Doepfer

This is a quick demo of a prototype of the Quad Multi-Mode Gates.

Only the Doepfer monster case was used, everything is just blinking alluringly, attempting to distract you (worked on me!).

• Doepfer A-155 randomly sequencing a Livewire AFG sine,
• Doepfer A-147 square wave clocking Doepfer A-149-1/2,
• Doepfer A-149-2 random gates triggering QMMG CV triggers and CV resonance in no particular order,
• QMMG master out lightly treated with Doepfer A-199 spring rev & Doepfer A-188-1Y (256) (CV2 modded with A-149-1) 

This is a prototype QMMG, and the patch uses 2 of the 4 modes.

Here’s the details on the QMMG: Read more…

This video, Where Are You?, captures Stretta (Matthew Davidson) playing a French Connection controller against a looping phrase. If you listen carefully to the phrase, the pulses change slightly throughout the composition. 

The French Connection is controlling a small collection of modules including a Cwejman VCO-RM2, MMF1, Plan B model 11 and Doepfer VCA. The left hand joystick is controlling various parameters including the frequency of the slave osc of the VCO which is also frequency modulating one of the filters.

Besides being a lovely piece, this is the most musical use I’ve seen of the very cool French Connection, which offers the discrete phrasing of a keyboard, along with the more vocal phrasing of a continuously pitched controller.

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There’s a related remix context you may want to check out, too.

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Bakis Sirros, above in his studio, is a synthesis and composer and DIN recording artist, as Parallel Worlds. 

Sirros’ work is in the tradition of classic synth music artists like Klaus Schulze, Robert Rich, Steve Roach and Tangerine Dream. 

He talked about his love of modular synthesizers, especially Eurorack modules, in a recent interview with Analogue Haven: Read more…

This video, Karplus Funk, demonstrates Karplus-Strong synthesis with a modular synth.

Patch details:

• Doepfer A-188-1 512 BBD, A-131 VCA, and A-140 ADSR (foreground).
• Doepfer A-121 filter in low pass modulated by another A-140 (background).
• Percussion is Doepfer A-111 and A-117.
• Sequencing is A-152 and A-160/161.

Karplus-Strong string synthesis is a type of physical modelling synthesis that feeds a short waveform through a filtered delay line to model acoustic sounds, such as hammered or plucked strings or some types of percussion.