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I take photos. I play with synthesizers. I studied Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering and developed things. Then I studied Physics and did some research. Now I write software.

Gary Ruben

modwave Pre FX Wave Shaper Types 

The Korg modwave has an extensive Pre FX section with compression, saturation/distortion (via the Amp models), decimation (for additional/finer control than the Oscillator Mod Vintage and Steps settings), ring mod [the Note (Key Follow) OSC Mode is a hidden gem here], Tremolo. Then there's the…

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Gary Ruben

Envelopes using the modwave Motion Sequencer

In which I describe how to implement complex envelopes such as DADSR (sort of) and DW-8000-style ADBSSR envelopes using the motion sequencer in the modwave. The principles extend to more complex types. We will create an envelope amplitude for use as a modulation source using the…

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Gary Ruben

Finding free minilogue xd patches/programs

This is a guide for minilogue xd owners to finding free (as in beer) patches/programs (hereafter called patches), i.e. patches others have made and kindly shared for free. Some patches I made are on presetpatch.com, which is a site for sharing free patches. Note that some of…

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Gary Ruben

Converting wavetables for the modwave

The Korg modwave supports float32-per-sample, 2048 sample-per-wave, 1-64 wave-per-wavetables. The modwave Editor Librarian software can load .wav files in this format, or also 16-bit-per-sample, 512 sample-per-wave .wav files, which are converted on import. It can reportedly also import some other wavetable formats and will convert…

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