This is my second video about the Volca Modular. You may want to check out other one
https://youtu.be/cmnzoBALCk8 first if you haven't already (in it I cover why I think this Volca would be a good choice for some people, also a walkthrough of the basics). Note: I'm not post-processing these sounds or using any additional effects. All Volca Modular except for a Pocket Operator going through the Volca in the first shot and a duet, of sorts, with the Bastl BitRanger at the end of the video.
TIMELINE
00:00 This is drums-only from the PO-32 Tonic. It is syncing the Volca, and the Tonic audio out is going through the Space Out effect on the Volca.
00:25 INTRO - a brief review of the last video and an overview of this video
05:30 Some initial steps about how to use the Function 2 module. The two Function modules can team up to make more complex envelopes.
09:20 Polyrhythm patch using both Function Modules
clock./4 -- Function1.gateIn
clock./3 -- Function2.triggerIn
Source.modAudio -- LPG2.in
Function2.plus -- LPG2.level
10:50 LFO by Self-triggering Function 2
11:50 Audio Frequency LFO Patches
for Modulation
Function2.triggerOut -- Function2.triggerIn
Function2.plus -- LPG1.level
for Audio Source
Function2.triggerOut -- Function2.triggerIn
Function2.plus -- LPG1.in(!)
BONUS PATCH: this is a way to _play_ the LFO from the keyboard.
Function2.triggerOut -- Function2.triggerIn
Function2.plus -- LPG1.in
clock.pitch -- b (utility)
a-b*c -- Function2.time (has to be the minus sign!)
set the keyboard Scale to M Pent (Major Pentatonic [FUNC+key1(on keyboard), key15, FUNC]
shape about
11:00
time (minimum)
c (maximum)
tune the shape such that key13 sounds 1 octave above key1. the keyboard is roughly chromatic now.
13:00 Patch that combines the Functions in series
Function2.triggerOut -- Function2.triggerIn
Function2.plus -- LPG1.level
LPG1.out -- LPG2.in
Function1.plus -- LPG2.level
LPG2.out -- Space.in
13:40 Patch that combines the Functions in a different way
source.modAudio -- LPG2.in
Function1.plus -- b
Function2.triggerOut -- Function2.triggerIn
Function2.plus -- c.control (bottom socket on the utility)
a+b*c -- LPG2.level
14:00 Playing some noise. Using the Woggle Module.
15:00 Patch that uses the Woggle's noise to modulate pitch
clock.pitch -- a
woggle.noise (upper left socket of Woggle) -- b
a+b*c -- source.pitch
c knob controls noise depth
17:00 Generative LFO Patch
Function2.triggerOut -- Split2.in
Split2.out1 -- Function2.triggerIn
Split2.out2 -- Woggle.triggerIn
Woggle.stepped -- Split1.in
Split1.out1 -- Function2.time
Split1.out2 -- b
a+b*c -- source.pitch
Function2.plus -- LPG1.level
add Space Out to taste, vary shape, time, and c knobs for different effects
19:40 The Other LFO
21:40 Double LFO Patch
Sync Out == CV In (3.5 mm patch cable or aux cable)
CV In (upper) -- Function1.gateIn
Function2.triggerOut -- Function2.triggerIn
Function1.plus -- b
a+b*c -- source.fold
Function2.plus -- source.modKnob
vary clock tempo, function parameters, and c to get various effects
22:20 Tandem LFO Patch
Sync Out == CV In (3.5 mm patch cable or aux cable)
CV In (upper) -- Split1.in
Split1.out1 -- Function1.gateIn
Split1.out2 -- Function2.triggerIn
Function1.plus -- LPG1.level
Function2.minus -- LPG2.level
Function2.triggerOut -- Woggle.triggerIn
Woggle.stepped -- source.modKnob
source.modAudio -- LPG2.in
22:40 Stepped Strings Patch NOTE: I think this works due to only certain standing waves being supported within the Space Out feedback loop, but honestly I'm not exactly sure about that.
source.modAudio -- Split2.out1 (using as a mixer)
Split2.in -- b
a+b*c -- Space.in
Space.out -- Split2.out2
Space around
10:00, c around
3:00 (controls the feedback)
RATIO controls the pitch in steps. the range in the video is a
tiny rotation of the knob, maybe all within 5 degrees - sensitive!
23:00 Volca Modular + Bastl BitRanger I have no clue about the patch(es) - whoops. BUT I was using the sync(volca) and clock(BitRanger) to get them synced up. And then, most importantly, I hooked the Byte CV out on the BitRanger to the Volca Modular CV In (by 3.5 mm patch cable) - this establishes a mutual ground, which allows me to patch directly from device to device using the pin cables, as seen.