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This Techno-flavoured dance track was put together largely to demonstrate how effective "plucked" synth/ synth bass sounds can be produced with the Raging Bull. I wanted to keep the main riff and sound sources very simple, so that the effect of the filter could be clearly heard. Some additional sounds were added over the top - mainly comprising of the Raging Bull self-oscillating, with various modulation applied to create zaps, sweeps etc.. Further self-osciullation is explored in Demo 03.

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1. Doepfer a155 was used for the main sequence, multed to the following places: 1v/OCT input of an Intellijel Rubicon (Saw) and WMD PDO mk.2 (Wiggly Saw, up an octave), and also to the 2nd CV input of the Raging Bull to make the cutoff track the sequence. The PDO was synced to the Rubicon, and the Rubicon was synced to the clock pulse to make the clicks at the start of each note regular and even (This is a feature of the Moog Minitaur, where it is called "note sync".
2. The 4MS Pingable Envelope Generator was sent the main clock and a snappy envelope used to control both the Cutoff and the VCA amplitude of the Raging Bull. This creates an almost Lowpass Gate effect where the modulation of the filter cutoff and VCA amplitude are always linked, and the sharp Exponential nature of the PEG's envelopes accentuates this approach further.
3. A slowly-cycling Makenoise Function envelope was used to modulate the FM of the PDO as the recording progress, but as the PDO is synced to the Rubicon this produces a nice "phase-like" effect instead of a pitch sweep.
4. The Function envelope was also applied to the CURVE CV input of the PEG at points, making its shape sweep from sharply exponential to a more rounded shape.
5. The various controls of the Raging Bull (Cutoff, Cutoff CV amount, Resonance, and two Input levels) were manipulated throughout.
6. Some additional sounds were added over the top - The self-oscillating Raging Bull was modulated by various envelopes from Maths, so that it produced "zaps", sweeps and filtered noise from the Cyclebox.

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from Frequency Central Raging Bull (Moog Taurus VCA​/​VCF Clone), released March 15, 2014

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