Modulation · Session 02

How to Use Noise for Modulation

10 min · Four patches · No patch cable needed

 

Four patches, each using noise a different way — starting simple, ending somewhere unexpected.

Noise as an audio source for vintage character, then as a filter modulator for gritty bass, then on the oscillators where it becomes a vintage instability knob — dial it halfway and your pitch drifts like an old synth, push further and it falls apart. The last patch combines noise with a slow LFO for chords that sound like wind blowing through them.

In this session

Noise as audio sourceNoise → filterNoise → pitch driftWhite vs pink noiseEmphasis for bubbly texturesWind chords with LFO

Tip: Half on the mod wheel is the sweet spot for noise modulation. Past that it stops adding character and starts eating the patch.

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