Fundamental Loss from Dark Matter by Probbie
A piece making prominent use of treatments on a series of arpeggios over a simple melody and a strong deep bass created using the missing fundamental principle.
Recorded live, directly to a stereo master, with no edits or overdubs apart from some limiting in post. (Can’t “fix it in the mix”!).
PATCH DETAILS:
Choir/Piano (yellow, lane A)
Disting EX in multisample mode using Choir and Soft Piano samples selected manually during the performance. Via 2HP VCA for level control from Tetrapad 2. The bass lane CV is added by the Sequencer to provide chord progression.
Strange Pad (blue, lanes B, C)
Plaits whose model is randomly selected by lane B. Envelope provided by Quadra/Quad VCA. Plaits Timbre and Morph Modulated by 0chd.
Bass (white, lane D)
Uses five sinewaves at different intervals and levels to emulate the “Synthetic sub bass using missing fundamental” principle. Four are provided by Tides in high frequency mult/div mode, the 5th from Twin Waves. These are mixed appropriately using Shades and a flying passive mixer. Envelope provided by Z4000 ADSR and Quad VCA. Envelope release is modified by Tetrapad 3 via ATNV Mix.
Arp (grey, lane E)
Rings in non-linear strings alternate mode, via Qpas and Mimeophon. The bass lane CV is added by the Sequencer to provide chord progression.
Sweet pad (pink, lane F)
Surface, whose Model and Tone is modulated by 0chd. Enveloped into swells by Quadra, Quad VCA.
Melody (purple, lane G)
Cursus Iteritas in Walsh mode. Width modulated by 0chd. Via Sisters in format mode, whose FM is modulated by the envelope, which is provided by Quadra and 2HP VCA.
Strings (black, lane H)
Chainsaw via Quadra, Quad VCA.
Sequenced by Eloquencer in D Minor.
Swell reverb effect from Strymon BigSky added via the mixing desk Aux.
Case: Tiptop Mantis.
Audio captured live via Yamaha MG12XU USB into Audacity as a Stereo master (no overdubbing, post mixing or processing apart from some limiting). Monitored on Yamaha HS8's.
Tracklist
| 5. | Fundamental Loss | 6:12 |
Credits
License
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
The artist Probbie is Paul Williams, born and living in Hertfordshire, U.K.
Paul has held a keen interest in electronic music and synthesisers in particular from childhood, and built his first home-made synthesiser in 1973. Having abandoned the hobby in the digital 1980s, returned with new enthusiasm in 2017 to embrace Eurorack modular synthesisers.