Moog Subharmonicon Manual page 7

Intermingled
Drum Machine
We can push these rhythms even
further with some more patching.
Start with the panel settings from
the end of the last section.
Each POLYRHYTHM subsection divides
the master tempo by a certain amount,
which you have explored by simply
playing with RHYTHM 2 and RHYTHM 1.
By modulating these RHYTHM settings,
we will begin to generate complex
rhythms—always in some subdivision of
the master tempo.
While Subharmonicon does not have any
LFOs, it does have sub-oscillators that can
function in much the same way.
MAKE THIS CONNECTION
Begin by patching the VCO 1 SUB 1 output
to the RHYTHM 2 input.
With the RHYTHM 2 knob set roughly
in the middle, you will now hear a more
intricate rhythm as the first sub-oscillator
of VCO 1 moves the RHYTHM 2 knob up
and down via control voltage.
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Begin to play with the SUB 1 FREQ
knob under VCO 1 and you will start to
hear new rhythms emerge as the RHYTHM
2 divisions change dynamically.
MAKE THIS CONNECTION
Push this further by patching the VCO 1
SUB 2 output to the RHYTHM 1 input.
Now you have an even more expressive
drum machine! The settings of RHYTHMS
1 + 2 as well as the frequency of both
of VCO 1's sub-oscillators control the
intricate rhythms, while very slight
adjustments of VCF DECAY, VCF EG AMT,
RESONANCE, and the settings of both
sequencers affect the tonal characteristics
of each drum hit.
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You can continue the intermodulation
with RHYTHM 3 and RHYTHM 4 (routing
them to either SEQ 1 or SEQ 2 with their
associated buttons) and using the two
sub-oscillators of VCO 2 to modulate
those extra rhythms. From here, you can
begin to explore a world of fascinating
intermodulated rhythms that could never
be made on a typical drum machine.
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