Sound Designers’ Comment
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Sound Designers’ Comment
Appendices
001:Mad Orchestra – A Question of Time
The story of this patch is interesting because it is so typical of the
surprises that Variphrase technology has in store. They are only
revealed if you are willing to experiment.
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aanndd TTiimmee oofftteenn yyiieellddss rreessuullttss wwhhiicchh aarree vveerryy ddiiffffeerreenntt
ffrroomm tthhee oorriiggiinnaall wwaavveeffoorrmm
There was no preconceived idea behind this patch – I certainly
wasn’t thinking anything on the lines of “let’s turn this piano
arpeggio sound into something which sounds more like an entire
orchestra playing avant-garde music”. My only thought was
“what is the sonic potential of this particular wave?” and I
answered that question at the twist of a knob – TIME!
077:Mad Brass is a similar
012:Poppy Day – Similar Events
This one is based on the wave 066 - 137 Scat 2+, a waveform
which appears (in different guises) in several other presets,
notably 007:VoixBulgares, 084:Tetapaali and 138:Spongle.
Poppy Day is a good showcase for Step mode. The individual
Events appear sequentially when you play notes, but because all
four events are fairly similar you can still play normal solos. Try
to remember this factor when recording your own samples!
203:Scratch Lead – Slow Movement
A scratchy ethnic violin sound from a brass waveform? Again, this
wasn’t thought out beforehand, it only arose via experimentation
with the Time value i.e. “let’s see what effect this parameter has
on this waveform”. 206:FragileVoice is similar in that the rapid
modulation in the original waveform (caused by the Rotary
effect) creates subtle, organic movement in the slowed-down
version.
Designer: Howard Scarr
The Potential of Waveforms
As already mentioned in “Getting More out of a Sample”,
Variphrase-encoded samples are not only capable of covering a
much wider range of musical notes than conventional samples,
but they are also very useful for creative sound design when
more extreme parameter values are used…
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