Muff's Modules & More

[felix]

OMG, I love this module.

It's so fun. At first I thought it was going to be kind of kitschy, but the tones that are available are really quite interesting and very unique sounding. It sounds super rad through the Polivoks (who'd a thought?!).

The psuedo random gates are very fun too; mixing all 4 together with some kind of bi-polar mixer to make a pseudo random pitch sequence for the pitch input of the noise generator is too much fun, and the clock output allows you to clock other modules (like your EGs) to it.

I know what you're thinking...clips or it never happened...I'll get them soon enough. For now, settle for pic.

[Muff Wiggler]

hey! so cool, mine just arrived as well, showed up on friday 8)

i agree with you - LOVE this module, my favorite Harvestman by far (have them all except Tyme Sefari)

the first thing I did was the obvious and just triggered 4 drum voices with the 4 random outs - instant awesomeness. totally feels like cheating!

then I clocked a noise ring with it, and used the noise ring to 'jitter' the clock with those wiardian bursts that it does, and run a couple other drums off of that. wtf so good

and that's just the top half

the bottom has some of the coolest digital noises I've ever heard. Using them to modulate the Polyvoks is too much fun

i gotta do that trick you mentioned of mixing the gates and feeding them to the noise freq input... great idea!

but yep, totally share your stoke on this module. In some ways it reminds me of the noise ring, but they both have some really cool features about them that the other does not offer, so i guess more more more

[Muff Wiggler]

oh yeah the diagonal throw of the switches is a really cool touch that threw me off guard at first. really like it.

[felix]

[zerosum]

DOOM

[Leisure Cove]

Very excited to read/hear more reactions to this module!

Also, nice photo Felix!

[Muff Wiggler]

[chimologic]

the obvious use, sending the 4 pitched outputs to 4 vca's and the 4 random gates to eg's triggering those vca's. is pretty fun too, specially when voltage controlling pitch/clock with other sources.

automatic random insane percussive machine!

[chinard]

i've been having assloads of fun with my zorlon cannon since i got it.
There are alot of great chaotic applications particularly in conjunction with my plan b model 15 vco's.
i use the gate outputs to the various CV freq in's which have bipolar attenuators on them. Nice for psuedo random sequences.
For further fun, i like using the clock out to queue a adsr to control my model 13 dual timbral gate. I'll have to post a patch diagram later to show what im talkling about.

Anyways, the only real complaint i have about this module is its width.
15HP?!? WTF!! thanks for leaving me with an odd number!
Now i have a single width blank space in that rack that i just cant manage to fill up

[sgnhh]

I've been warming up to the idea of the Zorlon Cannon more and more. It seems to be the hardest Harvestman module to get? They seem to always sell out nearly instantly on AH.

[felix]

[consumed]

sounds like the mounting holes are slightly askew.
the solution? a unibit! bore that front panel out yourself!

[Muff Wiggler]

ah sorry felix, I totally have baby-brain and misread your question....

my module does NOT have the misalinged mounting holes that your has. seems like your faceplate must have been a little right-of-center when the holes were punched. Mine are nice and centered, however the PCB behind the faceplate protudes out just a tiny tiny bit on one side.

I think consumed had a good idea, why not bore those holes out just a bit.... should work!


good luck

[chimologic]

mine fits fine too.

[governor blacksnake]

[felix]

[Muff Wiggler]

hey can anyone tell me how much current the Zorlon draws?

thanks

[chinard]

according to the module planner it draws 80mA

[Muff Wiggler]

[felix]

from mio bloggerino
Here's a nice demo patch I made last night, but was too lazy to record (that's why the picture above still has cables patched in). The Zorlon Cannon is of course the main sound source, the 4 outputs (4bit-switch down, 5bit and 9bit-switch up, 17bit-switch down) are going to a Doepfer A-151 Sequential Switch, the output of which goes to a Harvestman Polivoks modulated by a Dual Cyclotron and A-143-1, and finally through have of a Plan B M13 low pass gate, opened by an M10 EG. The Pitch for the Zorlon noise outputs comes from the Zorlon's pseudo random gates, being mixed by a Doepfer A-138c bipolar mixer. The Clock Out on the Zorlon is triggering the M10, whose End Of Cycle output triggers the A-151 sequential switch.

So basically what you are hearing is the pseudo random gates generating the pitch sequence, the various noise outputs being "selected" by the sequential switch, and finally filtered by the Polivoks and made "plucky" by the M13 + M10.

http://share.ovi.com/media/felixinferious.public/felixinferious.10023

[neandrewthal]

[ehdyn]

NaN

Sounds like howard the duck getting stepped on and bit-crushed at 52.

Nice demo Felix.

[MrDys]

Very nice. What's responsible for the reverb/delay?

[22tape]

nice demo felix! ya, zorlon

[felix]

[felix]

Thanks guys! More demos soon. The Zorlon is taking a quick trip back to the harvestland as Scott very graciously offered to sort out my weird faceplate issue.

Very likely, the Zorlon will be the next video demo.

[wetterberg]

slightly belated badger:

[dkcg]

Dammit...I didn't think I wanted one until someone mentioned random triggers.

I'm still playing around with my tyme sefari, gaven't tried recording any gestural VC recording yet, and I love the resonance on teh Polivoks, gets so damn low.