#138

The Dixie, to me, seems to offer a better contrast alongside the Mangrove. The Mangrove is bonkers, whereas the Dixie is very sensible. Not too sensible of course! But then neither is the STO? Both good modules… hmmmmm… LFO mode and the octave switcher maybe tip things towards the Dixie. I fear I’ve not been helpful. Apologies.

#139

It’s a tough call indeed. Perhaps the wisest would be to leave them both for now, receive the Mangroves and play around with them both and then decide.

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#140

I can’t imagine a more sensible, meat and potatoes oscillator than a Dixie. That’s why it is great!

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#141

Just got a Mangrove about a week ago and I don’t know why I waited so long to get one. After reading through this thread I just grabbed a second one. Super excited to start using them together!

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#142

Would also suggest to hold off selling until you’ve tried it with the mangroves. I’ve 2 mangroves and have had mangrove in combination with a ts-l, and I’ve to say, having an oscillator like the Dixie/ts-l really helps the mangrove to shine. With only 2 mangroves, I felt I always had to multiple the outs, and felt sometimes a bit limited in the sound palette, especially in the deeper bass areas.

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#143

My 3S seems to be extremely sensitive at the edge of self oscillation. I have to make seemingly infinitesimal adjustments to keep it at the sweet spot between runaway screaming and no sound at all.

Does that correspond to other folks’ experience?

Thanks

#144

Yep! Although actually my 3 Sisters tends to seem quieter than my Mangrove if I compare them? Could be just a question of different harmonic content…

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#145

I started out with a Hertz Donut, fast forward about a year and a half and it’s long gone and Mannequins occupies the heart of my rack. Every time I’ve thought about buying a new complex oscillator, I revisit this thread for more inspiration with what I’ve got. So thanks everyone!

I’ll share a favorite patch of mine I call “Dueling Mangroves”, no audio rate modulation here but still fun … patch a melodic sequence into the PITCH input of one Mangrove and sync a second Mangrove via the SQUARE out of the first. Patch the two FORMANT outs into the LEFT and RIGHT inputs of Cold Mac and monitor the LEFT out (xfade). Set BARREL of both Mangroves to CCW, and FORMANT to around 9 o’clock. Then, patch different LFOs to BARREL and FORMANT of both. If the frequency of each Mangrove is in that sweet spot to do the pitch division thing in the realm of sanity (like 10 o’clock), you end up with two voices that are playing related, but always slightly different melodies with pitches that fold/expand as the LFOs rise and fall. Dueling Mangroves > Dueling Banjos.

Just Friends + some attenuators is my go to for LFOs here, but it could work with anything as long as they aren’t totally identical (you can really use any type of modulation tbh). And by additionally modulating SURVEY, you can control which of the voices is more dominant in the mix.

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#146

Sounds amazing. Now I want a second mangrove and my cold mac back. Could you make a demo of this patch?

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#147

Don’t forget to try switching between constant wave and formant mode - your melody folding results will be very different! Lots of details on the precise behavioral difference betweeen transposition vs. folding at the ending of the tech. map :slight_smile:

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