Dual VCO / DVCO

[Schnork]

@phading

Does any of you feel the same?

Yes, absolutely.

@phading

Do you know of another synth that has a nice interface and sounds Gigantic like these VCOs?

Unfortunately I don’t. You might be able to find something equally raw and juicy sounding in the modular world, I guess (?)

I kinda wish Elektron would just take the DVCO circuits and put them it into an A4 successor. Although they’d probaply have to change it here and there as the tracking is not 100% accurate, which isn’t s big deal for a drum machine, but would pose a problem for a mono/poly synthesizer.

@specific

I feel like there’s a lot going on in that first mysterious parameter that is hard to replicate- (some fm but something else too

The config parameter basically changes waveforms and also changes how the two oscs interact.
Osc 1 offers sine and sinesaw, osc 2 offers sine, skewed sine, triangle, sinesaw and saw.
When you start at 0 changing the config, the two oscs are mixed, indicated by the little “+” symbol and as you turn the knob, you cycle through all available osc waveforms and their combinations.

After osc mix ("+") you get to ring modulation, indicated by the little “R” and again the cfg parameter cycles through all the different possible waveforms for both oscs.

Next is FM (indicated by an “F”), osc 1 is the carrier, modulated by osc 2.

Last configuration is FM with ringmod (“FR”).

The different comfigurationd are also available with osc reset, the “_” that appears under config indicates oscillator reset, so with each trig, the osc phases on this cfgs are reset.

If you check the DVCO waveforms on an oscilloscope, you’ll notice that they are pretty unsusual looking. Also the filter and filter drive are just lovely, so it all adds up to this very special, raw sound.

@specific

Could you (I mean we) perhaps sequence it with the a4 somehow? (And sequence the A4 as a drum machine with retrigs from the rytm?)

A4 and AR offer only very basic midi sequencing, it’s basically just notes (note on/off and velocity).

I like to sequence my AR and also my AK from my OT. OT can do retrig over midi, p-locking midi cc and of course has three lfos per track. So lots of possibilities there. You can even control and sequence AR scenes and performance macros as well as A4/AK macros.

[Aksdnt]

You can set up a track of the rytm to play the multi map channel of the A4 fyi.

[Riuozami]

I really dislike the VCO of the Rytm actually i don’t like the analog synthesis of the rytm at all

[sid6581]

Can I ask, what about the DCVO don’t you like?

[Riuozami]

The sound is not convincing

Maybe because I have other analog mono synth that i like more

[standingwave]

It does take a bit of coaxing, but I find the ocillator, filter and overdrive incredible sounding.
A trick I just discovered is using two to make a stereo voice and the third for character layering. Awesome.

[waftlord]

i love using aftertouch with DVCO. setting AT to some of the synth parameters and filters achieves one of the most expressive monosynths out there!

[sid6581]

I kind of know what you mean. At times I really struggle getting a sound I like out of the Dvco. Conversely, I have also made some of the best bass sounds I’ve ever made using it, but never by design or intention.

@standingwave, I’m defo gonna try this - thanks for the tip.

[mkdsl]

this goes not only for the DVCO, made some truly haunting themes with the cb engine and AT, rimshot also not to be trifled with

[borg029un03]

Yeah, I’m loving to use the clear Waves like Sine and Triangle and push them with the Overdrive, great.
And in this Case the Routing makes the most sense (VCO->Overdrive->Filter)