Explore the range of FX on the cartridges

Let’s look at what various cartridges offer us and how to get the best out of them with other modules

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The new Chorus offers a great series of algorithms from vibrato, multi-voice chorus, dual flangers and diffused ‘wet’ modulated FX. We’ve had some killer Reese style basslines by modulating the mix amount with a slow LFO and sending rising envelopes into the vibrato CV control.

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Sticking with the chorus, we’ve had some seriously gorgeous underwater reverb style textures. Check out the diffused chorus algorithm and slow the clock down with an oscillator. You get beautifully diffused delay/ reverb style ambiences. Try an LFO into the feedback amount for further sonic adventure.

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Try CV at the audio inputs, you won’t break anything and with the Spring Waves card it works great. Send a short trigger or pulse into the audio input and the algorithms excite that pulse, resonating and oscillating with various string and tube-like textures.

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The Spring Waves card has a minor chord mode creating resonating structures set to various minor chords. Try using a stepped random voltage in time with your input audio to ‘flutter’ through different chord tones while importantly staying ‘in key’. Modulate damp for further excitement.

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Let’s explore the Valhalla Shimmer and make the most of the pitchshifting reverb with a guitar. Set a suitable decay for the reverb and use an envelope follower analysing the guitar sound to create a dynamic CV to modulate the tone control on the shimmer.

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Rather than going for a pitch up effect on the shimmer card, try Slow Shimmer and set the pitch control to one octave lower than the input. Send in rich waves and modulate the mix parameter to swell in huge reverb.