#1291

Been mildly obsessed with this idea of Swift in modular for the past 24 hours!

So, take ‘All You Had To Do Was Stay’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHFrXHQpHSQ

This is literally the same chord progression for the entire song:

||:
IV 4 bars
I/tonic 4 bars
V 4 bars
vi 2 bars V 2 bars.
:||

So the challenge in performing this is in a few places:

  1. Performance mixing. This is essentially a set up the parts and then take them in and out w/ a mixer thing.
  2. Vocals. A lot of the interest is in the vocal layering, which needs a backing track or else very clever looping.
  3. Chords. Anything polyphonic is expensive in modular or needs to be accomplished w/ arpeggiation and such.

I don’t think this is out of reach, though. Whether it’s a good idea is another. But a lot of music that falls under ‘songs’ is 1-3 sections that repeat and bringing parts in and out. Modular can do that, if you want it to.

And re: minimal: while I don’t like it much, Ying Yang Twins’ Whisper Song is really just a loop and some whispering. So yeah it comes down to what kind of ‘song type thing’ one is trying to make, maybe.

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#1293

Not sure what to fill this 8hp with- my first thought was another cold mac which could be fun, but I’d love to hear any ideas. Reverb and delay are taken care of out of the rack.

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#1294

hmmm. Crow, W/ and some VCAs? The Abstract Data triple discrete VCA in 4hp looks interesting, for instance.

#1295

The Addac 306 is 8hp—five channels of cv with individual bias, slope, and direction—which can be cross-faded. Brilliant little controller module, and would make an excellent complement to cold mac.

#1296

ALMs quad vca is 8hp :man_shrugging:

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#1297

Given room, I think most systems can benefit from Triple Sloths. Very slow random is always nice. Since you have a lot of MN attenuation is taken care of at many destinations.

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#1298

Unless you’re good with the Optomix as a mixer (and yeah, I know Cold Mac and 3 Sisters or Quadratt or Maths can do some mixing too), some more dedicated mixing could be useful depending on your workflow…

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#1299

If I have a hole that I have “no use” for, I tend to stick a Disting or two in there. Sometimes you may need a VCA or another effect/utility.
If I use it for only one thing. I then go search for a module doing that thing.

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#1300

A bit late, but… I put a Disting and a 2hp Tune and Filt (replaced with the MMF now). They would fit and compliment your Shared Sustem nicely.

#1301

do output modules guarantee a max output of LINE level? (and expect line level inputs)

or are they ‘just’ attenuators, so knob goes from zero to modular level?

Ive been looking at both befaco and erica synths, and neither actually say this is what they do, and don’t seem to detail the maximum output level on their specs…
(they do detail the output spec on the headphone, just not the main outs)

#1302

Every output module I’ve seen brings thing down to something like line level; the point is that it’s not just an attenuator, but something you can run into PA/laptop/amp.

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#1303

Hi guys, i LOVE my Three sisters, its a great filter with tons of different uses and a very enjoyable performance tool in my tracks BUT after see (and hear) what can make the new module of Make Noise (and the plus of stereo out) im very confused: i want it in my 84 hp 6u rack, but i dont know if to keep both filters in my rack, or sell Three sisters and buy a Qpas, or keep Three sisters, ignore Qpas and go for a different module to fill my rack (like a Chronoblob 2).Looking for wise words of happy owners of Three sisters who tried Qpas in NAMM. Thanks (and love) in advance.

#1304

Did you already imagine some patching between these two beasts ? :thinking: :star_struck:
Why not taking the Qpas and decide after ?

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#1305

Its a (empty) pocket problem. ill have to wait a few months to fill it (with $$$) before buy it.

#1306

Funny, I had similar thoughts. I’m looking to add a second sisters to my rack, and I’ve been sure it’s the right thing to do, but QPAS left me wondering. I think I’d miss the formant mode on sisters though - that just fits with my sound design. Easy to get drawn in by the Make Noise demos as they always do such a great job with them.

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#1307

this.

Whenever I sit down and patch something these three concepts are the heart of what makes me happy.

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#1309

All good insights to consider when comparing the two; however I would say that VCA pre filter is a technique utilized to great effect within the Mannequin-verse (i.e. Mangrove’s Air, Just Friends Plume /Just Type Synthesis). Three Sisters has a good amount of range on the quality knob to acheive prolonged resonance in a similar fashion.

#1310

Can anyone share some tips on using percision adders to combine seqeuncers?

I’m experimenting to create variations, and I’m finding it hard to dynamically find offsets that don’t produce wildly sour notes with the original sequence. I’ve tried a few variations with quantizers before and after, and I can eventually find nice stuff, but I’m trying to do this on the fly so simple techniques are desirable. :upside_down_face:

#1311

I could think of a couple ways to deal with this:

  1. Be very careful with what sequences or offsets you’re working with. In my limited experience playing around with this, a 2nd, 4th, or 5th added to another sequence is a lot more likely to produce something useful, at least in a sort of ‘normal’ diatonic scale. Anything other than those is more likely to get into the ‘sour’ range.

  2. Quantize your sequences post-addition. This depends on if you’re really looking for something precise, though if you were I would think you’d sequence the variations directly in a single sequence from the beginning. If you’re looking to do things generatively, I think the quantization is better done after the voltages are combined. That way it acts as a ‘mask’ of the kinds of notes you can allow through.

Or, stop thinking about notes, mannnnn, and get out of the 12 TET box and like embrace the universe of sound mannnn.

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#1312

My base sequence is pre-quantized, so yeah, I’ve tried re-quantizing afterwards. I’ve mostly been working with Hemisphere Suite’s Squanch and Dual Quantizer for these experiments. Looks like I should probably try scaling down my second sequencer so it’s easier to hit those intervals. :thinking:

I’m currently enjoying my 12 TET box. :laughing: