PatchesSelf-Oscillating Drone

Self-Oscillating Drone

Self-Oscillating Drone

Playing Tips

Play notes across the full keyboard range -- the self-oscillating filter tracks your notes via MIDI Note routing. The noise adds a pitched, tonal texture shaped by the extreme resonance. Try adding Filter Split = 30 to hear two different pitched filter tones from each channel. For ethereal swoops, use ENV 1 with long Attack (78) and Decay (98).

Key Parameters

Oscillators

ParameterValue
Osc 1 Level0
Osc 2 Level0
Osc 3 Level0
Osc 4 Level0
Noise Volume50

Filter

ParameterValue
LPF Frequency0
Resonance100
4-PoleON

Modulation

ParameterValue
Mod Slot 1 SourceNno (MIDI Note)
Mod Slot 1 Amount99
Mod Slot 1 DestinationFiL

Envelopes

ParameterValue
ENV 2 Attack0
ENV 2 Decay70
ENV 2 Sustain0
ENV 2 Release30
Technique Notes

This patch uses no oscillators -- all sound comes from the self-oscillating filter (Anu Kirk p.45-48). In 4-pole mode with Resonance at 100, the filter's feedback generates a pure sine tone at the cutoff frequency. MIDI Note Number routed to filter frequency (Mod Slot 1, Amount 99) makes the filter playable from the keyboard. LPF Frequency is set to 0 as the base, with the mod slot providing all pitch tracking. Noise Volume at 50 adds texture -- the extreme resonance shapes the noise into a pitched, tonal quality described by Anu Kirk as "ethereal, mysterious, almost watery."

Panel View

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