This is a port and modification of “Thery Scary”, a monophonic Theremin-style patch by Critter & Guitari – and one of my favorite patches supplied with the Organelle OS stock image. I have removed the “Scary“ (a field recording loop) and added a control for the attack. To give it a retro-futuristic vibe I have added a vintage-like fx chain consisting of harmonic tremolo, spring reverb and the tape echo from Astral Tape Dream with a fixed warble setting.
Since I’m not too happy with hidden shift button functions, as I usually accidentally activate a different mode in the heat of the moment, I’ve had to think about a different concept for multiple knob assignments. The shape knob acts as a bank selector for 3 banks, each with 2 functions (tone & surprise knob respectively). It is divided into 3 equally sized areas.
To avoid jumping values and thus a serious train wreck, I use an adapted version of the good old override function, which some may know from the Organelle. This saves the last value of the knobs before the bank change – for those of you who are not so familiar with its use: The knobs only change their value once the old, saved value has been crossed once, this unlocks the knobs. This sounds more complicated than it actually is, and I will record a video showing how to use it as soon as I have more time.
Controls:
Knob1 (Shape): Bank Selector (1, 2, 3) split up in 3 equal sized areas.
Bank 1 – Theremin Attack / Decay:
Knob2 (Tone): Attack
Knob3 (Surprise): Decay
Bank 2 – Harmonic Tremolo / Spring Reverb
Knob2 (Tone): Tremolo Rate (0 – 12 Hz)
Knob3 (Surprise): Spring Reverb Amount
Bank3 – Tape Echo
Knob2 (Tone): Delay rate (synced to global BPM)
Knob3 (Surprise): feedback
FX Chain Order:
Tremolo > Tape Delay > Spring Reverb
Credits:
Thery Scary: Critter & Guitari
Harmonic Tremolo: https://patchstorage.com/brownie/
Tape Delay: Based on Umberto Boldarin’s Tape Delay tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cw60uW8JJU, spiced up with luther_22’s excellent Wow & Flutter patch: https://patchstorage.com/wowflutter/
Spring Reverb: Patch by Mike Moreno DSP: https://github.com/MikeMorenoDSP/pd-mkmr
Listing image created with Artbreeder: https://www.artbreeder.com.
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