Tape & Microsound Music Machine - Part 1
I couldn't resist creating a preview video about the new #MakeNoise Tape & Microsound Music Machine (TMSMM) because it's probably not even shipping and it can be built/improvised with separates and the existing B&G Shared System modules.
The system is mounted in a Moog case (sorry) and has to use a Rosie because the X-OH isn't in stores yet. So imagine it's almost as real as the real thing. But more important, the combination is totally awesome. Being 'limited' to these modules makes you patch all kinds of stuff you normally wouldn't do, especially when there's a DPO nearby. Headphones and a strong Raktajino recommended.
Contents:
00:00 - Loading a 48K/32 bit WAV file onto SD card and use it in the #Morphagene. Wave files should be named mgN.wav, where N is either 0 to 9 and then A to Z. The code is probably written as 'take last character and add 1'.
00:45 - Let's score a horror movie with the #Morphagene, happy Halloween!
02:56 - We'll use the #Wogglebug's random stuff and distortion from the #QPAS to play some air guitar. The WoggleBug has three oscillator outputs at the top, which usually only reap havoc and scream like angry demons. But using the stepped random pitch and some FM distortion (feeding one of the QPAS outs back into the Frequency in) it sounds pretty funny.
03:30 - #Maths can do 1001 things, including generating two voices of sound when you bring the LFO cycles to audio rate. We'll use it to create the inevitable drone, but Mimeophon gives it a lot of air and body.
04:50 - After doing the cycling Maths I completely forgot to use the Morphagene to layer a lot of notes to create chords and sirens. This turned out into a much cooler drone.
Next week we're going to explore the T&MSMM in a bigger ecosystem, where we're going to use TEMPI and X-PAN to help you find out what to mount in that spare 10HP. I also noticed there aren't many videos that explore Mimeophon's ZONE 7 - the long repeat - which you may never hear when you feed it a constant sequence of notes. So we're going to fool around with Ears from MI.