Happy Sunday! We’ve had some cool and gloomy weather here the past couple of days. While I recorded today’s track a few weeks back, it feels appropriate for today. It’s a bit dark and slow moving, with some percussive sounds tossed in. I mean, drums are my first instrument - I can’t get anyway from hitting things, or at least making it sound like I am. Headphones on - enjoy.

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Patch Notes

* Voices: Grandmother (GM), Mother 32 (M32), Subharmonicon (SH), DFAM

* SH SEQ1 -> SH RHYTHM 2 (OSC 1 using 2 rhythms)

* GM CLOCK OUT -> A-160-2 CLOCK IN

* A-160-2 (/5) -> SH CLOCK IN

* A-160-2 (/11, /13, /17) -> A-151 Switch

* A-151 OUT -> DFAM ADV/CLOCK

* A-160-2 (/2) -> M32 TEMPO

* A-145-4 square wave -> A-151 TRIGGER

* Chaos Y -> MISO (Attn) -> M32 VCF CUTOFF

* Chaos X -> MISO (Attn) -> SH CUTOFF & GM CUTOFF

* M32 GATE -> GM ENV TRIGGER (GM holding notes with envelope controlled by M32)

* M32 VCO PULSE -> EXT AUDIO (mixed with main oscillator saw wave)

The Tools

All my gear is below. Not everything is necessarily used for each recording. I record live to my HS6 recorder. I have a DAW-less setup, although I do use GarageBand only for normalization and creating a shareable audio file.

* Moog Grandmother

* Moog Subharmonicon

* Moog Mother 32

* Moog DFAM

* Eurorack

* Doepfer A-145-4 LFO

* Doepfer A-160-2 Clock Divider

* Doepfer A-151 Seq Switch

* Doepfer A-132 VCA

* Zlob Chaos

* Zlob Entropy

* Super Synthesis EG Envelope

* Eowave Zone B.F. LFO

* Xodes LB5 Logic

* Tiptop Audio MISO

* Zoom MS-70CDR Effects Pedals

* Mackie Mix8 mixer

* Zoom HS6 recorder

* GarageBand (grudgingly)

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