Doepfer

hi list,
thanks duff, very interesting use of the a113!!!i have
one but i have never tried something like it...
bakis.

--- duffnuff <duffnuff@hotmail.com> wrote:
> <jmaddocks1975@y...> wrote:
> > Also the Subharmonic Osc. sounds very interesting,
> anyone 
> used one?
> 
> i'll take a minute to comment on the a113..
> 
> it's an interesting module in that it allows you to
> play 'chords' of 
> just about any musical or dissonant context, all
> from a single 
> square wave Osc signal, and allows you to store
> 'mixturs' in 
> banks which can be recalled on the fly using
> footswitches or 
> other gate signals for changing 'chords' as you
> play.  this is 
> described in detail on the doepfer site and it works
> as expected 
> in this capacity, many rich tones are to be had.  if
> you're looking 
> for subharmonics in a 'dope bass' sorta way, this
> won't do it, (the 
> a113 only processes square waves and in turn outputs
> sawtooth 
> waves) so for the super deep 'subharmonic' bass
> you're better 
> off w a self oscillating LP filter or sine wave Osc.
> 
> and for those of you who remember my moaning about
> the lack 
> of an odd-factor clock divider a while back...
> 
> i have to say the most note-worthy dicovery i've
> made recently is 
> using the a113 as a clock divider.  this is very
> cool for dividing a 
> clock pulse by odd factors of 3, 5, 6, 7, etc...even
> better when 
> different divisions are mixed via 138.  try this w
> dynamic mixing 
> within the 138 for bringing polyrhythmic elements in
> and out.  
> as you may know,  most conventional clock dividers
> only divide 
> by factors of 2, 4, 8, 16, etc., so what makes the
> a113 extra 
> special in this regard is not only the odd division
> capability but 
> the fact that there are 4 of them available
> simultaneously w an 
> indiv output per divider.  as you can imagine, this
> can pull some 
> downright naughty rhythms out of the a155. (and we
> all know 
> what sawtooths do to the a155)  but if you prefer
> less 
> randomness step-wise, run the a113's sawtooth output
> through 
> a signal modifier such as a160 seq or a162 trig
> delay (both 
> settings at zero) and it straightens it back into a
> 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 
> trig signal, giving you an honest, odd but ordered
> division rather 
> than having the a155 jump steps all over the place (
> but in time) 
> from the sawtooth.  try it both ways!  
> 
> so overall i'd say the a113 a very unique module w
> many 
> interesting applications that would require very
> complicated 
> patching otherwise..conventional? no.  fun?  yes.  i
> think it's 
> great.
> 
> -duff
> 
> 


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athens-greece
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