False Duophonic Trick with Voyager and Delay
Friends,
I was in a bathroom one day (so many of my greatest posts begin with this line) and I noticed that due to its construction, I could whistle 2 notes, and the feedback was such that they sounded like I was whistling chords. I could arpeggiate a triad and hear them all echo back at the same time.
I figured out a way to do the same thing with a Voyager and a Delay.
The first thing that I did was to create a bright resonant bass patch with a slow envelope on the filter. Then I went into the software and, taking the advice of a forum member who posted about changing your keyboard response, I changed the keyboard mode to LAST NOTE, and I changed the trigger mode to MULTI.
Now for those of you who might not know, usually the Voyager will play the lowest note depressed when more than 1 key is pressed at the same time. “Last note” will play whatever key you press when you are holding another one down be it a higher or lower key. This is an interesting change to the traditional playing approach and allows for unique articulation previously unavailable. (Thank you unknown poster for pointing this out a long time ago.)
This will allow you to drone a bass note and play monophonic leads with the other hand and the voyager always returning to the droning bass note. With the delay, the lowest note is emphisized if you time your leads to the echoes and not let your leads become the primary echoes. This gives the illusion that you have two seperate voices.
The result can be heard here.
Dark Ominous Bass in C
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I hope you find this useful if you haven’t already.
Eric
Rhythmicons