Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
We’re on Our Own : Patch Notes
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And yet still more and more patching with my smaller, Mutable Instruments-focused, case. This patch grew out of more experimentation with Warps, Tides, and the SMR.
Involved modules
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Intellijel 1U Random/Clock
4ms Rotating Clock Divider and Breakout
Mutable Instruments (MI) Rings
MI Clouds
MI Rings
MI Veils
MI Tides
2 x MI Peaks
Intellijel 1U Quadratt
Intellijel 1U Buffered Mult
Intellijel 1U Digitank Reverb
2hp Reverb
2hp 3:1
Transient Modules 6ch Mixer
Pittsburgh Outs
Routing/Control
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A fairly simple patch, though melodically pretty interesting, I hope. All melodic stuff is done by O+C in Quadraturia mode.
Drone/Sequenced Voice 1: Yeah, weird combination there, but I’m using Tides fed into Warps’ crossfade mode, just at the edge of wavefader/waveshaper mode. TIMBRE is modulated by Peaks #1 channel #1 in LFO mode, attenuated via Quadratt. The fixed-frequency secondary wave provided by Warps, and crossfading in and out, contributes to a drone feel here and there. Wave parameters modulated by Peaks #1 channel #2, also attenuated/inverted by Quadratt. Tides v/oct input is sequenced by O+C in Quantermain mode, dorian scale, 12-note length. Envelope by Mini-Slew triggered by RCD /2. Occasionally, I use the big Warps knob to sweep through other modes. Tides output is sent to Clouds in looping delay mode triggered on RCD /3 (frozen in the tune’s intro).
To be completely honest, I’ve looked a few times and I can’t quite describe what is causing the slow fade-in and fade-out of this voice, but I like it :-D.
SMR is fed a multed output from Tides. A consonant bank was selected, and the levels carefully set (this is very tricky with the SMR, IMO). A trigger on RCD /12 rotates SMR’s wheel one notch every 12 beats continuously. The effect is pretty subtle, but does add some random overtones throughout.
Main Melody/Mood: Rings sequenced by another channel of O+C Quadraturia mode, also in dorian, 12-note length, triggered by RCD /1. In this case I muted the 2nd degree of the scale to avoid “clinkers”. Rings BRIGHTNESS and DAMPING modulated by yet another channel of O+C, in dorian, 4-note length (the details, and certainly the scale, don't matter all that much here -- I just wanted modulation of these parameters).
Rings POSITION modulated by Peaks #2, channel #2, no attenuation. Rings STRUCTURE is further modulated using Meta-Seqencer, with a 4-note length triggered on RCD’s /12, and whose output is slewed by the 1U clock/random. This accounts for the “movement” in the melody/plucking stuff.
Rings is in Sympathetic Strings regular mode. Though it is modulated, I also manually play with DAMPING to produce either plucked or flowing sounds. Reverb on Rings is the cheap and cheerful 2hp Verb.
Audio/Video Notes
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Recorded on a Sony RX100III. Audio recorded on a Zoom H2 using the mic input (the line input is busted). Video edited in Apple iMovie.
#eurorack #modular #synth #synthesizer #performance #music #electronic #mutable #instruments #rings #clouds#peaks #tiptop #ONE #sample #player #2hp #verb #3:1 #4hp #SMR
We’re on Our Own : Patch Notes
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
And yet still more and more patching with my smaller, Mutable Instruments-focused, case. This patch grew out of more experimentation with Warps, Tides, and the SMR.
Involved modules
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Intellijel 1U Random/Clock
4ms Rotating Clock Divider and Breakout
Mutable Instruments (MI) Rings
MI Clouds
MI Rings
MI Veils
MI Tides
2 x MI Peaks
Intellijel 1U Quadratt
Intellijel 1U Buffered Mult
Intellijel 1U Digitank Reverb
2hp Reverb
2hp 3:1
Transient Modules 6ch Mixer
Pittsburgh Outs
Routing/Control
-----------------------
A fairly simple patch, though melodically pretty interesting, I hope. All melodic stuff is done by O+C in Quadraturia mode.
Drone/Sequenced Voice 1: Yeah, weird combination there, but I’m using Tides fed into Warps’ crossfade mode, just at the edge of wavefader/waveshaper mode. TIMBRE is modulated by Peaks #1 channel #1 in LFO mode, attenuated via Quadratt. The fixed-frequency secondary wave provided by Warps, and crossfading in and out, contributes to a drone feel here and there. Wave parameters modulated by Peaks #1 channel #2, also attenuated/inverted by Quadratt. Tides v/oct input is sequenced by O+C in Quantermain mode, dorian scale, 12-note length. Envelope by Mini-Slew triggered by RCD /2. Occasionally, I use the big Warps knob to sweep through other modes. Tides output is sent to Clouds in looping delay mode triggered on RCD /3 (frozen in the tune’s intro).
To be completely honest, I’ve looked a few times and I can’t quite describe what is causing the slow fade-in and fade-out of this voice, but I like it :-D.
SMR is fed a multed output from Tides. A consonant bank was selected, and the levels carefully set (this is very tricky with the SMR, IMO). A trigger on RCD /12 rotates SMR’s wheel one notch every 12 beats continuously. The effect is pretty subtle, but does add some random overtones throughout.
Main Melody/Mood: Rings sequenced by another channel of O+C Quadraturia mode, also in dorian, 12-note length, triggered by RCD /1. In this case I muted the 2nd degree of the scale to avoid “clinkers”. Rings BRIGHTNESS and DAMPING modulated by yet another channel of O+C, in dorian, 4-note length (the details, and certainly the scale, don't matter all that much here -- I just wanted modulation of these parameters).
Rings POSITION modulated by Peaks #2, channel #2, no attenuation. Rings STRUCTURE is further modulated using Meta-Seqencer, with a 4-note length triggered on RCD’s /12, and whose output is slewed by the 1U clock/random. This accounts for the “movement” in the melody/plucking stuff.
Rings is in Sympathetic Strings regular mode. Though it is modulated, I also manually play with DAMPING to produce either plucked or flowing sounds. Reverb on Rings is the cheap and cheerful 2hp Verb.
Audio/Video Notes
=========
Recorded on a Sony RX100III. Audio recorded on a Zoom H2 using the mic input (the line input is busted). Video edited in Apple iMovie.
#eurorack #modular #synth #synthesizer #performance #music #electronic #mutable #instruments #rings #clouds#peaks #tiptop #ONE #sample #player #2hp #verb #3:1 #4hp #SMR
