I had to try this MOD on my Source … adds a cool dimension !
notice that instead of un-soldering resistors, I simply snip one side
ie., only one lead is broken half way and the resistor sightly bent out of the way …
the yellow jumper and new resistor are soldered “on the fly” …
this way the mod can be reversed easily without wrecking the board
Come to think of it, maybe it was because I was running it into a gtr amp to test the MOD out …
ie., output at a much lowered level than normal (hence shitty S/N, etc … resulting in more hum than usual)
I’m curious about the beating pattern …? (trying to figure out how that can even happen)
is this normal …?
I had to watch it again to figure out that I might want to build myself an external oscillator
and use that to drive the FM on the Source as an experiment
alright, I’m gonna take back some of what I said …
had a chance to experiment more with this thing modded
WOW, I think I hit paydirt
there’s a few things I hadn’t realized beforehand …
one, that when the INTERVAL is set to 0 there is still some play in the adjustment
before the digit flips to one, even a little below relative to what the patch calls up
that’s where my beating was coming from // prob. solved
two, hadn’t noticed how high the MOD oscillator could go …
in the high 90’s there’s a plethora of razzy effects up there
add the FM on top of that, and pretty impressive “broken electronics” type sounds …
not the ringing sounds I heard in the Mini clip, but their own thing
and very amazing
in other patches I was able to dial in some fantastic FMizations
I’ll have a look at the AC hum picture a little later …
thanks for the FM mod MC // it’s very effective and inspiring
