Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
A fun little patch that I had quite a time getting in tune - it utilizes the Moskwa II in Akebono tuning (meaning there is essentially no strong root), which controls both the square wave bass, as well as the 245t, which is added to the Moskwa to control the higher sawtooth (both coming from the 258t). The tricky part is that the 245t is a 5-step sequencer with no quantization, so there are 40 possible notes generated by the addition!
The middle section employs yet another sequencer, the Korg SQ-1 (set to minor), to control the sine wave on the XPO, which is then routed through the Z5000 for a little shimmery reverb. I used a function from Maths to make this interesting - when the function is high enough, the sequencer runs at the original clock tempo from the 245t pulser, so I can get a few notes at a time, or even just one if I set the function short enough.
If there weren't already enough sequencers involved, I also used the 0-CTRL as a "meta-sequencer" to control the overall pitch of both the Moskwa and 245t in the outer sections. Also, both 258 oscillators are fed into the Mimeophon for some added delay that becomes more significant at the end.
I hope you enjoy!
A fun little patch that I had quite a time getting in tune - it utilizes the Moskwa II in Akebono tuning (meaning there is essentially no strong root), which controls both the square wave bass, as well as the 245t, which is added to the Moskwa to control the higher sawtooth (both coming from the 258t). The tricky part is that the 245t is a 5-step sequencer with no quantization, so there are 40 possible notes generated by the addition!
The middle section employs yet another sequencer, the Korg SQ-1 (set to minor), to control the sine wave on the XPO, which is then routed through the Z5000 for a little shimmery reverb. I used a function from Maths to make this interesting - when the function is high enough, the sequencer runs at the original clock tempo from the 245t pulser, so I can get a few notes at a time, or even just one if I set the function short enough.
If there weren't already enough sequencers involved, I also used the 0-CTRL as a "meta-sequencer" to control the overall pitch of both the Moskwa and 245t in the outer sections. Also, both 258 oscillators are fed into the Mimeophon for some added delay that becomes more significant at the end.
I hope you enjoy!
