Comments for The Mesmers Blog http://mesmers.com Weird Gear, Musician Tips, & Memsers News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:00:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Globular Bass by Fitz http://mesmers.com/2009/09/07/globular-bass/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Fitz Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:00:32 +0000 http://mesmers.com/blog/?p=122#comment-111 Thanks! Glad you like it. All my synths, the Modular, a Roland Jupiter 8, and a Prophet 08 have switchable 24/12db filters and I find I use the 12db a lot more. The 24db have the Moog pedigree and I suppose that's why they're more ubiquitous. Thanks! Glad you like it. All my synths, the Modular, a Roland Jupiter 8, and a Prophet 08 have switchable 24/12db filters and I find I use the 12db a lot more. The 24db have the Moog pedigree and I suppose that’s why they’re more ubiquitous.

]]> Comment on Globular Bass by Niall http://mesmers.com/2009/09/07/globular-bass/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Niall Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:56:33 +0000 http://mesmers.com/blog/?p=122#comment-110 That's a nice sound. I turn to two pole filters a lot more than their 24 db/oct brethren these days - enough that I had my Mutronics Mutator modded to include the SSM's unused 12db output! That’s a nice sound. I turn to two pole filters a lot more than their 24 db/oct brethren these days – enough that I had my Mutronics Mutator modded to include the SSM’s unused 12db output!

]]> Comment on Afternoon Delight! – by Lea by Lea http://mesmers.com/2009/10/07/afternoon-delight-by-lea/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Lea Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:32 +0000 http://mesmers.com/blog/?p=142#comment-38 Hi! Looks like you're right, it is the F2 style. Sorry about the mistake. We'll make the correction on the blog entry. Hi! Looks like you’re right, it is the F2 style. Sorry about the mistake. We’ll make the correction on the blog entry.

]]> Comment on Afternoon Delight! – by Lea by bluegrassphil http://mesmers.com/2009/10/07/afternoon-delight-by-lea/comment-page-1/#comment-36 bluegrassphil Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:20:09 +0000 http://mesmers.com/blog/?p=142#comment-36 it's a beauty but looks like a Gibson F2 style. it’s a beauty but looks like a Gibson F2 style.

]]> Comment on Cyndustries Buchla Quad Low Pass Gate by Fitz http://mesmers.com/2009/09/09/cyndustries-buchla-quad-low-pass-gate/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Fitz Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:44:09 +0000 http://mesmers.com/blog/?p=128#comment-6 Hey Cynthia. Thanks for chiming in! I will try that. The noise hit was generated by a pure pulse (no EG) and it was a very different effect. I'm envisioning four sound sources and four different trigger pulses to make some nice complex sequences. I've also heard you can get some great wooden type sounds out of them and I want to figure out how to accomplish that as well. Hey Cynthia. Thanks for chiming in! I will try that. The noise hit was generated by a pure pulse (no EG) and it was a very different effect. I’m envisioning four sound sources and four different trigger pulses to make some nice complex sequences.

I’ve also heard you can get some great wooden type sounds out of them and I want to figure out how to accomplish that as well.

]]> Comment on Cyndustries Buchla Quad Low Pass Gate by Cynthia Webster http://mesmers.com/2009/09/09/cyndustries-buchla-quad-low-pass-gate/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Cynthia Webster Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:42:01 +0000 http://mesmers.com/blog/?p=128#comment-5 Nice write-up! Say, try this patch again, but this time eliminate the Envelope Generator from the patch... Use raw pulses & gates directly into the CV inputs, (no envelope generator) and slam those Vactrols with a short hot burst to make them ring. If you keep this up in rapid succession then the Vactrol will saturate and act less like a Vactrol BTW. If using a square wave as an LFO for example, then narrow the width of it into a short pulse wave to get the shortest "on" time out of the duty cycle. The shorter and hotter the pulses into CV IN then the more like the famous Buchla Banjo Pluc k type sound. Just reading that Vactrols and Opto Isolators are being phased out in Europe and then here because of their chemical composition, so you got yours just in the nick of time! Best Wishes and Happy Bleeping! Cynthia Nice write-up! Say, try this patch again, but this time eliminate the Envelope Generator from the patch… Use raw pulses & gates directly into the CV inputs, (no envelope generator) and slam those Vactrols with a short hot burst to make them ring. If you keep this up in rapid succession then the Vactrol will saturate and act less like a Vactrol BTW.

If using a square wave as an LFO for example, then narrow the width of it into a short pulse wave to get the shortest “on” time out of the duty cycle. The shorter and hotter the pulses into CV IN then the more like the famous Buchla Banjo Pluc k type sound.

Just reading that Vactrols and Opto Isolators are being phased out in Europe and then here because of their chemical composition, so you got yours just in the nick of time!

Best Wishes and Happy Bleeping!

Cynthia

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