Sunday Ambient #42

Happy Sunday! Today I have a somewhat somber sounding tune for you. It kind of meanders around between the Moog Mother 32 and Subharmonicon. Each synth does its own thing. It can be a bit difficult to combine the Subharmonicon with other instruments. It tends to have a mind of its own! I liked some of the bell like sounds that I got from it in this session. It adds a haunting vibe, at least to me. Get your headphones on and enjoy. Patch Notes Voices: Mother 32 and Subharmonicon The Subharmonicon is clocked by a couple of independently running LFO square waves that are combined through a logic module. This provides a clocked source with some variability in the rhythm. Mother 32 is free running its own sequence, with lots of modulation going on. The whole thing comes together as a generative sounding piece. * A-145-4 (square) -> LB5 A * A-145-4 (square) -> LB5 B * LB5 XOR -> SH CLOCK * SH TRIGGER -> ENTROPY HOLD * EOWAVE (stepped LFO) -> MISO -> ENTROPY IN * ENTROPY OUT -> SH VCO 1 * CHAOS X -> MISO -> EG CV * CHAOS Y -> MISO -> M32 LFO RATE * M32 GATE -> EG TRIG * EG OUT -> A-132 CV * M32 VCO PULSE -> A-132 SIG IN * A-132 SIG OUT -> M32 EXT AUDIO * M32 EG -> M32 MIX 2 (with attenuator cable) * M32 LFO TRI -> M32 VC MIX CTRL * M32 VC MIX -> M32 VCF CUTOFF The Tools All my current 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