I like the dynamic range of this Estate, its clumsy groove and the room sound!

i like this melodic bassline, so musical! and the beat is really chill, nice

This track developed from a demo of the Intellijel Rubicon - what started out as a simple little patch demo soon morphed into something resembling a "proper tune". 
For those of you interested in hearing the Rubicon parts more clearly, a "Synths Only" version can be found here: http://matttechmodulardemos.bandcamp.com/track/rubicon-demo-02-synths-only
Various other Rubicon demos can be found here: 
http://matttechmodulardemos.bandcamp.com/album/intellijel-rubicon

The aim of the original demo recording was to try out some more imaginative patching, with an emphasis on Osc Sync sounds and FM. 


Patch Details:

Initial Patch

1 - A Dixie bassline is sequenced in Silent Way. Saw and Sine outs are used to provide two different Sub Bass recordings - Saw at start, Sine for rest of track. 
2 - The Dixie's Square output sent to Rubicon Hard Sync input
3 - A randomly clocked Moskwa sequence is sent - via Maths slew limiter - into the Rubicon's 1v/oct input. The Rubicon's Sine and Double Saw outputs are used, synced to Dixie bassline. 
4 - The Rubicon's outputs are sent out via a VCA, which is controlled by cycling PEG envelope. The PEG envelope is modulated by a149-1 random source, producing erratic rhythms.

As the track progresses, TZFM is brought in. The patch is fairly complex, but I'll do my best to explain it!

1 - A Makenoise DPO is used as the FM source. OscB is sequenced to the bassline, with OscA synced to OscB internally. 
2 - Various controls are then manipulated on the DPO during the recording, with OscA initially set to Follow OscB, but then gradually this is removed, and OscA is instead Exponentially FM'd by OscB. 
3 - Finally the same Moskwa sequence that is producing the higher Rubicon part is used to control the pitch of the DPO's synced OscA. So basically, the DPO is FM-ing the Rubicon, but the DPO itself is undergoing various Sync and modulation procedures. This keeps the whole patch from becoming too random and dissonant. 
4 - On the Rubicon, the TZFM is being indexed by a random output from the a149-1, sent through a slew limiter.
5 - Towards the end, the Symmetry is manipulated manually.


Production Notes: 

Audio Damage Vapor (chorus) used on Sine Sub and main Rubicon parts. 
Various volume and FX automation is applied (mainly reverb and delay sends). 
EQ and compression applied to both Rubicon and Dixie parts, with some mild saturation used. 
Multiband Limiting applied to main Rubicon part, and Exciter applied to Dixie sub to bring out mid-range frequencies before hitting the chorus. 


Sink Estate

2 Track live. I boiled my system down to 1 6u case to play with a Qunexus.  Besides a little reverb, all the ambience is provided by the Wow and Flutter, which is on the "lead".  The envelope follower seems to push the delays slower into nearly inaudible range while the line is playing and then springs back in the gaps. Also, the WET output feeds an LPG to create the "tuned percussion".  The lead line itself is e350 played through an SOB.  Qunexus pitch straight into the 1v/oct, gate into the SOB vactrol input.
I used the PTG to "pluck" the Verbos filter (verbos vactrol response very fast by itself) The extra control and life the PTG brings makes me wish SSF would just make a damn LPG. Pressure points/brains combo plays with the snare pitch and fm amount. SSF mix mode saturation is all over the place..the Verbos also saturates nice too.

Clock - Noisering
Triggers - Triggerman
HiHats - TipTop808
Low end - Subcon M15 Fm'd by the morph output of 2nd M15 through Verbos amplitude and tone controller.  
Snare/Rim - subcon m37 fm'd a bit, optomix.
Tuned Percussion - WET output of Wow and Flutter through optomix. 
Main Line - e350 morphed by slew'd Noisering.  Filtered by SOB. Run through Wow and Flutter.

Disarray

Muskrat Audio Demo

All sounds in this simple track were made with my modular synthesizer. Recorded to Cubase, eq, compression, reverbs and delays added. All done within an afternoon. The purpose was to explore the possibilities of my diy modular, which is about 30 percent done...

Modular track 00

Harvestman Hertz Donut exploration.  Mainly subtle sounds from FM, waveshaping, ringmod and phase mod (via tracking).  
Rene-Maths-Dual Borg-A199-Dual Delay

Hertz Donut MKii

Eurorack Module Demos:
http://matttechmodulardemos.bandcamp.com/
Eurorack Patches & Jams:
http://matttechoffcuts.bandcamp.com/music
Non-Modular Tracks & Ideas (as Blue Light Fever):
https://soundcloud.com/blue-light-fever
Commercial Releases (as Blue Light Fever):
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/blue-light-fever/56544605
https://www.discogs.com/artist/124042-Blue-Light-Fever

Sink Estate

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