I am working on some presets for the quantizer, and thinking about adding the ability to import and export Scala .scl files. I am also considering adding context menu options to automatically configure the quantizer for isoharmonic chords. I still haven’t decided if I should add these features in a later release, or wait until they are done.
In the mean time, here are two more non-octave-repeating scale experiments.
- NORS_IQ 12ET non octave proteus.vcv (10.2 KB)
I find this experiment calm and soothing, yet also creepy. The scale (intervals of 2,2,3,2,2) repeats at 11 semitones instead of 12. Each scale repetition is 1 semitone offset from the previous one, so you have to go 2 full octaves before you get a single octave interval.
I think this shows off the Cytomic CF100 filter nicely. Having three inputs for frequency modulation is really handy. I use the V/Oct to follow the pitch. I apply an envelope to the bipolar FM input. And at 2:15 I apply audio rate FM to the unipolar input, with each voice cross modulating the other. It produces some really nice bell tones. I had never thought to apply audio rate FM to a filter before.
- NORS_IQ 25 ED 5o1.vcv (10.6 KB)
I really like the sound of this scale. The intervals are derived from 25 equal divisions of a 5:1 interval (5th harmonic - a major third above 2 octaves). Each step is ~111.5 cents, not so different from 12ET. It sounds both familiar and foreign. Definitely non-octave repeating. The interval of 11 steps is ~1226 cents, a very sharp octave. For this experiment I used a scale composed of intervals of 4, 4, 4, 3. A second quantizer configured as a chromatic version of 25 ED 5:1 changes the 1st quantizer root note at regular intervals, thus changing the key.
I have 8 voices in this piece, all produced by a single VCV WT VCO. I use the polyphonic Scale output to create a 5 tone droning chord. Random modules create two random moving lines. An LFO creates a ping-pong arpeggiator. The chord uses a cross between triangle and saw waves, while the moving lines use square waves to accentuate them relative to the chord.