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Voltage Control

How does the ARP 2600's Prancing Raindrops patch combine ring modulation, Sample & Hold, oscillator cross-modulation and internally triggered envelopes to generate a continuously changing sequence without playing the keyboard?

A patch that plays itself

The ARP 2600 Patch Book contains a… read more

How To Use Mutable Instruments Stages For Generative Music, Modulation, Sequencing and Sample & Hold

Mutable Instruments Stages: One Module, Many Generative Functions

Among all modules commonly used in generative modular synthesis, few offer as much flexibility as Mutable Instruments… read more

How Can Random Voltages Be Controlled Without Losing Their Character?

Sculpting Randomness and Setting Limits in Modular Synthesis

Randomness becomes most useful when it operates inside meaningful boundaries.

The goal is rarely maximum chaos.

The goal is controlled… read more