Three By Three

When New York Modular Society invited me to participate in their 3 module challenge (make sure to tune in to   / newyorkmodularsociety   this Wednesday at 8.30 pm EDT!), my first thought was: "Can I string together a 'live set' of a series of three module patches that I patch up as I play?". However, the concept that NYMS has come up with is not quite that, so I've taken it upon myself to try this on my own.

Patch notes:
The overarching idea here is to make three 3 module patches and string them together in such a way that the next patch is ready to go as soon as the previous one is played out. To tie them together I'm using Mimeophon as one of the modules in every patch, which makes it possible to let echoes ring out across patches. I'm also "cheating" a tiny bit by using Optomix – which I'm not counting as one of the three modules – as a sort of cue mixer, just so that I can repatch the input to Mimeophon without physically unplugging the cable. With that I can actually build a new patch live without interrupting the signals.

Part 1: Stages, µScale, Mimeophon
One of Stages' segments (seg. 1) serve as the oscillator, and is played by a quantized S&H (seg. 6) sequence that samples its own output, only delayed by a CV delay segment (seg. 5). Wiggle the slider of the S&H segment to get it started with some random voltages, and then it will loop those voltages in steps! Segment 4 is an LFO that triggers the S&H and also clocks Mimeophon to make it play in time. Segment 2 is just used as an offset voltage into µScale's Shift input, making use of the scale shift feature to browse through different saved scales in a bank. Mimeophon makes it all sound nicer, and a final LFO from Stages' seg. 3 modulates µRate for a more "seasick" echo sound.

Part 2: Permutation, Tides, Mimeophon
Permutation is clocked by Mimeophon's trigger output, and thus makes a new step of its sequence for every delay repetition. However, one of Permutation's gate outputs are patched back to Mimeophon's "tap tempo" input, creating a sort of feedback loop which leads to a jittery rhythm.

Permutation's sequence output is patched to Tides' V/Oct input, and I'm using the internal quantizer that's part of the Parasite firmware to make musical intervals. Two more gate outputs from Permutation are fed to Tides' Slope and Smoothness, to create little rhythmical accents.

Part 3: Wogglebug, Plaits, Mimeophon
Plaits is in chord mode, creating slow chords that are looped by Mimeophon. The chords are triggered by Wogglebug's clock output, and the clock rate is modulated by the Woggle CV. With each trigger a Stepped random CV determines the chord selection via Plaits' Harmonics input.

The Smooth random CV modulates Mimeophon's µRate to give the repeats a chorus-y warble.

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