Modular Jam: SynthTech  E350/E355/E440, Mutable Instruments Elements/Clouds, Pittsburgh SV-1/KB-1 @mike.thomas
Modular Jam: SynthTech  E350/E355/E440, Mutable Instruments Elements/Clouds, Pittsburgh SV-1/KB-1  @mike.thomas
Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Patch notes
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In order of appearance:

E350 X, Y, Z morph inputs modulated by one channel of Ornament & Crime (O+C) in Quadraturia (LFO) mode, attenuated by Shades. E350 X/Y and Z outputs mixed by Shades/Links and sent to E440. E440 FM1 and E350 EG by Peaks and Blinds (blinds carefully zeroed to act as a “normal” VCA). E440 FM2 modulated by E355 LFO with no attenuation. E440 out to Disting #1 in ping-pong delay mode, and on to Clouds. Clouds position, size, and density modulated by a channel of O+C, and that modulation was modulated by Make Noise Function via Blinds, and on to final stereo mix (whew).

Drums: bass drum from a channel of Peaks. Hats emulated by the noise source of the Pitts SV-1, and on through the Pitts filter and ADSR. Drums triggered by Grids, with a bit of randomization on the hats by MI Branches. Drums were sub-mixed to one channel in the SV-1 mixer, and on to final mix.

“Rhythm” synth: Pitts SV-1 sine and pulse, mixed in Links and sent to Streams in “plucked vactrol” mode (awesome!). Sequenced by Turing Machine, quantized by Disting #2.

Elements, modulated by two channels of O+C in Quadraturia mode, and sent directly to final stereo mix.

E350’s signal chain and Elements were both arpeggiated by the Pitts KB-1 in duophonic two-octave arpeggiator mode. This causes it to interleave notes from the two sound sources. Awesome!
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Modular Jam: SynthTech E350/E355/E440, Mutable Instruments Elements/Clouds, Pittsburgh SV-1/KB-1

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