It’s Sunday - time to kick out a happy jam. This is a peppy little tune that largely utilizes the Moog Subharmonicon. That synth is becoming kind of a love/hate thing with me. It can be really frustrating to get something just right with it. I feel like it’s more a matter of taming it than playing it. Maybe that’s just me. I did get something I liked one evening and here it is. Headphones on and enjoy!

Patch Notes

Voices: Grandmother (GM), Subharmonicon (SH), DFAM

* Grandmother runs an Arp sequence

* Subharmonicon does its polyrhythm sequence thing

* DFAM rhythm controlled by a Korg SQ-1

* Effects: Eventide Ultratap & Blackhole

* GM CLOCK -> SH CLOCK

* SH CLOCK -> A-160-2 CLOCK

* A-160-2 (/2) -> SQ-1 SYNC IN

* SQ-1 GATE A -> DFAM ADV/CLOCK

* DFAM VCF EG -> DFAM VCA CV

* SH SEQ 2 -> SH RHYTHM 1

* CHAOS X -> MISO -> GM ENV AMT IN

* CHAOS Y -> MISO -> SH CUTOFF

* CHAOS Z -> MISO -> GM CUTOFF

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

* ZeroScope Oscilloscope

* 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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