4. Metallic Lacquer
NowDarkEnergygoesforsomemetallicpercussionsounds.Theyfeaturefrequencymodulationinthe
audiorange.Asyoualreadyknow,thistsbestforinharmonicandnoisytimbres.Thissoundispartlytonal
playable.
Theltersresonanceisfullycrankedup,i.e.thelterrunsasanoscillator.It‘sfrequency/pitchiscontrolled
bytheLMknob.ThemodulationsourceistheVCO,whichitselfismodulatedbyLFO1intheaudiorange.
Thiscorrespondstoa3-operator-FM.ThefrequencyvaluesofVCF,VCOandLFO1aswellasthemodula-
tiondepths(VCF-LMandVCO-FM)havetobeadjustedverycarefullytomakethesoundtonallyplayable
atleastoverarangeoftwooctaves.
Themodwheel(CV4toVCOForVCFF)provideswildnoiseeffects.