Kastle Duo Patch and Short Jam

This video shows a nice Kastle 1.5 + Kastle Drum patch. Audio is being collected out of the Bastl Instruments Dude mixer and then sent out the Korg NTS-1 for some reverb. Patch details are given below. Also, at the start of the video I give a quick update re: the next main video (about the Korg NTS-2 Oscilloscope). I wasn't really planning this Kastle video but I thought the patch I was working on turned out nice: too long for a Short, not really enough to it for a walkthrough of the patch or a tutorial, it doesn't really fit as a Delta Waves video, but I still wanted to share the sounds of the original video that I captured. Thanks a lot for watching!

PATCH NOTES:

AUDIO: KD Main Out to Dude In 1. K1.5 Main Out to Dude In 2. Dude Out to NTS1 Audio In. NTS-1 set to Plate Reverb. NTS-1 Out to the recorder.

KASTLE 1.5: stepped-pitchMod, squareLFO-timbreMod, triLFO-Waveshape, PLUS-bitIN

KASTLE DRUM: pattern-drumMod, pattern-pitchMod, LFO-CLK_IN(!?), CLK-trigIn, PLUS-feed, Noises-Drums,

CROSSOVER: CLK(drum)-lfoRst(1.5), pattern(drum)-waveshape(1.5),

note: knob settings given as a time (hhmm), with the knob indicator set as if it is the hour hand of a 12-hour analog clock at the given time.

DRUM KNOBS: drumMod(0300), pitchMod(1200), tempoMod(minimum), decay(0130), drum(0900), pitch(minimum), tempo(1130-1145 or whatever seems right),

1.5 KNOBS: pitchMod(1000), timbreMod(0900), rateMod(minimum), waveshape(minimum), pitch(0800-0830, going up to max and back can be a sort of riser/drop), timbre(0900, higher for more metallic/fm sounds, lower for ?/hard to describe), rate(1200, but a main parameter to change in this. when it's lower there are some nice slower surges, higher starts to get into sort of dubstep wobble-bass sounds... the main sound I'm referring to in the video, a sort of harmonic/formant/sample-and-hold-filter sound - even though the Kastle 1.5 has no filter - happens at a setting around 1100)


TIMELINE

00:00 CHANNEL STINGER

NOTE: R.I.P. Kokonut the goldfish. 5+ years. He was the last of the fish, so the tank is gone now. I've never been a 'fish guy' (my dad and my brother are), but I did it anyway. It was a good experience, and they have always been a part of the Undulations theme of waves and water. The original tank roster was: Kokonut, Gary, Z3, Biggie, and Smalls.

00:10 INTRO

Short discussion about the next video and the Kastle duo patch that I show.

04:03 Kastle 1.5 + Kastle Drum Jam

My favorite part is the last 45 seconds or so. I think the musicality of this patch can be extended by trying to lump all of the melodic lines into one of the little sequencers, i.e. use stepped to run the drum pattern too and use the other 1.5 LFO's to take over for the Drum clock and LFO. This could free up the Drum's clock, LFO, and pattern to run at a slower tempo, perhaps leading to something like some chord changes in a longer song.