SergeModular

>I had this 4-note chord progression in my head for quite a while. Then
>a friend asked me for a piece done with my Serge Animal and [TKB].
>So...
>
>- I wanted to use the [TKB] pressure for articulation.
>- But as I don't have a MIDI-to-CV converter (why not?), all notes had
>to be played on the [TKB].
>- I used [TKB] row A to set the note pitches that were to be played.
>- So all different notes needed for the 4-voice chords had to fit into
>row A of the [TKB].
>- But as there were too many notes, they did not all fit, so I had to
>divide the whole thing into three sections, each with its own set of
>notes.
>- So first came bars 1 to 8, then 9 to 12, finally 13 to 17.
>- In each section I started recording with the top voice, then the next
>one etc.
>- For each voice in each section I adjusted the remaining [TKB] row B,
>C and D parameters (Waveshape, Cutoff, Resonance), as well as the SND
>filter bank, to get some timbral variations for each voice, and
>different sounding sections.
>
>I found the [TKB] pressure rather hard to control, the response
>felt...well...somewhat linear to me, and due to the FM feedback nature
>of the patch, some note's pitches changed according to the loudness of
>the patch, which added an another challenge. But I was so curious how
>everything would sound together, that I recorded each voice in each
>section in one or two passes, without rehearsal. And to add a little
>element of surprise for myself, I did not monitor the voices I recorded
>before. Every voice of every pass was played solo.
>
>
>
>For more details, here's the patch:
>
>[NTO] Variable Wave into [VCM] Waveshaper 2.
>NTO] Sawtooth into [VCM] Waveshaper 3.
>[VCM] Waveshaper 2 and 3 via [AMX] into [VCFX] In.
>[VCFX] Lowpass into [UAP].
>[UAP] into SND FB-14 filterbank (see http://www.s-n-d.com/fb14e.html)
>SND FB-14 via MotU 828 into Emagic Logic.
>Used Emagic's Space Designer as bus reverb in Logic.
>
>[PCO] Sine modulates [NTO] frequency.
>[PCO] Sine modulates [SMOOTH GENERATOR, patched as triangle oscillator]
>frequency.
>[SMOOTH GENERATOR, patched as triangle oscillator] modulates [PCO]
>frequency.
>
>[VCM] Waveshaper 2 into [NTO] FM Input.
>
>[TKB] Pressure modulates [UAP] volume, [VCFX] cutoff frequency, [VCM]
>Waveshaper 1 and 2.
>[TKB] row A controls [NTO] pitch.
>[TKB] row B controls [NTO] Variable Wave Shape.
>[TKB] row C controls [VCFX] cutoff frequency.
>[TKB] row D controls [VCFX] resonance.

Really very impressive both from a compositional point of view as well as timbral complexity and variation. Well done!

Andrew