In this video, I explore the production version of Moog’s Spectravox and share ten patch ideas. I go through its filter bank, spectral shift, vocoder and modulation, then try techniques for playing and combining its different sections.
Timeline
0:00 Intro
1:20 vs Workshop
1:55 Overview
2:55 Oscillator
4:00 Synthesis Filters
6:00 Spectral Shift
6:20 Shift LFO
6:45 VCA & EG
7:05 EG Triggers
7:25 Hiss & Buzz
7:50 Vocoder mode
10:20 Intelligibility
10:50 Hold
11:05 IDEAS & TIPS
11:15 Pairing menu
11:40 Polyphony!
12:35 Non-vocal mod
13:20 Ping the filters
13:40 Play the filters
14:05 Gate mode?
14:40 PWM FTW
15:30 Filter EG
16:00 VCO as mod
16:35 Beat to trigs!
17:30 Pros & cons
19:00 Some sounds
20:00 More sounds!
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Gear shown in the video:
► Arturia KeyStep 37
► Halo cables by MyVolts
► Roland J-6
► 1010Music Bitbox Micro
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