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How to turn Gates to Pitch using a Slew Limiter.

Here’s a patch i came up with using a Moog DFAM’s trigger out to create 2 independent pitch sequences using Make Noise Maths. An easy way to expand on the DFAM’s capabilities and a fun way to come up with arpeggios or sequences you may never think of using a conventional sequencer or playing an instrument…also a good way to get more pitch CV if you’re out of outputs.

This technique will work with any gate/trigger signal and any slew limiter or Envelope Generator….but here’s what I used this time:

• Moog DFAM
• 2 Moog Mother-32s
• Make Noise Maths
• Intellijel Scales (Quantizer)
• Intellijel Buffered Mult

“Bonus” Gear:

• Intellijel Quadrax
• Mutable Instruments Stages (as clock divider)
• Mutable Instruments Ears (as switch/trigger for clock divider)
• Eventide Timefactor Delay

How to turn Gates to Pitch using an Envelope Generator.

A fun way to come up with arpeggios or sequences you may never think of using a conventional sequencer or playing an instrument….also a good way to get more pitch CV if you’re out of outputs.

In this video i used Intellijel Quadrax, In Part 1 i used Make Noise Maths.

Required Gear:

Gate generator – (Trigger, Gate out of Module, Pulse LFO…almost anything will do…bipolar LFOs produce odd results, but that may be what you’re going for!)

Envelope Generator – Used an Intellijel Quadrax in this video, but any AR will do…Maths (in part 1), Stages….just about any will do, but must be able to turn off/ignore re-trigger on Rise/Attack.

VCO (i used Moog Mother-32 for tutorial…and Roland 512 for demo at end)

Quantizer (I used Intellijel Scales and Expert Sleepers Disting, but any decent quantizer will do)

CV Mixer – will need to attenuate/offset and/or invert CV – I used Happy Nerding 3xMIA. Maths will of course work as will many other CV mixers. 

A LOT of multiples!

Other Gear Used:

Doepfer a-101-2 Low Pass Gates

Mutable Instruments Stages (as a probability switch)

Intellijel Bifold – just a cool way to animate the Mother-32s Saw Wave

Eventide Timefactor for stereo delay