Quatschmacher

My session creating FM sounds last night was inspired by my having talked @dodge_bass through the features of the pedal for a couple of hours earlier in the week and encountering something which puzzled me. This isn’t documented in the manual under the FM section but I’ve finally figured out what happens with the envelopes in the FM implementation. I had previously thought that whatever envelope was selected to control the modulator oscillator’s volume was what controlled the FM amount in the carrier oscillator. This is not the case. It actually looks like the two envelopes are hard-routed so that Sine 1’s FM amount (from either Sine 2 or the input signal) is always controlled by envelope 1. Similarly Sine 2’s FM amount (from either Sine 1 or the input signal) is always controlled by envelope 2. I’ve emailed Jesse and Niko to confirm and ask them to add the info to the manual. Having grasped that, I’ve found some more cool stuff one can do by manipulating both envelope shapes and FM amounts and I’ve got some ideas of things to do using the dual processors with FM now which I’m going to work on today. I also worked out the other day that the pitch modulation of the oscillators (via the detune knob and accompanying “modulate” button) is also hard-routed. (I previously thought it was set by the the same drop down that selects which LFO controls the tremolo for a given voice as it’s right next to that control in the editor; I was wrong!) The pitch modulation of oscillator 1 (i.e. saw 1, square 1, sine 1) and polyphonic pitch 1 is always controlled by LFO 1. Likewise, the pitch modulation of oscillator 2 (i.e. saw 2, square 2, sine 2) and polyphonic pitch 2 is always controlled by LFO 2. The above means that if you want to apply equal-speed pitch modulation to two oscillators which have the same wave shape, then you need to ensure that the LFO1/2 ratio is set at 1:1. However, this new discovery opens up some interesting possibilities. I might also be able to use this knowledge to improve some things I was dissatisfied with in a few of my older patches. I made Jesse and Niko aware of this too and it will be added to the manual.

Just posted 10 gnarly FM basses: https://neuro.sourceaudio.net/user/quatschmacher

Won’t be long before beta testing starts now! https://www.instagram.com/p/CHihuCiHIP2/?hl=en There’s a photo of the pedal and two clips with editor screen shots. They have included an envelope!

Update:

Possibly good news:

I did have a Fat Fuzz Factory for a bit but was a bit short on cash (sold it to @Slug Ice if I recall correctly) and had my Mastotron which was giving more immediately useable results. The FFF did indeed have some crazy sounds and there was a lot of variation with just small knob tweaks so it took a bit more work. Having presets would go a long way to improving the experience.

Would it help to run a buffered pedal either before your loop unit or immediately before the Phase 90?

Well, this came and went before I had chance get one. Was limited to 1000 units and sold out within an hour. Joel has been canvassing opinion on Facebook as to whether he should do a second run (spoiler alert: the majority think he should. I’m guessing the people against it are the scalpers who bought up the pedals to flip at inflated prices). https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.guitarworld.com/amp/news/pedal-giants-unite-with-the-launch-of-the-chase-bliss-audio-x-zvex-bliss-factory-and-earthquaker-x-death-by-audio-time-shadows

Posted some new patches today, some freely, some on my Patreon.

An interesting fact is that Andras Szalay of Panda (Future Impact) was involved in the development of the EWI. This is probably what you were thinking of: http://www.softwind.com/synthophone.html

That’s paraphrasing something Louis Armstrong said.

@Al Krow has some Rockboard Flax MIDI cables for sale and these can be angled up or down. Or these: Hosa MID-303RR 3ft Right Angle 5... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FC4ZAHM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share The above one has the two plugs angled oppositely. They do a version where both are the same orientation too I think. And Rockboard also make non-adjustable angled MIDI cables.

Let’s hope they one day resume.

Cheers @Al Krow, I was only kidding but really appreciate the gesture. Thanks very much for the funds!

C4 is totally usable, but not able to nail the exact envelope shape like the FI can.

https://www.paypal.me/peterkenney Be my guest!

I tweaked the C4 patch as I wasn’t happy with it. So the isolated version isn’t the same as the one heard in the clip yesterday. That had a bit too much high end and too slow an attack.

It's pretty easy to be honest, F#m Aeolian for the most part.

I should start charging! FI: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jt_LjcAt88wTzkV-9vZvZ0XW36uctWoT/view?usp=sharing C4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_saF0FjZq5WiqlIWwBpxx4IzfpeotcCc/view?usp=sharing

I'll have to redo it then as I deleted the Ableton files.

I didn't, it's just so close you can't tell it apart. If you listen closely, you can hear both.