 3 octaves with LFO 2 modulating the panoramic position. Every synth should have an arpeggiator, so much fun! (I went again with steps 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8 on the arp but again, experiment!)
Here are the settings (starting from init, shift+3):
Voice: SYT, SGL, PLY, ---, --- (unchanged)
Pitch: 0, 0, 0, 2, 5 (unchanged)
Osc 1: VOX, 21, 21, ---, ---
Osc 2: SAW, OFF, -12, 0, ---
Mixer: 127, 73, 0, ---, ---
Filter: HPF, 8, 24, 11, 0
Filter EG: 0, 14, 76, 66, ON
Amp: 127, CNT, OFF, 0, ---
Amp EG: 0, 10, 111, 104, ON
LFO 1: S-H, OFF, ON, 1.8, ---
LFO 2: SIN, OFF, OFF, 27, ---
Patch 1: LF1, 1CT, 14, ---, ---
Patch 2: MOD, CUT, 31, ---, ---
Patch 3: LF2, PAN, 63, ---, ---
Patch 4: LF2, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Mod FX: PHS, 8, 39, ---, ---
Delay: CRS, ON, 40, 95, ---
EQ: 480, 7, 4.5, -5, ---
Arpeg. A: 100, 1.16, 80, UP, 3
Arpeg. B: ON, 0, ON, 8, ---
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Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Friday, 5 July 2019
Patch 018 - droning chord arp
I will be on holiday for the next few weeks to Edinburgh and then onto the Lake District so I won't be going into too much detail for the next few patches which I am working on before I go.
This is a lovely drone formed from a trigger arp (which basically repeats chords), a vocal oscillator controlled by a tempo synced LFO and a low pass filter. Play with the filter and the modulation amount of the oscillator waveform to get some quite nice and dirty tones.
Here are the settings (starting from init, shift+3):
Voice: SYT, SGL, PLY, ---, --- (unchanged)
Pitch: 0, 0, 0, 2, 5 (unchanged)
Osc 1: VOX, 21, 21, ---, ---
Osc 2: SAW, OFF, -12, 0, ---
Mixer: 127, 73, 0, ---, ---
Filter: 12L, 36, 71, 25, 0
Filter EG: 9, 14, 76, 61, ON
Amp: 111, CNT, ON, 0, ---
Amp EG: 0, 10, 111, 90, ON
LFO 1: S-H, OFF, ON, 1.8, ---
LFO 2: SIN, OFF, OFF, 70, --- (unchanged)
Patch 1: LF1, 1CT, 14, ---, ---
Patch 2: LF2, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 3: LF1, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 4: LF2, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Mod FX: PHS, 8, 39, ---, ---
Delay: STR, OFF, 40, 52, ---
EQ: 320, 0, 6.0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Arpeg. A: 106, 1.16, 80, TRG, 1
Arpeg. B: ON, 0, ON, 8, ---
I set the arp up to trigger on steps 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8 with 2 note chords but get experimenting!
This is a lovely drone formed from a trigger arp (which basically repeats chords), a vocal oscillator controlled by a tempo synced LFO and a low pass filter. Play with the filter and the modulation amount of the oscillator waveform to get some quite nice and dirty tones.
Here are the settings (starting from init, shift+3):
Voice: SYT, SGL, PLY, ---, --- (unchanged)
Pitch: 0, 0, 0, 2, 5 (unchanged)
Osc 1: VOX, 21, 21, ---, ---
Osc 2: SAW, OFF, -12, 0, ---
Mixer: 127, 73, 0, ---, ---
Filter: 12L, 36, 71, 25, 0
Filter EG: 9, 14, 76, 61, ON
Amp: 111, CNT, ON, 0, ---
Amp EG: 0, 10, 111, 90, ON
LFO 1: S-H, OFF, ON, 1.8, ---
LFO 2: SIN, OFF, OFF, 70, --- (unchanged)
Patch 1: LF1, 1CT, 14, ---, ---
Patch 2: LF2, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 3: LF1, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 4: LF2, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Mod FX: PHS, 8, 39, ---, ---
Delay: STR, OFF, 40, 52, ---
EQ: 320, 0, 6.0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Arpeg. A: 106, 1.16, 80, TRG, 1
Arpeg. B: ON, 0, ON, 8, ---
I set the arp up to trigger on steps 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8 with 2 note chords but get experimenting!
Thursday, 27 June 2019
Patch 017 - Noisy Arp / TB MIDI Stuff
The 1st Gen iPad's launch in 2010 re-defined the way musicians create "content" (it used to be called music in my day!), from sequencers to effects, from audio editing to fantastically complex synthesisers - you could quite literally have a whole studio in the palm of your hand.
I didn't jump on the iOS bandwagon until Autumn 2015 by which time there were hundreds of virtual synths available and I hate to think of the amount of cash I have spent in the last 4 years or so on various apps but I never found myself particularly attached to any of them. The reasons for this are two-fold - (1) the dreaded GAS always took hold (there is always another synth round the corner which offers something the others do not) and (2) you can't beat having the tactile, zero latency experience that a hardware synthesiser provides.
