At its most basic, i have the following almost always set up: normal monophonic mode (one track per output pair), tracks 1 thru 3 are patched to my three VCOs (Plaits, Rings, Mangrove). They all take Hermodās CV into their pitch inputs, Plaits and Rings take the gate into their level/trig inputs, and Mangrove iāll patch the gate coming out of Hermod into an envelope generator to a VCA (rather than using Magroveās air input, which Iāll CV from other sources instead). Track 8 I have reserved for clock out, in āG8+RUNā mode (so the CV is a ārunā signal, and the gate is the clock), patched into the run and clock inputs on Pamās. From there, I use Pam as my lead clock.
All of that i have saved to the default project, so thatās the default state whenever i turn on Hermod. I have my keyboard plugged in to the MIDI in, and iāll typically choose a voice and come up with something, tap BPM into Hermod, then and record a loop. Then iāll layer in other voices. If i donāt like a part later, quick clear -> record something new.
The main other ways iāll get melodies going is either patching Marblesā gates&CVs into Hermodās inputs, or using Hermodās built-in randomizer (run thru a pitch quantizer). Sometimes iāll mix and match, and have a manually performed melody on one track or two, and the others randomized.
So yeah, nothing too complicated, but it matches my workflow exactly ā quick and precise loop recording paired with being the lead clockās secret leader. Rhythm and pitch quantization available if desired.
