SUB 37 | Modulation & Sequencing 

Bought a Subsequent 37 a few days ago, same experience, bro!

yup same here. It is truly a piece and work of music art!

I use my Sub 37 with Eventide Space.. Far out..

***** I own a Voyager. Compare and contrast, please :)

davidevoid Got it yet?

Thank So I am rhiursqqdhj

@@mohdrafi1157 nodding out much? Haha. We're all art peepz in here just couldn't resist. I do it alllllllll thds Time

Same I want one of these BAD

yeah it is a drug. Well at least music is good for the soul and better than coke or booze.

Whooooosh, wahwahwahwahwahwah, babababababa, mamamamama, maimaimaimaimai, wurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-kaching!!!

Hilarious

The Analog Four/Keys is a masterpiece. But I'm a sucker for the Elektron stuff. If you haven't gotten one already, I highly recommend trying it out. I sequence my Sub-37 from the Analog Keys, and their tonalities sound wonderful together.

CockatooDude as an owner of this thing, I can confirm this. Moog is the top tier. This thing is so powerful and complex it's daunting at times lol

HighMonkeyMonk Sorry for the late response. He programmed a sequence and has only set one note value per step while playing in duo mode, so that the second oscillator can be played by hand, but still depends rhythmically on the sequence.

Andrew Forbes yes u can use the midi port of ur audio interface and route the signal for example into daw like ableton. there a plenty of videos on youtube where this is simply explained

I would recommend a usb audio device with a midi in/out port on it. you can get midi in and out of this device with a usb lead but you need to get audio in and out too. some audio devices do not have midi ports. this does midi over usb but unless you have already sorted out your audio you will be in trouble. if you are new to this i would recommend getting a USB sound card that has midi and a Korg volca to learn about all the midi and audio stuff. or you will end up buying an amazing synth but getting frustrated because it won't sync up or work properly with your other gear.

Ian Cashman I'm not new to recording or audio gear, I have audio interfaces that will work based on these responses. I have just never used an analogue instrument like this. I didn't know if I needed any special kind of DAC or mixer or something. I really appreciate the responses!

Just plug it in like any other midi keyboard. It's a mono instrument so you will only need one input.

It has a USB connection so you can connect directly or you can use the MIDI connections to link via your interface.

Some presets use it. I think the last preset in the video ("Just add the kick drums") uses it. I didn't analize how to use it but you can certainly find out how tweaking the presets that have it. You'll identify it seing how the filter selection changes while playing notes.

if you click the controllers button you can then select which one you want to mod, i cant find one that says filter pole though

You are lucky, by coincidence I just connected the sub 37 before reading your comment. Do the following steps: Controllers -> MOD 1 EDIT -> PGM DST -> FILT SLP Filt slp is the option that sends modulation to the filter pole

DB Pooper Yes.

Only downer is I haven't figured out a way to make the LFO speed follow your keys, so it's very difficult to make usable FM sounds. It does static FM really well though with a "HI" mode that goes into audio rate.

There are plenty of RU-vid videos on wave synthesis. There are courses offered in schools, but the best way to learn a synth is by messing around with it and trying to understand why a certain sound is being generated. Modulation can get really complex really fast, but if you listen to the oscillators at a low frequency of movement, you start to get the idea of what's happening. Start with a basic sine wave at a low hz (maybe 2 or 3 hz - that's 2 or 3 cycles a second), then listen to the difference when you make that wave a sawtooth or square. Then jack the hz (frequency) up and listen to how the pitch is affected. You're basically creating sound waves that have different shapes. The higher the hz, the higher the pitch. It starts getting complex when you add more than one wave, or use an alternate modulation source to modulate those waves, like an LFO (low frequency oscillator). An LFO can be used to modulate a lot of things. Basically the lfo is a wave that's slowly moving up an down. If I use that wave to modulate the frequency of a sine wave, I will get a "siren" sound as the LFO moves to the bottom of its wave it brings down the freq of the sine wave (low tone) and as it moves to the top of its wave it brings up the freq of the sine wave (high tone). Its far too much info for one response ...but that is the very basics of synthesis. The best way yo learn it is to explore ...but don't do so blindly. Pay attention to where the signal is going, and try to understand why a certain sound was created. Analog synths are complex. Even the developer said there are things that they are still discovering... And they built it!!! Have fun!!!

watch alot of demos on youtube or go to a shop and as if you can try one, thats what i did

+Greg Jacobs ุพะ

I only understand 25% of its knobs but it makes these sweet sounds anyway 😍

Lol. I barely know how any of it works but it’s very intuitive. Amazing synth.

It is what it is. It’s just about becoming familiar with the basics of synthesis...sometimes sounds more complicated than it actually is. Easier to show and hear something than it is to say it...

+Grant Tes You have it here. DUOphonic. The whole point is having a sound so animated that extra notes/a chord would just become a busy mishmash. But you have TWO notes here. Your baseline +your lead. It's the dream realized.

Thirteen Wheeler tell that to Roland's Jupiter 8 ;)

Grant Tes Ok, to a point. If your patch sounds like an organ, but if you're really cranking animation, I say extra notes just get in the way. But yup, i'm sold. Halfway there now, presently contemplating if I really need this car or not....

Did you ever buy the polymoog?