So here I am! My iPad is relegated to streaming YouTube videos, surfing the net, recording any YouTube "content" (aka videos) I produce and very occasionally performing other audio production tasks such as sample editing, some more out there granular sound design and multi-tracking. And finally, getting to the point of this blog post - creating MIDI controllers for my hardware synths!
Although you can't beat a physical knob or slider, the touch screen of the iPad does afford some advantages especially over synths with a limited physical GUI as the microKORG. These include the ability to graphically see all the settings of the synth on a single screen and being able to edit more than one parameter at a time (which you can typically only do on the microKORG if they are on the same row of the editing matrix such as cutoff and resonance, decay and release, and so on).
So when I got my microKORG again last week I thought about creating an interface for my synth on something like MIDI Designer or Lemur but then I remembered that TB MIDI Stuff, which I had last used a couple of years ago, already has an editor for the microKORG included in the example editors that come with it - happy days!
Almost all the editable parameters are included with a couple of exceptions (e.g. I can't find a way to edit the tempo or the type of mod FX) but otherwise it is very thorough and easy to work with. There is also a page for the vocoder which I must admit I haven't tried yet. The only thing you will have to do is prepare a preset in the app (a "canvas snapshot") with the same settings as the microKORG init patch so that the on-screen parameter values matches those on the synth.
So for this week's patch you can watch me have a play about with the editor starting with an initialised patch!
Below are settings for the noisy arp! I particularly loved the effect when closing the filter and toggling the distortion on and off! (starting from init, shift+3):
Voice: SYT, SGL, PLY, ---, --- (unchanged)
Pitch: 0, 0, 0, 2, 5 (unchanged)
Osc 1: SAW, 34, 31, ---, ---
Osc 2: SQU, OFF, -12, 3, ---
Mixer: 127, 108, 42, ---, ---
Filter: 12L, 12, 39, 0, 0
Filter EG: 16, 22, 0, 0, ON
Amp: 127, CNT, OFF, 0, --- (unchanged)
Amp EG: 0, 64, 127, 51, ON
LFO 1: TRI, OFF, OFF, 70, ---
LFO 2: SIN, OFF, OFF, 7, ---
Patch 1: LF1, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 2: LF2, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 3: LF1, CUT, 13, ---, ---
Patch 4: LF2, NOS, 4, ---, ---
Mod FX: FLG, 20, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Delay: STR, OFF, 91, 83, ---
EQ: 320, 0, 6.0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Arpeg. A: 120, 1.16, 62, UP, 1
Arpeg. B: ON, 0, ON, 8, --- (unchanged)
Does anyone else rock TB MIDI Stuff? Let me know in the comments below. :)
I didn't jump on the iOS bandwagon until Autumn 2015 by which time there were hundreds of virtual synths available and I hate to think of the amount of cash I have spent in the last 4 years or so on various apps but I never found myself particularly attached to any of them. The reasons for this are two-fold - (1) the dreaded GAS always took hold (there is always another synth round the corner which offers something the others do not) and (2) you can't beat having the tactile, zero latency experience that a hardware synthesiser provides.
So here I am! My iPad is relegated to streaming YouTube videos, surfing the net, recording any YouTube "content" (aka videos) I produce and very occasionally performing other audio production tasks such as sample editing, some more out there granular sound design and multi-tracking. And finally, getting to the point of this blog post - creating MIDI controllers for my hardware synths!
Although you can't beat a physical knob or slider, the touch screen of the iPad does afford some advantages especially over synths with a limited physical GUI as the microKORG. These include the ability to graphically see all the settings of the synth on a single screen and being able to edit more than one parameter at a time (which you can typically only do on the microKORG if they are on the same row of the editing matrix such as cutoff and resonance, decay and release, and so on).
So when I got my microKORG again last week I thought about creating an interface for my synth on something like MIDI Designer or Lemur but then I remembered that TB MIDI Stuff, which I had last used a couple of years ago, already has an editor for the microKORG included in the example editors that come with it - happy days!
Almost all the editable parameters are included with a couple of exceptions (e.g. I can't find a way to edit the tempo or the type of mod FX) but otherwise it is very thorough and easy to work with. There is also a page for the vocoder which I must admit I haven't tried yet. The only thing you will have to do is prepare a preset in the app (a "canvas snapshot") with the same settings as the microKORG init patch so that the on-screen parameter values matches those on the synth.
So for this week's patch you can watch me have a play about with the editor starting with an initialised patch!
