Slightly unconventional use of A4

Mindseye_robot · 2015-03-28T01:20:16.000Z

had a dam good time today using the A4 (and its friends) as a signal processor instead of a synth

the track started out its life as as 2 A4 and DX7 drone tracks running through the access virus delay and reverb (which these days i use more than the virus synth itself).

then i set up some very unconventional (in context of my own workflow) routing where the drone tracks and the drum loop are sent back to the A4, using 3 tracks with different filter settings > into the A4 reverb and delay, this then uses 1 output to a future retro XS > which then goes into a vox big ben - which ive recently aquired and absolutely love the tubey overdrive sound it creates.

but what i found cool about this setup was that when the big ben is turned up to max, the oscilators from the XS bleed through even though im not using them. so i used the A4 cv to control them and tune them into the track for dirty background noise.

TrabanT · 2015-03-28T05:47:11.000Z

that is dope granularesque sounding!

gbravetti · 2015-03-28T08:54:31.000Z

Nice!

My most unconventional use was as part of a mastering process, I used the filter+feedback+overdrive to generate rich analog subs for whole mix.