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You have my money - thanks a lot for this great set!
Jason, could you please provide more details about the templates? :-)
117 VCM 4V3O (Int, Jit)
VCM Template 4Voice, 3Osc, Intonation)
118 VCM 6V2O (FFJG)
VCM Template 6Voice, 2Osc, Per Voice)
119 VCM 6V3O (Int)
VCM Template 6Voice, 3Osc, Intonation)
120 VCM 5V2O (Int, Jit)
VCM Template 5Voice, 2Osc, Intonation)
121 VCM 8V2O (IIJG)
VCM Template 8Voice, 2Osc, Intonation)
Thanks Alex!
Yeah, the templates are Init Patches, with the Voice Modeling wiring set up, so you can just work on your own sound designs from there. If you're wanting to model a specific amount of voice synth, you can choose the voice model that is closest to your target... for instance, if you want to model a OBX type of character, use the 8-voice template... if you want a MemoryMoog type of character, go with 6-voice. The voice count that is modeled in the gated sequencer will cycle through that many voices in round robin fashion, before repeating back to the first modeled voice (regardless of whether you're using a 8-voice or 16-voice Prophet Rev2)... you won't get voice stealing though.
When I first started doing voice modeling I just used basic per-voice offsets. But after analyzing lots of classic synths, I noticed one of the predominant tuning behaviors is that the VCO oscillators have an intonation (oscillator scaling) as you test them up and down the keybed. So the "Intonation" templates/models, attempt to capture that dynamic as well... where each oscillator has its own offsets per-voice, and those offsets scale to be more far from nominal, as you progress further from the center of the keybed. All the models have offsets to envelope timing as well. Usually Attack/Decay, though you can switch the Decay to Release in gated sequencer, if you wish. I've been focusing on Attack/Release most recently, as I've found giving offsets to attack already create a downstream effect of offsetting decay.
The 3-osc models are set up with two layers (Extended Single Stacks), so you have access to two oscillators on the first layer and one more fully controllable osc on second layer... If you wanted to model a MemoryMoog with three oscillators, you might wanna work from this template. The thing to keep in mind is that you'll want to copy all envelope settings and other non oscillators settings from layer A to B, and keep them in sync if you want the second layer to act like an expanded first layer, where you just have access to extra oscillators. Technically you can use this type of "extended single stacking" to get access to four fully controllable oscillators, plus two subs. (I would stick with the 2-Osc single layer templates to start though, as you can just focus on the single layer)
Other things to note: Just be careful not to change the osc fine tuning offsets, gated sequencer, or mod slots that do the voice modeling... You can change the octave of oscillators, osc shapes, envelope ADSR, LFOs, other unused mod slots, etc... to come up with your own sound designs.. but just be cognizant that the fine tune offsets for oscillators are there to counterbalance the voice modeling. If you do want to alter fine tune offsets for each oscillator, just note where they are set in the template, and consider that the "0" point to make further adjustments.
I would recommend getting started with the "121 VCM 8V2O" template... that's the one that I most often start from. Or if you want a template that uses fewer mod slots for voice modeling, but still captures 90% of the vintage per-voice character, start with the "118 VCM 6V2O" template... that one has two more available mod slots if you want to do more advanced sound designs.
Hope that helps, happy holidays! - J
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