Great video. Thank you. Can't decide between this one or the wavefonix 2144. This one has 2 inputs but wavefonix has FM Inputs with only 1 signal input. So do I want multiple inputs or to FM the filter ? 😬 Hard choice but this one sounds Great
Can you provide any more detail on the patch where you are using a noise source with the 2144 to excite rings? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-j3RaNFqM3dw.html
Happy to. I made the patch a while ago so the details might not be exactly right, but here's what I remember: The Pittsburgh Modular micro-sequencer determines the pitch and provides a steady clock. This clock is sent to the qu-bit chance module, which has a rhythm output and knob. Basically, all the way CCW is a clock duplicate, and as you turn CW, the rhythms get faster and more complicated. The changes to the rhythm affect only the gate input to rings and the envelope of the filtered noise. I've been using this scheme a lot in my modular (steady clock for melody, rhythm clock for note timings) because I lack a more complex sequencer. The chance noise output goes into the 2144 LPF and then into the input of rings. As I open the filter manually, the notes ring out more, and as I close it, the notes are more percussive. At the end of the patch when everything smears I was turning up the clock speed so the rhythms got kind of jumbled. Kind of a happy accident when I bumped the clock. I imagine you could get a similar effect with clouds and reverb too though. In terms of improving the patch, I had a few ideas that I have yet to try. In the middle of the patch, as I open up the filter, rings begins to clip because the noise is too loud. Adding a compressor, or compensating for the increase of the filter cutoff with an attenuation of the overall signal could address this issue. That way you could get the airy, less percussive tone without the clipping. I've had my eye on MI frames for this kind of thing, but a figure 8 rubber band would also do the trick.
