Sequencer 3 destination in that sound is off because it allows only positive
modulation amounts. A negative mod amount is however routed via the
modulation matrix.
The first 3 quarter notes of the sequence (C, Eb, F) consist of four 1/16th
steps each. If you look at the pitch sequence (Seq2), you'll see, that the
pitch is not constant for all four steps. For the 2nd note for example it's
Eb for the first two 1/16th steps, then rises to E for the next step and
then gets down to C for the last step. The last step is responsible for the
grace note. Because that step is off, you won't hear it as a new note, the
sound in the release stage will just step down in pitch what makes the
impression of a grace note.
You must simply make sure, that amp and filter envelopes are long enough to
make the notes audible for all 4 steps of the quarter note. Because only the
first step of each note is on, but steps 2,3,4 (or 6,7,8/10,11,12) are off,
it's mainly the release times that count.
Good luck ;)
Stefan
----- Original Message -----
From: "wasteking1" <wasteking1@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:24 PM
Subject: [DSI Synths] Re: DSI sequencer irregularities
thanks for checking into it... i hadnt connected the mod matrix to seq 3 ,
and it did certainly add release time even though suprisingly that seq was
set to 'off'. However , it still did not make it less 'straight' and more
funky. im still baffled by the phantom grace notes that me and my band
insists are there despite it not showing in the step sequencer. i will try
at it again, but both synths pattern
is ---1note-2rest-3rest-4rest-5note-6rest-7rest-8rest
9note-10rest -11note -12rest-13 note -14note -15note- 16rest-
yet i hear a double note around # 9/10 and 16/1 that makes it sound
funkier. i have tried adding a note of another pitch on 10 and 16 which
helps , but again its very straight, and doesnt swing like the original, and
setting the pattern 16swing does NOT do it.
--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trippler" <doct@...> wrote:
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> If it's really the fusion bass preset: this one has pretty long release
> times of all envelopes, but only in sequencer mode.
> The envelope release times are pretty short in normal mode to make the
> sound
> playable by the keyboard, but as soon as the sequencer is switched on, one
> line of the sequencer has a full negative amount on all envelope release
> times via the mod matrix, thus making them much longer than in keyboard
> mode. Maybe you forgot that in the PEK sequence.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wasteking1" <wasteking1@...>
> To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 5:31 PM
> Subject: [DSI Synths] DSI sequencer irregularities
>
>
> I was trying to duplicate a Prophet08 patch on my PEK, while i got a
> diffrent but useable sound using the 2 analog oscillators , i tried to
> duplicate the sequence--it seemed that a single 16 step sequence in
> straight 16ths would be simple-- notes and rests , but some how the
> Prophet
> plays the same sequence step program with a couple added audible
> 'grace
> ' notes that make it sound wonderfully funkier ,a bit syncopated ,But the
> PEK is all straight and looses that funkieness. is there any good
> explaination? the pattern is the same . the extra notes seem around the 8
> and 16 steps. The basic sound isnt long or complex. im pretty sure the
> Prophet pattern was a factory program,(fusion bass?) but i may have
> altered
> it by now.
>
