This video made it very obvious what increasing the effects of wavefolding does, and I'm glad it gave visual and aural feedback :) It was also cool to see some creative ways of using wavefolding with an envelope...thanks!
It amazes me that people think that applying one of the most basic modulators out there, like an envelope, is a creative way to use any audio processing module. What did you think those CV inputs were for? The two most obvious modulators are an envelope and an LFO. Almost any synth, modular or not, has an envelope generator. BTW, great video.
Question about the wave multiplier:I have a Joranalogue Fold 6 wave folder, and it "closes all the way," for lack of a better phrase. When the fold amount is at zero, it's like a closed filter. So you don't always need a VCA on the other side of it if you're making short, percussive sounds, for example. I don't know how other wave folders operate, but I'm guessing this is not always the case. It is useful, though. Could you tell me if the wave multiplier - any of its three paths - work this way?
Only a few wave multipliers go to "off" like your Fold 6, the wavefolder section in the Pittsburgh Lifeforms complex oscillator being another example. The third section of the Wave Multipliers is indeed a VCA, with nice saturation/overdrive.
According to the Serge manual, "the Wave Multipliers are able to dynamically process the input waveform to produce new harmonically-related overtones" - in other words, in Serge-speak a wave multiplier adds to (or multiplies) the harmonics available in the original waveform. The Serge Wave Multipliers module has three sections that alters the waveform in different waves, each creating different mixtures of overtones: the top one is a very rounded clipping saturation; the middle one is the wavefolder that tends to produce or emphasize mainly odd harmonics, and the bottom one is a series of full wave rectifiers that produce mainly even harmonics. The article linked to in the video's description includes a page from the 1983 Serge manual that describes the module in more detail.
You can pay $4,000 and get this synthesizer or you could go outside, to a beautiful forest and sing for $0. It’s your choice. You can’t fold your voice though, truth.
Well...I enjoy making music with synths, AND I enjoy going outside - in fact, I live in the foothills of a national forest. (But I don't sing - I wouldn't inflict that kind of harm on humans or animals.) So...I'm happy. I wish you the same.
This video made it very obvious what increasing the effects of wavefolding does, and I'm glad it gave visual and aural feedback :) It was also cool to see some creative ways of using wavefolding with an envelope...thanks!
It amazes me that people think that applying one of the most basic modulators out there, like an envelope, is a creative way to use any audio processing module.
What did you think those CV inputs were for? The two most obvious modulators are an envelope and an LFO. Almost any synth, modular or not, has an envelope generator.
BTW, great video.
Question about the wave multiplier:I have a Joranalogue Fold 6 wave folder, and it "closes all the way," for lack of a better phrase. When the fold amount is at zero, it's like a closed filter. So you don't always need a VCA on the other side of it if you're making short, percussive sounds, for example. I don't know how other wave folders operate, but I'm guessing this is not always the case. It is useful, though. Could you tell me if the wave multiplier - any of its three paths - work this way?
Only a few wave multipliers go to "off" like your Fold 6, the wavefolder section in the Pittsburgh Lifeforms complex oscillator being another example. The third section of the Wave Multipliers is indeed a VCA, with nice saturation/overdrive.
Awesome! Keep it up!
so what is a wave multiplier that isn't a wave folder?
According to the Serge manual, "the Wave Multipliers are able to dynamically process the input waveform to produce new harmonically-related overtones" - in other words, in Serge-speak a wave multiplier adds to (or multiplies) the harmonics available in the original waveform.
The Serge Wave Multipliers module has three sections that alters the waveform in different waves, each creating different mixtures of overtones: the top one is a very rounded clipping saturation; the middle one is the wavefolder that tends to produce or emphasize mainly odd harmonics, and the bottom one is a series of full wave rectifiers that produce mainly even harmonics.
The article linked to in the video's description includes a page from the 1983 Serge manual that describes the module in more detail.
What's the module you use to interface your controller? (Like for the modwheel..)
Expert Sleepers FH-1. Here's an article I wrote about setting it up: learningmodular.com/unlocking-the-expert-sleepers-fh-1-faderhost/
You can pay $4,000 and get this synthesizer or you could go outside, to a beautiful forest and sing for $0. It’s your choice. You can’t fold your voice though, truth.
Well...I enjoy making music with synths, AND I enjoy going outside - in fact, I live in the foothills of a national forest. (But I don't sing - I wouldn't inflict that kind of harm on humans or animals.) So...I'm happy. I wish you the same.
@@LearningModular Would rather spend the money.