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Hi David -

Thanks for all you've said!  I couldn't be happier that you dug it.

The process was actually very simple, as are the voices.  All the 
voices are the same patch with slight knob tweaks for each one.  The 
basic patch consists of 3 VCOs (2x300, 1x310). One 300 SQR out, one 
300 SAW OUT, and the 310 SHAPE knob half way.  All outs go to a 420, 
the out of the 420 to a 190.  One 800 mods the 420 and one mods the 
190.  Very straightforward VCo->Filter->VCA patch.  Tweaks to the 
ATTACK knobs on the 800s and the FREQ knob of the filter were made 
for each voice.

It's an old synthesist's trick: combine a simple voice into a more 
complex whole.

The music itself is even simpler. The whole peice is a single 16 
step sequence.  I used Seq-303 software from (now-defunct) Techno 
Toys to generate the sequence and a Kenton Pro Slo to drive the 
resulting MIDI into CV for the MOTM.  The bass part is played in 
quarter notes, the two baritone parts in 8ths and 3 high parts in 
sixteenths.  Some parts went through the sequence forwards, some 
backwards, and some back and forth.

It's an old composer's trick: take a simple motif and combine it in 
various ways.

As to recording, each track was played and recorded separately 
(there are six tracks, or voices).  The OUT of the synth went 
directly to my board which is connected to my PC via FireWire.  The 
original recording and mixdown was done at 48 KHz 24 bits.  It was 
recorded using Cool Edit Pro 2 (now Adobe Audition).  The only 
effect is a slight amount of reverb applied by Izotope's Ozone at 
mix down, and some slight EQ and compression.

That's it!

Mike


--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Garfield" <daveogarf@y...> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Ok, gotta' know... HOW'D ya' DO It??  I mean, what kind of 
voicings, 
> melody selection, MIDI-ing, recording, effects, etc.  Please, 
> please, please??  <Drool>
> 
> Gotta' level with you -- When I listen to this piece, it's like 
> champagne bubbles popping ('cause I can't spell 'effervescing') in 
> my head! :-D  (Ok, so I have synesthesia).  But, yeah!  It's 
> joyous/happy/celebratory/complex/church bells-y/canon-y...  YESSS!
> 
> Again, THANKS for the swell present!  I'm diggin' a LOT of your 
> stuff these days.  (I'm sorry I didn't get you anything -- Divorce 
> and lean end-of-year-ness, don'cha'know...)
> 
>    Your MOTM Demo Admirer,
>    Dave Garfield, now from Boulder, CO
>    (It's fortified, and Good for you!) ;->
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