Stupid non-buchla-user question - I see that the 250e on the bottom is involved in generating the zawinulish line, but it seems like the notes change when it returns to certain steps - are you using a 222e or something off camera to coax that - or am I freaking out about notes changing and that thing is just that musical with the phrasing? Where are that line's rhythms coming from?
@brandonrsmith Thanks. There is nothing off screen. There may be a slight sound/vid sync issue. The timing is starting with the 281e (far left middle) top channel driving the top 250e. The bottom channel is subdividing the clock. You can see its LED firing irregularly. This signal goes to the 266e quantized section. The 266e output comes back to the bottom 250e to pick the stage. The 250e pulse out on stage select generates an envelope in the 255. Notes grouped together get more emphasis.
@boobtube356 oh! so the pendulum ratchet isn't the only show in town for doing clock division - and interesting ones at that?!
there is a cool non-equally tempered intonation going on with that line as well, is that just how you have the knobs set, or is there some other method achieving that?
@brandonrsmith You can set the 281e to some nonzero attack and it will act as a clock divider. I don't know why it was irregular in this case. It required very careful adjustment, but I hit it by luck. The uneven intonation is a result of using a slew to generate envelopes. The closer the triggers are, the more voltage gets built up in the slew. That's something the 255 gives you, which I think is a big deal. BTW the notes in the bottom 250e are all manually set up ahead of time.
YEAH. nice. out of this world
Sensenwerk 1 year ago
Really gorgeous.
Stupid non-buchla-user question - I see that the 250e on the bottom is involved in generating the zawinulish line, but it seems like the notes change when it returns to certain steps - are you using a 222e or something off camera to coax that - or am I freaking out about notes changing and that thing is just that musical with the phrasing? Where are that line's rhythms coming from?
brandonrsmith 1 year ago
@brandonrsmith Thanks. There is nothing off screen. There may be a slight sound/vid sync issue. The timing is starting with the 281e (far left middle) top channel driving the top 250e. The bottom channel is subdividing the clock. You can see its LED firing irregularly. This signal goes to the 266e quantized section. The 266e output comes back to the bottom 250e to pick the stage. The 250e pulse out on stage select generates an envelope in the 255. Notes grouped together get more emphasis.
boobtube356 1 year ago
@boobtube356 oh! so the pendulum ratchet isn't the only show in town for doing clock division - and interesting ones at that?!
there is a cool non-equally tempered intonation going on with that line as well, is that just how you have the knobs set, or is there some other method achieving that?
brandonrsmith 1 year ago
@brandonrsmith You can set the 281e to some nonzero attack and it will act as a clock divider. I don't know why it was irregular in this case. It required very careful adjustment, but I hit it by luck. The uneven intonation is a result of using a slew to generate envelopes. The closer the triggers are, the more voltage gets built up in the slew. That's something the 255 gives you, which I think is a big deal. BTW the notes in the bottom 250e are all manually set up ahead of time.
boobtube356 1 year ago
@boobtube356 ok thanks. one more question and I'll stop harassing you! Which oscillators are we hearing?
brandonrsmith 1 year ago
@brandonrsmith No hassle. This is a pair of 259e's. The percussion is one of the 266e noise sources.
boobtube356 1 year ago
it's amazing what a few wires can do1
vividvectors 1 year ago
aweasome track good programming
keesvangelis 1 year ago
ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!1
AugZF 1 year ago