Vangelis Brass Generative

Part of larger patch some stuff could definitely be simplified down.

Generative Parts:

Disting EX

• DUAL Mode - F6 Quantised Random
• Pentatonic Minor
• output (pitch) A sent to input 2 of buffered mult 2.
• Gate output sent to WMD Switch.

Disting MK4

• H2 - Dual S&H
• Noise fully added to X and Y,
• SLEW set to max to generate smooth random voltage.
• Outputs A and B patched to dual buffered mults input 1.

Pamela's (Clock)

• Main clock set to 120 BPM
• Output 1: 4x Gate - Sent Disting EX - Shift Register - X Input(Trigger)
• Output 5: 4x Gate - Sent to Disting MK4 - Z input(Gate) - Dual S&H
• Output 2: /4 Gate - WMD Sl3KT switch

WMD SL3KT Switch

• SW1 - CV Select from Pam's Output 2
• SW1 - Output A - Stages - Gate in Segment 5
• SW1 - Output B - Nothing (in larger patch this goes to Rings - Strum)
• SW1 - Input - Disting EX - Shift Register Gate output (B)

Buffered Mult 1

• input 1 - S&H Outputs
• all outputs normalised to input 1
• Stages - Attack (Seg 5 -Time/Level )
• Stages - Decay (Seg 6 - Time/Level)

Bufferd Mult 2

• input 1 - S&H Outputs

  • ONA FM, ONA PW

• input 2 - Pitch outputs

  • ONA 1/V

Sound Parts

ONA Oscillator

• 1/V Pitch coming from Disting Shift Register via Buffered Mult
• FM and PW modulated by smooth S&H via Disting MK4 (Buffered Mult)
• Octave set to 2
• Saw wave Output sent to Vult Freak Filter

Vult Freak Filter

• in stereo mode (being used in mono)
• Set to Tangents Low Pass Filter
• Cutoff modulated by Smooth S&H
• input from ONA
• output to VCA

Stages

• AD envelope (Segments 5&6),
• S&H modulating Attack and Decay Times
• Gate from WMD Switch
• Envelop out to VCA

VCA

• input from Vult Freak
• CV in from envlope generated by stages
• Out to mixer channel 1

Mixer

• Send 1 to FX Aid in BigSky Reverb Mode
• Master Outputs to main external mixer
• Channel 1 is fully wet to send 1

EDITED Feb 8th 2021, 08:47

And this is why modular isn't always the right answer. Me, if I want this, I just go over and patch the CS-80 into a couple of strips, which is what was done to get those sounds in the first place.

True, not everyone can afford a vintage CS-ANYTHING these days (thanks mainly to synth brokers and other parasites), but give Uli a little time...supposedly, there's one in the Behringer pipeline. Maybe.

Thanks for the comment

Depends on what the question is? In terms of this I wasn't setting out to replicate the cs-80 or the original timbres rather my question which was "can I, based off the my learnings of a krell patch (random modulation of attack and decay), could I generate interesting human like synth lines?". Co-incidentally this reminded me of the brass sounds created in Blade Runner, so I created this here to keep notes for myself.

If you strip back all the generative parts you are pretty much left with osc->filter->vca->reverb modulated by and envelope, so pretty standard stuff...

CS-80 clone would be awesome, the ARP 2600 clone happened..so keep fingers crossed