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For this patch to work you need to load the provided loops into Autobreak. After loading the loops the first time, save the YML file locally to your MetaModule so that you only have to do this process once.
This patch utilizes a shift register as a modulation source for breakbeats. Shift registers are powerful tools for randomization because they generate random patterns that can be frozen into a loop. This rhythmic random loop is perfectly paired for chopping and slicing samples as well as modulating the timbres of the sliced up beat.
External Audio Path:
-Main audio outputs on channels 1 and 2
Internal Audio Path:
-Voxglitch autobreak outputs 1 and 2 are fed into a stereo resonant lowpass filter
-The lowpass filter is then fed into a stereo reverb.
-The output of the reverb is fed into a pressed duck for compression and distortion
Internal CV Path:
-A master clock is sent to the autobreak as well as the clock input of an 8 stage shift register.
-The shift register’s data input is a white noise source
-The output of the shift register is sent to the sample selection and sample slice parameters of the voxglitch autobreak. It’’s also sent to the reverb mix on Plateau.
*A key component of the patch is toggling the write/loop switch on the shift register which goes back and forth between random output and a locked loop of the random output of the register.
Metamodule Knob Mapping:
A - Sample select
B - Random Lock
C - Sample Select Attenuator
D - Sample Slice Attenuator
E - Filter Cutoff
F - Filter Resonance
U - Cutoff CV
V - Reverb CV
X - Compression
Y - Feedback
Z - Master Volume
Shift Register Breaks.vcv (2.8 KB)
Shift Register Breaks.yml (10.0 KB)
Download Shift Register Breaks .wav files here
