Part 12 - Building Patches Using Dorian, Mixolydian, and Lydian Modes - Subharmonicon Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- In this video, I share three patch diagrams and talk about building up chord progressions in keys other than C Major using 8 steps equal temperament. Using Modal Scales - I build up patches in D Dorian, G Mixolydian, and F Lydian.
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This video series is designed to give a basic and thorough overview of the Moog Subharmonicon. The Subharmonicon can be very difficult to get the hang of. This series breaks down the complexities of the Subharmonicon into small and manageable chunks. By the end of the series, you'll have a strong understanding of each part and how it contributes to the overall sound as well as how it interacts with the other parts. Additionally, the videos will cover how to use the patchbay and give helpful pairing tips so you can build your own Subharmonicon patches.
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Very clever way to use seq2! Thanks for sharing
I’ve watched the whole Subharmonicon series and it’s been fantastic. Great job and thanks for putting it together!
The Subharmonicon was my first analog/semi-modular and I don’t play the piano myself, so I lean on sequencing everything and even though I don’t have much music theory background, I’ve found it very easy to come up with nice polyrhythms and melodies, which to be honest, I was scared about with so many people saying this synth was too hard to use and not the best first analog to get.
I think that all the options the Sub has, paired with a more advanced sequencer like the one on the OP-Z or the Electron open up a wild world of combinations. I’m still only learning my ways on the Subh alone, but it’d be nice to see a video pairing up the Sub with one of those and see how far you take things with step components which are incredible to spice up simple patterns (the Mother-32 sequencer feels too basic in comparison).
I’d be curious to see how far you’d get down that rabbit hole. Cheers mate 👏
Thanks for watching! Glad you found it helpful.
These turorial videos are outstanding. Even the one on the DFAM filter section helped me understand my Subharmonicon a little better.
Awesome! Glad you like them! :)
I think you said in a previous video that you are a teacher-- if so it definitely shows. This series is so well done and you really have a knack for explaining things.
Yes! I am a HS teacher. Funny thing is I started making videos for different things during the pandemic. That's when I learned how to use Premiere and bought a camera... After I no longer needed that, I was just looking around for something else to do with those skills... Here I am. :) Thanks so much for the compliment. It means a lot.
Excellent videos! Of all the tutorials on UA-cam, it is your work I've connected and learned from the most. Thank you! And yes, please make videos on music theory!
Thanks so much for the kind words! I'll definitely keep talking about Music Theory as it seems to resonate with people. I find it impossible to avoid it with this stuff anyway. :)
Great tutorial and patches, thanks!
Glad you like them!
Great series! Just got my SubH. I’ve always been interested in how to apply modal harmonics, specifically coming from Miles Davis’ work like So What, so more from you on Modes and music theory - to be used not only on MOOG gear, but other set ups, would be great. Thanks!
Cool yeah. I love those modal jams. So What is such a crazy tune. Dorian mode. So simple but it changes that half step. I played that song in a jazz ensemble when I was younger and remember having such a hard time not losing my place.
Really cool! Loved the Dorian. Reminded me of Heard it Through the Grapevine.
Oh yeah! Grapevine is a great example of the Dorian mode! That's the sound/vibe Dorian gives. One of my favorite Modes to use.
Cool videos series!
I begin with semi-modulars, so it comes to be pretty handful for me.
There's just a thing I don't get (I could if I was home with my multimeter, but I'm not):
when patching an EG tu modulate a one of the rhythm (or somthing like it), there's two knobs, what are they doing excatly?
Thanks!
The first knob of the envelope is the rate of the attack or rise of the envelope. The second knob is the rate of decay. So it's essentially how fast the envelope goes up and how fast it returns back to its original state. Does that help?
@@braintree56 I'm familiar with envelopes for a sound. It's when it's applied to a rhythm that I get lost.
Ok - maybe think of it like this - it's kind of like automation in a DAW. You have that "envelope" shape where it curves up and then goes back down. Basically - you're automating whatever knob you're patching into. So if you are patching into the Rhythm - then it's essentially turning that Rhythm knob up and then back down. It will make it sort of stutter step for a bit or make the rhythm realign itself in a different part of the song. Does that help?@@YaCoUYaCoU
interesting, are notes Db, Eb, Gb, Ab and Bb Not available at all on Subharmonicon? Is it not a chromatic instrument? thanks
It can be chromatic. You can set it to be quantized to the C scale or the chromatic scale. One of the biggest complaints about the Sub is that you can't transpose the quantized setting (or at least not easily - I cover that in a different video).
You can also set it to Just intonation as opposed to equal temperament!
@@braintree56 thank you, really glad to hear it can be chromatic and 12 step… good news!
Please more music theory to use with our subh's :)
You got it! :)
Thanks again for this great tutorial and inspiration! Do you have any plans of making an „advanced“ tutorial showing how to use the sequencers with the suboscillators? Technically it‘s simple, but musically quite challenging…
It's definitely challenging. I've been playing around with it, but haven't come up with anything mind blowing yet... If I come up with something worth making a video with - I will! If you come up with anything, let me know! :)
Can you do video how to set it to minor scale? Or can you tune each note separetly?
You can tune the notes separately. IF you set it to 12 steps. On the 8 step mode you are limited to the notes of the C Major scale. So you could play in A minor, but that's it. Alternatively you could use some sort of control voltage to move transpose the scale to whatever you would like. I would just stick to 12 steps equal temperment to keep it as assessible as possible.
@@braintree56 thanks! Awesome.
What did you use to make your patch sheet?
I make my patch designs using Photoshop and InDesign. They are all on my Patreon page. :)
@braintree56 cool. I was just curious about the graphics. I am looking into subscribing to your patreon as I've enjoyed your videos, and they have been very helpful. Thank you!
Pro tip: if you hold down the envelope generator (EG) button it will go into drone mode which makes it easier to tune each voice.
Bam! great tip.
Levels are sorted on this one man 👍 Now go to bed! 😂
Ha! Other way around - I'm up early! :)
@@braintree56 Fair play to thee 👍
Thanks again for letting me know about that volume problem! I'm really glad I resolved that before the video was up too long. I know exactly what I did wrong - still getting used to Video Editing software... :p
@@braintree56 My pleasure man. I do have a SubH related question however… Two & half years in and I still can’t properly ascertain what the Seq Assign buttons do on the Subs. The manual states “when engaged, this will modify the integer value of the VCO Freq knob” I looked up integers regarding music and, quite frankly, got a headache trying to relate it to what’s going on in the SubH. I know I like the sound of it but wondered if you have any clue as to what’s actually happening. It would be nice to be able to use them deterministically sometimes, instead of trial & error which I do now.
@@chitlun I think 'integer' refers to the number by which the frequency of the main oscillator is divided to produce the undertone/subharmony.