FIRST PRODUCTION MATTSON MINI MODULAR DEMO NUMBER THREE

Here is demo number three. In this one I wanted to show the sound of the filter and oscillators.

The filter's LP and HP outs are taken and then stereo spread using two VCAs. I have three oscillators tuned at intervals and I'm using an EG to sweep the filter and VCAs.

A jupiter 6 shows up, but its only used as a MIDI controller.

The drums are the same kit used in the other two demos and are sequenced on an MPC-1000. A note, I'm not using any filtering or processing (other than setting the start/end points) on the samples. They are dry and are directly from the MMM. On this tune I only used the stereo pan effect on the knitting needle sound.

The background and towards the middle you'll hear filter frequency modulation coming in and then fading out. I'm using one oscillator and running it into the filter's modulation input and then recording on the LP output of the filter.

There are two small melodies - one uses two saw tooths and the other uses a single saw with filter modulation by an LFO.

The video footage is just me being silly, sorry. (yootoob requires visuals, which is why demo two is on vimeo only)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• MMM
• MODULAR SYNTHESIZER
• ANALOGUE
• SOUND TRACK
• SEVERED HEADS

[redmartian]

I should also note that this 'SSM' is implemented in more discrete components than the SSM.

[redmartian]

Its basically the SSM2040 with all modes available out at once via separate jacks for LP, HP and BP. I think this is the biggest advantage to the filter, other than sounding as great as it does, in that most implementations just use a switch to get the different modes or only offer LP. The filter is resonant in all modes. You can get some really nice stereo effects by using the LP and HP with a sweep. The filter easy could sell like hotcakes by itself.

[soundxplorer]

In this demo, the filter sounds a lot like an Octave CAT/Kitten with audio-rate modulation. Those had an SSM2040 chip. Is that what this filter is modeled after? Anyway, I really like the sound of the MMM as a whole. Nice work!