Sunday Ambient #41

It’s Sunday - time to kick out a happy jam. This is a peppy little tune that largely utilizes the Moog Subharmonicon. That synth is becoming kind of a love/hate thing with me. It can be really frustrating to get something just right with it. I feel like it’s more a matter of taming it than playing it. Maybe that’s just me. I did get something I liked one evening and here it is. Headphones on and enjoy! Patch Notes Voices: Grandmother (GM), Subharmonicon (SH), DFAM * Grandmother runs an Arp sequence * Subharmonicon does its polyrhythm sequence thing * DFAM rhythm controlled by a Korg SQ-1 * Effects: Eventide Ultratap & Blackhole * GM CLOCK -> SH CLOCK * SH CLOCK -> A-160-2 CLOCK * A-160-2 (/2) -> SQ-1 SYNC IN * SQ-1 GATE A -> DFAM ADV/CLOCK * DFAM VCF EG -> DFAM VCA CV * SH SEQ 2 -> SH RHYTHM 1 * CHAOS X -> MISO -> GM ENV AMT IN * CHAOS Y -> MISO -> SH CUTOFF * CHAOS Z -> MISO -> GM CUTOFF The Tools All my gear is below. Not everything is necessarily used for each recording. I record live to my HS6 recorder. I have a DAW-less setup, although I do use GarageBand for normalization and creating a shareable audio file. * Moog Grandmother * Moog Subharmonicon * Moog Mother 32 * Moog DFAM * Eurorack * Doepfer A-145-4 LFO * Doepfer A-160-2 Clock Divider * Doepfer A-151 Seq Switch * Doepfer A-132 VCA * Zlob Chaos * Zlob Entropy * Super Synthesis EG Envelope * Eowave Zone B.F. LFO * Xodes LB5 Logic * Tiptop Audio MISO * ZeroScope Oscilloscope * Zoom MS-70CDR Effects Pedal * Eventide Blackhole Reverb Pedal * Eventide Ultratap Delay Pedal * Mackie Mix8 mixer * Zoom HS6 recorder * GarageBand (grudgingly) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelconnell.substack.com