Wahwah lead

Tips and techniques for Minimoog Analog Synthesizers
Post Reply
symfomaan
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:43 am

Wahwah lead

Post by symfomaan » Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:45 am

I want to make a lead sound on my Voyager with a wahwah effect to be activated with my modulation wheel.

Anybody can help me how to do it?

Any suggestions would be welcome!

Just Me
Posts: 1144
Joined: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:46 pm
Location: The Great Southwest

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by Just Me » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:17 am

Mod wheel to filter cutoff.
"Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

symfomaan
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:43 am

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by symfomaan » Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:55 am

Tried that one, but that's no wahwah....

theglyph
Posts: 471
Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:58 pm
Location: Jungle of patch cables

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by theglyph » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:47 am

Yup! Set the Mod buss Soruce to ON, Destination to Filt., Shaping to ON, Amount to 10. Turn down the Filter Cutoff and turn up the Filter Resonance to just before it starts to self oscillate.

symfomaan
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:43 am

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by symfomaan » Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:49 pm

Thanks for the tip. But this sounds more like a weewee than a wahwah :lol:

I think it's not possible to create the typical wah sound with just the filter cut off.

There is a preset which comes close: T.Wolfs Guitar. (I have moved it, not sure which preset it was originally). But this is done with the sync and I want to create a saw lead without the sync characteristic....

MarkM
Posts: 909
Joined: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:28 pm
Location: Northeast Tennessee, USA

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by MarkM » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:03 pm

Wahs are created via a bandpass filter and not a lo pass filter.
Mark Mahoney
http://www.reverbnation.com/markmahoney
www.cdbaby.com/cd/mmahoneympeck
www.cdbaby.com/cd/markmahoney

symfomaan
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:43 am

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by symfomaan » Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:12 am

Sounds promising, this bandpass filter option. Could you please explain a bit more? How to use this with a modulation wheel?

Just Me
Posts: 1144
Joined: Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:46 pm
Location: The Great Southwest

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by Just Me » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:17 am

There is no bandpass filter on a Voyager. You can attempt to emulate one sort of by setting the filter to HP/LP and adjusting it with the Cutoff and Spacing control and then using Mod wheel to adjust Cutoff. Probably work best with MONO Out.
"Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."

MarkM
Posts: 909
Joined: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:28 pm
Location: Northeast Tennessee, USA

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by MarkM » Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:46 am

I just bought a used Dunlop Cry Baby wah pedal for less than $60. That is certainly a cheap and effective way to get what you are looking for.
Mark Mahoney
http://www.reverbnation.com/markmahoney
www.cdbaby.com/cd/mmahoneympeck
www.cdbaby.com/cd/markmahoney

symfomaan
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:43 am

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by symfomaan » Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:06 pm

Is there no other way? The T.Wolfs Guitar preset has the wahwah effect I am looking for. The point is that the wahwah is there but the modulation is automatised. Don't know how to create the wahwah effect with the modulation wheel.

Moreover, it's a synced sound.... And I want it on a sawtooth. :?:

EricK
Posts: 6010
Joined: Fri Apr 09, 2004 2:09 pm

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by EricK » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:35 pm

I haven't examined the T WOlf preset.

Try to isolate exactly where the modulation is occuring and what is causing it, then eliminate it.

Or you can just program the lead that you want, and in addition to using the tips above, try to go in the menu and change the filter poles.
Support the Bob Moog Foundation:
https://moogfoundation.org/do-something-2/donate/

I think I hear the mothership coming.

diddi_jo
Posts: 44
Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:49 am

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by diddi_jo » Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:18 am

A HP/LP filter in serial connection is truly a bandpass filter (wah-wah). A crybaby pedal will however sound a bit different from voyagers own bandpass.
Voyager OS, Prophet 08, Rhodes MkI 73, NordLead2 and more...

psicolor
Posts: 212
Joined: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:21 pm
Location: Franconia (thats NEAR Bavaria)

Re: Wahwah lead

Post by psicolor » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:17 pm

hook up a talkbox, stick the tube in your mouth, press a key and say "wahwah"! :wink:
http://www.psicolor.de

Post Reply