It’s Sunday and that means it’s time for some ambient jamming! Today’s tune is kind of upbeat with a structured “drum” track from the Moog DFAM. It’s fairly simple patch and sequence that came about from some late evening noodling. I love when something like this comes together with a little experimentation and I can sit back and relax with the results. Enjoy!

Bonus Track

Here’s a bonus track that slows the tempo a bit for an even more laid-back vibe.

Patch Notes

Voices: Mother 32 (M32), Grandmother (GM), DFAM

* GM CLOCK OUT -> M32 TEMPO

* M32 ASSIGN (CLOCK OUT) -> A-160-2 CLOCK IN

* A-160-2 (/2) -> DFAM ADV/CLOCK

* ENTROPY BROWN NOISE -> DFAM EXT AUDIO

* DFAM PITCH -> DFAM NOISE LEVEL

* DFAM VCF EG -> VCA CV

* CHAOS X -> MISO -> M32 VCF CUTOFF

* ZONE BF -> MISO -> GM CUTOFF IN

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 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 Pedal

* Eventide Blackhole Reverb Pedal

* Eventide Ultratap Delay Pedal

* Mackie Mix8 mixer

* Zoom HS6 recorder

* GarageBand (grudgingly)

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