Playing your sequence, Exploring your subharmonicon – Moog Subharmonicon Semi-Modular Polyrhythmic Analog Synthesizer User Manual

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EXPLORING YOUR SUBHARMONICON

(Continued)

PLAYING YOUR SEQUENCE

Press the blinking

button so that it remains lit. This

releases the envelope generators from their held state, so
that each step of the sequencer will now trigger the EGs.

Now, press the

PLAY

button. Your sequence will begin

to play.

ADJUSTING THE TIMING

Rotate the

TEMPO

knob to see how the sequencer and rhythm generator

tempos are affected.

Rhythm Generator 1 is currently producing a division of the master tempo to
drive Sequencer 1, indicated by the illuminated

SEQ 1

button. Notice that as

you turn the

RHYTHM 1

knob, you are selecting one of 16 discrete steps. These

steps are produced by dividing the tempo by an integer value of 1 through 16.

NOTE:

This is the same method (dividing by an integer value of 1 through 16) that is

used for deriving the pitch of a subharmonic oscillator.

CREATING A POLYRHYTHM

As your sequence continues to play, press the

SEQ 1

button associated with

Rhythm Generator 2. You are now using the output of two rhythm generators
to drive Sequencer 1, creating a polyrhythm. As you rotate the

RHYTHM 2

knob

further from and closer to the

RHYTHM 1

knob position, you can hear how the

complexity of this polyrhythm changes.

TIP:

As you are trying new polyrhythm settings, you can use the

RESET

button to

instantly set the sequencer(s) and the rhythm generators to their initial starting
position, inviting you to explore how the polyrhythm unfolds and cycles back.

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