Hi guys
Would you say I have a good balance of sound sources, modulation, and utilities in this case, or do you feel that the setup is still lacking in coherence?
I’d like to use this case for both techno and ambient.
Is my Case oversounded?
Seems fine to me. I guess only you can decide if you are missing sounds. (dedicated) Hihats maybe for techno?
Or I guess Dixie is very similar in sounds to the Atlantix. Maybe a different flavour of sound source will be good. ALM Cizzle, Intellijel Shapeshifter, Erica Black Wavetable VCO, many others are available. Anything wavetable, FM, digital, samples(?) gives you more sounds to play with.
Thanks very much stefvanriet
What do you think, if i buy instead of an atlantix (full synth voice) another VCO or shapshifter, should i buy with it a separet filter and adsr?
or would you say, i should keep atlantix and i kick out dixie and buy another vco?
regards NoSky
should keep atlantix and i kick out dixie and buy another vco?
I think the Atlantix will be great for your system because it has a lot of possibilities that you otherwise don't have:
- Through-zero FM with set ratios
- Bandpass
- ADSR
- Sample and hold
- Noise
Never underestimate simple noise. It makes your filters sound gritty, introduced instabilities, and noise+a/d envelope+vca=rudimentary hihat. Sample and hold introduces stepped random anywhere in the system. I would say that both are necessary building blocks, useful in any system.
Shapeshifter is a really good sound source and would suit techno and ambient patches.
another VCO or shapshifter, should i buy with it a separet filter and adsr
I feel that you need at least one filter per VCO. Often the filter adds more flavour to the sound than even the oscillator itself. Even in your current setup, I would prefer one more filter. You may want to filter an effect, the Basimilus, etc. I have two VCO in my own system and four filters.
An ADSR is great if you will be playing on a keyboard. If you are only using the sequencer, Maths can make an ASR. You have enough envelopes with the four AD from Quart and the two AD/ASR from Maths.
So without the Atlantix I would go for : VCO, 2 filters, ADSR only if keyboard, some kind of noise/S&H source like Noise Tools 1U Intellijel.
I would sacrifice the ochd and put a Synthrotek MST '07 Buffered Multiple next to the Pam's
to set up a common clock and start/stop/reset with the drums, and sequencer, and the rest.
There's lots of function generation and audio processing there,
but it needs maybe two more voices for them to chew on and wobble.
You have four drum voices and they would benefit from a 4 channel stereo sub mix.
Maybe pair that stereo mixer with your MFX, placed next in the chain.
That's an interesting and versitle set of modules.
here's my edit:
It's a tough layout with so many larger modules.
I dropped Maths, it's so big and you've maybe got some Pam's EGs that can kinda do some of that.
It's the earlier Pam's and I don't know it. But yeah, you could use some envelopes now.
I kept the osc and utilitiy function generators bunched in the upper left
and to get some modules closer to each other. The upper left looks nice, a complete interesting sparkle voice.
The addition, a Monumatic gives you wide stereo polyphonic variety and washes to feed those fancy fx.
I moved the sequencer over there because that's where the action is with marbles, midi, and clocks.
Not ideal, but better, and moves the intellijel voicing closer to the mixer and the mults above it.
The bottom row is clock, drums, submix, fx, and mixer. I chose the Doepfer A-138s mixer. Good as anything.
I'd like to hear that row.
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