LFO x EG (Surge XT) has a knob for phase control and is polyphonic, so it can produce up to 16 phase-shifted LFOs in parallel. Four LFOs are shown in the example below. The number of polyphony channels can be set in the context menu.
Phase shifts (per LFO) are introduced by sending a polyphonic signal (e.g. a fixed value per channel using docB’s PLC) to the Phase knob via the module’s modulation system (e.g. MOD 2 port).
Phase can be shifted to the right or left with -/+5V, which yield phase changes of -/+ 180°.
For changes to take effect, a gate signal needs to be sent to the Gate input, resetting the phase to the specified value. The gate can either be polyphonic or monophonic. If monophonic, the menu item “Polyphony > No Trig or Trig Chan 1 Triggers All” in the context menu needs to be selected.
A polyphonic gate signal can be generated as usual, e.g. using POLYMULT (Bogaudio).
Arrange (JW-Modules) makes a nice 16-track, 64-step trigger sequencer. Fused gates are separated with a short AD envelope, triggered by the same clock that drives the sequencer.
Thanks for sharing this. I made a slight variation by replacing the VCA and AD modules with single sickozell AD VCA. I was hoping Arrange would support this out of the box, but with addition 10v output in last update, and using the AD VCA, it can be used as a drum sequencer and clock sequencer. If the Arrange gets a polyphonic input, then it could be a polyrhythmic sequencer as well.
In addition to the PILE (stoermelder) method, a (monophonic) weighted Bernoulli gate can also be created using Fuse (Stochastic Telegraph) plus Chances (Count Modula).
In Narrow mode, Fuse starts at 10V (set in context menu) and decreases the output on the OUT port with every trigger input. The decrement is set by the LIMIT knob.
A limit of 10/100/1000 decreases the output by 1/0.1/0.01V per trigger, respectively. A good starting point is e.g. a limit of 20, which yields a decrement of 0.5V per trigger.
The output of Fuse controls the Chance parameter of Chances.
Also, ACC (docB) is good for creating the stepped function.
In the example below, the steps go upward, so the likelihood for Output B of Chances increases progressively. Step size is selected directly with ACC’s Step knob.
I have some vcv rack pro selections for sending midi out to particular drum machines.. I have had them for free on my Patreon for free members. I assume they are only helpful to a handful of people since these are paid drum vsts. The last one is a reaktor drum that I found intresting. I may add a couple more reaktor drums that I find intresting if the will except input on the keyboard. most of these have 8 to 16 selections per drum machine and some will play a certain column. suggestions for good polyphonic drum kits are welcome or reaktor drums with good tricks.
A complex LFO shape on a small footprint of 11HP is generated using 16 LFOs of different frequencies, each on its own polyphony channel. Channels are then averaged into a monophonic signal using Polyphonic Min/Max (Count Modula). The result appears random (but of course is still deterministic).
Randomize values in PLC (docB) for different patterns. Adjust scale and offset of the final outcome in OFS (docB). Adjusting the frequency in LLFO (Bogaudio) speeds up or slows down the complex LFO.
In an 18HP variant, the LFO pattern is changed at selected intervals by randomly changing frequencies of the source LFOs.
