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Subharmonicon

Patching with Intention

Get started with patching techniques,

explore deeper synthesis concepts, and

understand full patchbay functionality

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Summary of Contents for Subharmonicon

Page 1: ...Subharmonicon Patching with Intention Get started with patching techniques explore deeper synthesis concepts and understand full patchbay functionality ...

Page 2: ...l unexpected results Other times however you may want to patch with some intention Perhaps you have a sound in mind that you would like Subharmonicon to approximate Or an idea may strike you while falling asleep I wonder what would happen if I patched Sequencer 1 to the Filter Cutoff This guide will help you better understand how to patch Subharmonicon and more to the point why you might want to p...

Page 3: ...ted match your Subharmonicon to the initialized patch settings above Each section builds upon the last so explore them in sequential order for the best results Find full patch point descriptions on pages 12 15 to reference as you move through the patching exercises ...

Page 4: ...er is running and listen to how the notes change as you rotate them up and down You will notice the sequencer knobs cover an incredibly wide range of notes this is because the SEQ OCT toggle in between Oscillators 1 and 2 is currently set at 5 volts When each sequencer knob is at precisely 12 o clock it is set to 0 volts leaving the VCO at whatever frequency is set by the large VCO 1 FREQ knob i e...

Page 5: ...s you play with the sequencer knobs you will notice that the settings of both sequencers affect the melody Using two knobs per step as opposed to one may seem silly until you begin to use the POLYRHYTHM section to get Sequencers 1 and 2 moving at different rates Leave RHYTHM 1 fully clockwise and turn RHYTHM 2 fully counterclockwise Now you will hear Sequencer 1 complete four phrases before Sequen...

Page 6: ...t At first this may not sound like too much but begin to rotate the CUTOFF knob down to around 9 o clock You should hear Sequencer 2 opening and closing the filter rhythmically Exaggerate this effect by increasing the RESONANCE and reducing the VCF DECAY Do this slowly and listen to how it changes as you approach max RESONANCE Now you will start to get very percussive sounds completely changing th...

Page 7: ... of VCO 1 moves the RHYTHM 2 knob up and down via control voltage Begin to play with the SUB 1 FREQ knob under VCO 1 and you will start to hear new rhythms emerge as the RHYTHM 2 divisions change dynamically MAKE THIS CONNECTION Push this further by patching the VCO 1 SUB 2 output to the RHYTHM 1 input Now you have an even more expressive drum machine The settings of RHYTHMS 1 2 as well as the fre...

Page 8: ...HYTHM 1 to Sequencer 1 by pressing to illuminate the SEQ 1 button under RHYTHM 1 and route RHYTHM 2 to Sequencer 2 by pressing to illuminate the SEQ 2 button under RHYTHM 2 Make sure the EG button is illuminated press PLAY and turn the TEMPO down to roughly 9 o clock Route SEQ 1 to VCO 1 with the corresponding SEQ 1 ASSIGN button and play with the SEQUENCER 1 knobs to get a nice basic sequence goi...

Page 9: ...onicon internal clock The benefit of using one of the oscillators as a clock is that the VCOs are voltage controllable we can change the speed of the clock with voltages from elsewhere in Subharmonicon Subharmonicon features two independent envelopes one routed to the VCA controlled by the VCA ATTACK DECAY knobs and one routed to the filter controlled by the VCF ATTACK DECAY knobs Each has an outp...

Page 10: ...ct even further by using the second sub oscillator of VCO 2 to stop and start the sequencer Patch the VCO 2 SUB 2 output to the PLAY input Turn down VCO 2 s SUB 2 FREQ knob to around noon and you ll start to hear this stopping and starting motion in action creating very off kilter rhythms that are being accelerated by VCO 2 SUB 1 while at the same time being turned off and on by VCO 2 SUB 2 This c...

Page 11: ...ther begin from a sound that grabbed you while working through this guide this being an analog semi modular synthesizer it will never be quite the same or just start making connections and see what happens Over the next few pages is a list of Subharmonicon s inputs and outputs organized left to right by row and some beginning ideas for how they can be used Let your imagination and your ears be you...

Page 12: ... oscillators in here for frequency modulation or slow down the VCA and VCF envelopes and connect them here to run up and down the subharmonic scale VCO 1 PWM R1 C3 Controls the pulse width of VCO 1 Connect either envelope here for traditional envelope pulse width modulation a sequencer here for different timbres on each step or the VCA output for feedback like harsher timbres VCA R2 C4 Controls vo...

Page 13: ...and VCA envelope generators akin to pressing the TRIGGER button Trigger continued Motion in either SEQ 1 or SEQ 2 will trigger this input but you can patch the CLOCK here to get faster triggers with SEQ 1 and SEQ 2 running at subdivisions of the clock RHYTHM 1 R6 C1 Controls the subdivision of RHYTHM 1 which is a division of the master TEMPO and routed to either SEQ 1 or SEQ 2 via its correspondin...

Page 14: ...e clocking You can also use this output to take VCO 1 direct to external gear bypassing the VCF and VCA VCO 1 SUB 1 R2 C2 Audio output of VCO 1 Sub oscillator 1 Try routing to any of the RHYTHMS for rhythm modulation the VCA for amplitude modulation or CLOCK for a clock with voltage control VCO 1 SUB 2 R2 C3 Audio output of VCO 1 Sub oscillator 2 See VCO 1 SUB 1 VCA EG R3 C4 Envelope output of the...

Page 15: ... with patching it to the CUTOFF or any VCO for very fast punchy attack transients SEQ 2 R7 C3 Sequencer 2 output This can be routed to VCO 2 with SEQ 2 ASSIGN buttons or use a patch cable to route it to any VCO 1 parameters the CUTOFF for sequenced filter motion the VCA for sequenced accents or any RHYTHM for per step rhythmic changes SEQ 2 CLK R7 C4 The clock output of SEQ 2 This generates a cloc...

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