Demonstration of the A4 with microtonality and FM

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Hi,

I just posted this track to SoundCloud to demonstrate what can be achieved on an A4 by itself.

It’s a very simple patch but to me it doesn’t sound like traditional subtractive synthesis.

And if anyone wants the sysex or parameters to achieve it let me know

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yeah, post the syx :slight_smile:
very nice indeed

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Nice ! Intersted in your method too, u can never learn enough !

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There you go. I’m not sure whether the sysex will contain the FX settings but I’m happy to share those too of course.

HolyPad05.syx (415 Bytes)

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Holypad ! Perfect name ! :slight_smile:

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Thank you for the sysex file !
Can you describe a bit more or explain a bit more the patch or process and interest of this microtonal patch ?
TY very much dear anyway, It will make my afternoon !

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Hi

You’re welcome; I like making patches and playing them, trying to emulate sounds I like, and explore.

My interest at the moment is to mess around with what sounds acceptably out of tune. That pad (one of a few) is at the border of it for me, for others not enough. I like the FM features of the A4 and I hope they border on sounding natural and organic (and not traditionally subtractive sounding). Also, playing with ‘sweeter’, ‘purer’ sounding patches and making them warp and go out of tune adds unease to contrast with ‘sweetness’.

I think the ‘character’ of the patch hangs on osc 1 being transposed 3 octaves up. If you bring the osc down it affects the patch a lot.

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Here’s another one (the aftertouch at the end is nice imo)

Again if folks want the sysex I’ll provide it.

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impressive!

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CineBrass71.syx (415 Bytes)

watch out for the overdrive assigned to the mod wheel

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These are so beautiful! Thanks for inspiration and patches :pray:

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Really wonderful patches!! Very well done and thank you for sharing! You make me want to explore my A4 again! :slight_smile:

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dowloaded your patches onto my A4, they sound so lovely!

looking at the way you constructed these patches, would you mind telling us a little more about your reasoning / choosing the settings that are there? :slight_smile:

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Love it! Thanks for sharing!

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Hi

Thank you.

Honestly, i just twiddle until i like the sound I’m hearing. Most of the time I’m trying to find a sound in my head but i end up somewhere totally different.

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Great sounds!

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Thank you mickeyziggyk !!

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I missed this post until today. It’s a really lovely patch :slight_smile: Thank you for sharing it!