6. Acidic saw line with Bazille CM’s sequencer encer

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One of the most useful reasons to get synth parameters moving with rhythmic modulators is to create complex, moving riffs and patterns that can be triggered by only a single note press. Let’s do just that with u-he’s monster Bazille CM (free in Plugins) – fire up a new instance of the synth in your DAW and call up the 00 User >> INIT preset from the Patches tab.

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Bazille CM’s nifty 16-step sequencer (bottom centre) is dividedd into four sections, and each block of fourour steps can be sent out independently to modulate other parameters. We’ll set the he first four sequencer steps to 24, -24, 6 and 0, creating a melodic sequence signal that we can use to trigger a simplee riff. Before we go further, switch on the bottom-right

FX: Delay module for wideningng repeats.

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Let’s use our four-step sequence to change the first sawtooth oscillator’s pitch. Drag out from the sequencer’s first (leftmost) red output node, patch this cable into Osc 1’s FreqModDepth input node (found under the Tune parameter), then push up the FreqModDepth amount knob to the max 50. Trigger the synth with a MIDI note – our sequencer steps trigger a repeating melodic riff.

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Modulating Bazille CM’s Fractalize parameter will give our sawtooth tone an acidic, hard sync-like vibe. To first get to grips with this timbre-twisting effect, switch the Fractalize Type to Triangle via the dropdown menu. Increase the Fractal

Value knob to make Bazille CM ‘pack’ in multiple copies of Osc 1’s waveform into a triangle waveform.

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Let’s use the Multiplex module to mix sequencer and LFO signals. Set the next four sequencer sliders to -34, 30, 60 and 34; then drag from the sequencer’s second red

output node to patch a cable into the Multiplex module’s top-left input. Drag from the LFO’s red output and drop a cable into the Multiplex’s bottom-left input to combine the sequencer and LFO signals.

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Set LFO’s Wave Symmetry to 0.00 for a downwards saw shape, then set its

Rate to a synced 2/1 value. Now to modulate Fractalize: pipe a cable from the first Multiplex output and drop it into Osc 1’s leftmost Fractalize input, then turn FractalModDepth up to 3.40. Crank up the Multiplex’s Gain 1/2 knob for bubbling gnarliness!