In this video, I review Moog’s Mavis and explore eighteen modular and wavefolding patch ideas. I go through its oscillator, filter and modulation, then demonstrate techniques for adding voices, shaping harmonics and creating new textures.
Timeline
0:00 Intro
1:10 What’s Fold?
3:25 Assembly
4:00 Overview
5:15 VCO & Filter
6:55 Modulation
10:00 Keyboard
10:50 PATCH IDEAS
11:20 LFO as OSC
12:40 Dual osc
14:00 Duophony
14:35 Cable colors
14:50 Fold magic
15:35 Modulate fold
16:25 VCO as LFO
17:20 Voltage push
18:55 Filter tracking
20:10 Harmonic fun #1
20:45 Harmonic fun #2
22:20 Adding noise
22:50 Sample & hold
24:45 Analog bitcrush
25:50 Formant fun
27:20 Filter FM (see correction below)
28:40 Folding squares
31:45 RC Filter circuit
32:05 Some sounds
33:50 Pros & cons
35:40 Outro 1
37:55 Outro 2
Links and notes from the video description
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Other gear in the video:
► OCP Ornament and Crime by Plum Audio (https://bit.ly/OCP-PerfectCircuit)
► Krait from DNIPRO
► OCP and Krait are in a DIY case by Uncertain Proportions
► NTS-2 by Korg (https://bit.ly/NTS-2-Perfect-Circuit)
► KeyStep 37 by Arturia
► 90 degree cables by Tendrils, regular cables from Moog and Erica Synths
► Chorus is TAL Chorus and reverb is RAUM from Native Instruments
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The DIY Passive RC Filter:
► 100k Potentiometer
► 100nF Capacitor
► The 3.5mm jacks are connected to each other on the ground pin, and that's where one of the capacitor legs goes to as well.
► Filter FM patch correction:
In the Filter FM patch in the video I say you should patch MULT 1 into the LFO RATE INPUT (which is correct) but, since it was late in the session I guess?… I plugged MULT 1 into the LFO OUTPUT, and you shouldn't really do that… though apparently, Mavis didn't explode. It still sounds good which is why I didn't notice it, but you should do as I say and not as I do… thanks @wavrekordz for pointing this out
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