Below are settings for the noisy arp! I particularly loved the effect when closing the filter and toggling the distortion on and off! (starting from init, shift+3):
Voice: SYT, SGL, PLY, ---, --- (unchanged)
Pitch: 0, 0, 0, 2, 5 (unchanged)
Osc 1: SAW, 34, 31, ---, ---
Osc 2: SQU, OFF, -12, 3, ---
Mixer: 127, 108, 42, ---, ---
Filter: 12L, 12, 39, 0, 0
Filter EG: 16, 22, 0, 0, ON
Amp: 127, CNT, OFF, 0, --- (unchanged)
Amp EG: 0, 64, 127, 51, ON
LFO 1: TRI, OFF, OFF, 70, ---
LFO 2: SIN, OFF, OFF, 7, ---
Patch 1: LF1, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 2: LF2, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 3: LF1, CUT, 13, ---, ---
Patch 4: LF2, NOS, 4, ---, ---
Mod FX: FLG, 20, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Delay: STR, OFF, 91, 83, ---
EQ: 320, 0, 6.0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Arpeg. A: 120, 1.16, 62, UP, 1
Arpeg. B: ON, 0, ON, 8, --- (unchanged)
Does anyone else rock TB MIDI Stuff? Let me know in the comments below. :)
Monday, 9 April 2012
Patch 004 - Oscillatorless Wonky Arp
If any of you followed my Alesis Micron - Patch a Day blog, you may recognise the concept of this week's patch - a melodic patch using no oscillators. How? Read on...
The first thing to do is to go to the mixer and turn off both oscillators. The sound for this week's patch will come solely from the self oscillation of the resonant filter (both the LPFs will work for this). Close the filter completely and crank up the resonance to 127. To be able to play a melody with this patch you will need to assign keyboard tracking to the filter (how much modulation you apply will affect how "in tune" your patch will be). Further tuning can also be made by opening the filter cutoff. By how much is up to you, experiment! I have found that playing with the resonance level while playing the pitch can cause problems without some noise so I have added this in the mixer.
To shape the sound I added a bell like amp envelope and then applied the arpeggiator. The effect is most pleasant, amplified with the use of delay in my opinion.
Here are the settings:
Voice: SYT, SGL, PLY, ---, --- (unchanged)
Pitch: 0, 0, 0, 2, 5 (unchanged)
Osc 1: SAW, 0, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Osc 2: SAW, OFF, 0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Mixer: 0, 0, 127, ---, ---
Filter: 12L, 0, 127, 0, 46
Filter EG: 0, 64, 127, 0, ON (unchanged)
Amp: 127, CNT, OFF, 0, --- (unchanged)
Amp EG: 2, 88, 127, 77, ON
LFO 1: TRI, OFF, OFF, 10, --- (unchanged)
LFO 2: SIN, OFF, OFF, 70, --- (unchanged)
Patch 1: MOD, NOS, -63, ---, ---
Patch 2: LF2, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 3: LF1, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 4: LF2, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Mod FX: FLG, 20, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Delay: L-R, ON, 1.8, 88, ---
EQ: 320, 0, 6.0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Arpeg. A: 120, 1.16, 80, UP, 2
Arpeg. B: OFF, 0, ON, 8, --- (unchanged)
[ARP ON]
You'll notice that I've assigned the mod wheel to the noise level. When you're playing the arp try playing with the resonance, filter cutoff and noise level to get some cool glitchy effects when combined with the delay. Further fun can be had if you route LFOs to the cutoff or add a filter envelope. Get wonky!
The first thing to do is to go to the mixer and turn off both oscillators. The sound for this week's patch will come solely from the self oscillation of the resonant filter (both the LPFs will work for this). Close the filter completely and crank up the resonance to 127. To be able to play a melody with this patch you will need to assign keyboard tracking to the filter (how much modulation you apply will affect how "in tune" your patch will be). Further tuning can also be made by opening the filter cutoff. By how much is up to you, experiment! I have found that playing with the resonance level while playing the pitch can cause problems without some noise so I have added this in the mixer.
To shape the sound I added a bell like amp envelope and then applied the arpeggiator. The effect is most pleasant, amplified with the use of delay in my opinion.
Here are the settings:
Voice: SYT, SGL, PLY, ---, --- (unchanged)
Pitch: 0, 0, 0, 2, 5 (unchanged)
Osc 1: SAW, 0, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Osc 2: SAW, OFF, 0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Mixer: 0, 0, 127, ---, ---
Filter: 12L, 0, 127, 0, 46
Filter EG: 0, 64, 127, 0, ON (unchanged)
Amp: 127, CNT, OFF, 0, --- (unchanged)
Amp EG: 2, 88, 127, 77, ON
LFO 1: TRI, OFF, OFF, 10, --- (unchanged)
LFO 2: SIN, OFF, OFF, 70, --- (unchanged)
Patch 1: MOD, NOS, -63, ---, ---
Patch 2: LF2, PTC, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 3: LF1, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Patch 4: LF2, CUT, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Mod FX: FLG, 20, 0, ---, --- (unchanged)
Delay: L-R, ON, 1.8, 88, ---
EQ: 320, 0, 6.0, 0, --- (unchanged)
Arpeg. A: 120, 1.16, 80, UP, 2
Arpeg. B: OFF, 0, ON, 8, --- (unchanged)
[ARP ON]
You'll notice that I've assigned the mod wheel to the noise level. When you're playing the arp try playing with the resonance, filter cutoff and noise level to get some cool glitchy effects when combined with the delay. Further fun can be had if you route LFOs to the cutoff or add a filter envelope. Get wonky!
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