TECH NOTES: A cross fade between two oscillators in 'MorphZ+Sub Mode' processed with the E520's Shimmer Reverb. 

This mode enables a secondary sub-oscillator, here a saw wave, to be set to one octave below a slowly modulated primary morphing waveform. A second modulator blends the mix of both, back and forth. 

Used the voice copy option in [Voice Settings] to clone osc1 to osc2, the clone being set one octave below the original. Slaved the XY movements of osc2 to respond to the inputs of osc1 also. These two voices slowly crossfade with a 2 phase-separated channels of the PEG controlling the 2 channels of an Optomix. 

The result is fed into a E520 Shimmer Reverb patch where an slow internal LFO (@ 1 BPM) modulates the Reverb Time parameter.

E370 / E520 MorphZ+Sub Thru Shimmer Reverb

a little demo showing processing drums through Cylonix/Intellijel Shapeshifter module

drums are from MachineDrum
Shapeshifter in vocoder/chord modes, some modulation added from ADDAC Filterbank envelope followers
additionally playing with morph control
the pitch input on Shapeshifter is not used, all pitch changes are from modulation / morphing

first part is dry signal directly from Shapeshifter with no additional processing, then I add analog BBD delay at around 2:47 and the MachineDrum track at the end

drum processing through shapeshifter [modular demo]

This is a mess of stuff running through a FoH Plague bearer with a lot of CV and feedback going on.  Its a complete mess

Flight of Harmony Plague Bearer Demo

Four transformed elements then a complete track, "After the Flood"

1. 'Resampled Reverb': Crystal - E370 square wave chord, woggling resample parm
2. plain saw wave thru 'Spectral Sweep' - makes a nice background layer
3. kik pattern used in track sent thru 'SeqWah' bandpass, high filter Rez for texture
4. chord sequence from E370 also via 'SeqWah' & then extreme high pass filter

complete track here: https://soundcloud.com/fastus/after-the-flood

4 Transforms & A Track (E520)

Just Friends Harmonic Oscillator Test

Just a quick demo of the "Divine CMOS" module by Non Linear Circuits.

NLC Divine CMOS demo

First impressions working with the sonically irrestible module includes:
- as stand alone sound source
- adding variety & interest to ostinato (a musical pattern)
- snarl to harmonically rich bass-line (saw wave)
- character to high sine wave

Xaoc - Kamieniec

More info: http://navsmodularlab.blogspot.com/2009/07/doepfer-156-dual-quantizer-demo.html

Doepfer A-156 Quantizer Demo

First section is an multi-track ensemble of parts generated thru Linear FM -  second section presents one shots, without EQ/REVERB/ FX (with one exception), so you can hear the various independent timbres - third section adds a couple of parts to complete. All sounds generated with the E300

One-shots @1:20: patch notes (best recollection): 

[1] Long low FM expansion (1 dry/ 1 wet) The Xaoc Zadar is an excellent companion for FM work - I used one channel to create a long volume envelope of rises & plateaus, and a second matched length channel to intensify the modulator input (an E370 sine) over time. Also used a VPME T43 precision adder/transposer to manually switch the modulator pitch by various octaves while the note was playing.

[2] High pitched texture - One octave higher E370 sine linear FM mods a E300 C3 plus a crazed high speed self-cycle Math SUMS waveform into E300 1v (a kind of backdoor EXP-FM addition) 

[3] High tremolo bird voice - Used the E300's sub output (-2oct), induced tremolo via VCA & wave folded, before patching back to E300 FM1

[4] Bass ostinato - a pattern of seven pitches on the Rene with accents - using a Doepfer Precision Adder to change the E370 square wave modulating an E300 triangle wave

[5] Treble E300 long FM - like the first one-shot, but E300 is high, again switching T43 to change the modulator's pitch as the note progressed

[6] Forrest animal - again using the SUB output routed via VCA to the FM input A slow self-cycle maths adjusts the VCA attenuator, giving it that eccentric rolling pitch.

Synthesis Technology E300 Ultra VCO Linear FM Hijinx

0:00 Intro: Shimmer Reverb
0:33 Spectral Done + Shimmer Reverb (2 separate tracks)
1:39 Spectral Delay + Pitch
2:23 Frequency Shifter: Ring Modulator
3:45 Deflector Shield
sound source:  Synthesis Technology E370

E520 Hyperion Stereo Processor - First Impressions

Patches, pieces and modular demos from navs.modular.lab

Please visit my Bandcamp page for more sounds or come to a Basic Electricity concert in Berlin. 

Gerenerative eurorack modular synthesizer compositions. All tracks are recorded live in one take.

If I could tell you what NoiseTheorem is, I would, but I can’t.  I can tell you that it is an ever changing reflection of myself and my journey through life and through music. As such, it combines tastes of everything that I love be it Ambient, Industrial, synth pop or experimental noise.  NoiseTheorem is me.  I hope you enjoy listening as much as I do creating.

These are modular sketches & demos. Full sized/complete pieces on my Fastus page.

Thrilled to announce the new Fastus release - "Into the Light" -DL or physical media! [see link below]

i write music and code that writes music. all tracks with a very few exceptions are under CC license and downloadable, so remixes / overdubs / collaborations are always encouraged.

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