Minimoog tip: Feedback the output into the filter input

[Marrs]

Hi! I just found this forum and thought I could share a really cool trick. I didn't see it posted here before.

You can seriously fatten up sounds or create wild new sounds by feeding one of the outputs back into the input. Almost all sounds will sound fuller and get more bass, and if you crank the input way up you can get a really fat oscilation an you're in subbass heaven..
Oh yeah, and what's also cool is that the oscilation phase you get is reversed from the filter resonance phase so you can do nice things with resonance and it won't just only beep like most of the things you feedback.

If you haven't done this before try it out now, trust me

[Cruel Hoax]

Or try this:

Instead of patching from a main output back to the input, patch from the oscillators' insert send back to the input. To do this, put one end of a mono 1/4" cable into the Ext. In jack. Then put the other end almost-but-not-quite-all-the-way in to the Mixer Out/Filter In insert jack. Same overdrive boost from more gain, but doesn't skew the filter into a steeper response. Feeds back differently as well.

Try eet!

-Hoax

[vanbebberm]

That really does fatten up the sounds! I especially like the second idea, where you plug in the cable half-way - I would have never thought of that, thanks a bunch!!!
-Mike

[Boeing 737-400]

That's something I should try. I did the trick of taking the right output to the input, and the sound fattened up quite a bit, but I had to turn the volume pretty high for the effect to kick in.