Random LFO "Melodies"

Part of the problem was that I finished the previous video with the arpeggiator latched; it was playing a chord in the order I had pressed the keys .. but when I powered it back on a few days later I had forgotten what that note sequence was, and could not replicate it. My new chord did not sound right with the tempo (either not the same number of notes or they were in a different order) so I had to re-synchronize the drums to fit with it. Cable stress affecting sound would mean there was a flaw in the cable, or possibly in the jack it was connected to. I haven't had that happen yet. Signal leakage is a definite possibility with all these wires tangled together, but I haven't noticed it so far. BASTL makes a cheap module called "Wackel Kontakt" which is just a bunch of passive connected jacks; the purpose is for the user to deliberately bend & break the jacks to achieve the sound of a bad connection .. without destroying the jacks on your expensive equipment.

The Attack knob controls the amount of time it takes to go from zero to maximum voltage after a "gate on" signal is received. There are probably some fancy & expensive envelope modules that allow you to adjust the peak level, but on a standard ADSR it is fixed. The Sustain level cannot be set higher than the attack peak. However, you can run the envelope's CV output through an inverter - which will turn positive voltage into negative voltage, making the attack peak into a trough; the lowest part of the signal.

Regarding the first minute: It's interesting that even though this is electronic, using clock speeds and specific wave construction which would be impossible with normal instruments, it being an analog construction... even shutting down the whole thing and re-powering it up changes the melody substantially. I mean: i know that turning knobs and plugging cables gives it all a completely different feel, bu i thought that once powered up and "warmed up" it would stabilise to the music i heard at the end of the previous video. A weird question: have you ever had mechanical stress on the cable affect the music? because it felt like you were dancing inside this jungle of cables, But while i know that a bit is due to avoid pulling stuff out of bending plugs, i wonder if any mechanical stress on the cable can actually affect the music or if cables getting too near to each other might create interference due to the asynchronous waves. I mean: with good cables and good insulation none of what i said above should ever happen. But i was still curious

Simone Spinozzi

Very cool kit. Is it possible to play along with that and make it musical? Question about ADSR. Does the control for attack adjust level or delay (or rate if you prefer)? I'm guessing it adjusts delay, and that attack goes to a fixed level. If so, does it goes to maximum, or some intermediate level? Can you adjust sustain to be higher than attack?

benin81812