Dec 16: Venetian Resonance by C C O

After all the modular patches, I wanted to do something for the end of the year without using the modular. Since a no-input mixer feedback patch is still absent for 2016, I gave my Midas Venice 160 a good workout. Here’s the Venetian Resonance.

I wanted to use individual effect routings instead of just straight feedback loops from each channel to itself, so I set up four channels to go from each direct out to an effect and then back to itself. This way, each channel’s fader brings up the feedback trail and the Midas EQs are in the feedback path. With regards to the effects used, a pulsing bass is firstly done with a Symetrix 606, shaped accordingly with the EQ. Secondly, a Roland RE201 provides the middle drone that kinda “melts” into the bass. Thirdly, an Ibanez AD202 is used for the quite typical delay trail sound. And finally, a series of Boss RRV10 and RBF10 produces the high vibrato sound (tuned in with the flanger LFO). It’s all pretty carefully dialled in, a rather delicate act of balancing the EQs and levels. Some compressors in the chain would probably help, but I got away without it.

Then I just bring the individual channels in and out with the faders and jam my way through some minutes. Slight little bit of editing and some reverb, delay, EQ and compression in Ableton to bring it together. Pretty fun mixer jamming! :D

Hope you enjoy it and cheers