{"id":407,"date":"2008-11-29T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/?p=407"},"modified":"2024-06-29T13:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T18:51:38","slug":"kindness-and-toughness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/kindness-and-toughness\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness and Toughness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got an idea to create four sequences of control voltages and apply them to timbres.\u00a0 The sequence generators used were the Blacet Binary Zone and the Encore UEG (both deterministic, repeating sequences), and the Wogglebug stepped function and the CGS Infinite Melody (both random, non-repeating sequences).\u00a0 These were applied to the CGS Wave Multiplier fold function, Miniwave bank selection, Modcan VCDO FM Ratio, and a second Miniwave bank selection, respectively.\u00a0 Each timbre modulator had an associated VCO.\u00a0 Four envelopes were applied for amplitude dynamics.\u00a0 The envelopes were triggered in sequence, but modified by a random element.\u00a0 The results were mixed through two parallel filters, the MOTM 410 and the MOTM 440.\u00a0 Three MOTM-410 outputs were mixed down to produce stereo spacial effects.<\/p>\n<p>For the first recording, <em>Kindness<\/em>, only the timbres are sequenced.\u00a0 Two VCOs were given little pitch glissandos.\u00a0 In the second recording, <em>Toughness<\/em>, the Cynthia ZerOscillator and a fifth envelope were added and mixed through the 440.\u00a0 This time two of the VCO pitches were sequenced, and the glissandos were removed.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"  http:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/kindness.mp3 \"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kindness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"  http:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/wp-content\/uploads\/toughness.mp3 \"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Toughness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got an idea to create four sequences of control voltages and apply them to timbres.\u00a0 The sequence generators used were the Blacet Binary Zone and the Encore UEG (both &#8230; <a class=\"styledbutton\" href=\"https:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/kindness-and-toughness\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kindness and Toughness - Richard Brewster&#039;s Electronic Sounds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pugix.com\/synth\/kindness-and-toughness\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kindness and Toughness - Richard Brewster&#039;s Electronic Sounds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I got an idea to create four sequences of control voltages and apply them to timbres.\u00a0 The sequence generators used were the Blacet Binary Zone and the Encore UEG (both ... 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