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Description- For the last few days, I've been messing around with making a techno setup fit inside the Intellijel Palette case which is 62hp. It's gone through around 3 iterations before landing on the current setup. I drastically reduced the size by using the Erica Synths Pico Drums to handle drum sounds. Especially, the kick. Also, Pam's is taking care of sequencing everything. As it turns out it has a Turing Machine-like feature for CV pitch that you can quantize as well. The only drawback to using Pam's is the drum sequencing is pretty basic, but I will experiment with the euclidian drum patterns in subsequent jams.
Some cool revelations were that 4TTEN can also pass audio, which is nice, and not an obvious use case cause I've always thought about the voltage outs on it and attenuating CV as opposed to audio. Anyway, in contrast to the Quadratt which I do use as a mixer here. The cool thing is I can send tracks through the 4TTEN and pass them into the Quadratt. I can set the levels on Quadratt and then use the 4TTEN to "slam faders" without going over the max.
It does get a little tricky with the Piston Honda because the dynamic range varies so much with it going into the C4RBN and essentially using C4RBN as an envelope by controlling the v/oct on the filter with CV from Pam's. I did want to use 4TTEN for this, but I believe it needs to go up to 10V to get the max range. This could be fixed with any 2x gain module. One being the Duatt which I could possibly put in place of the Multi-FX, which is just running verb on the kick as usual. But since I'm using samples I could just use a sample with verb, but then it doesn't smear into the next kick as much, which may or may not be a good thing.
I do have an extra CV on Pam's and could possibly remove the Pico Seq. However, this would require switching between channels on the Pam's to make adjustments, which probably isn't ideal. Unless of course, we did something with CV controlling the loop length on Pam's which is how you get to new patterns.
FX Aid really adds nice things to the sound. In this case, PH is running into it with a Delay effect. Later in the vid, I ran hats through the R side (the whole setup is running in mono) and the specific delay I used is dual mono in and dual mono out so effectively 2 separate delays. That's a lot of power in 4hp so FX Aid is essential here.
TriTone I've found is critical to getting a "finished" sound by adding a smile curve to everything. This is something that a lot of modular folks neglect but is essential I think. It's the difference between a stale master and one that makes the highs and lows shine. It really brings out the subs and highs. Basic mixing and mastering really.
Overall, I'm happy with this jam. There are some things I want to change around, and possibly gain more control of the drum sequences. I hope that all of this makes sense to anyone who might be reading it trying to improve their own rig. I did this because I was getting tired of moving stuff around in my rack so much and also buying more and more modules to solve problems. Techno is pretty straightforward and I just wanted to see if I could get a good sound in a lunchbox-sized rig. The key, as always, was getting a fat kick sound. The rest fell into place after that. See you next jam!
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22 авг 2024
