A Behringer Poly D with a bass sequence and a Moog Mavis and Minimoog (slaved via midi) provide the lead. A BeatBuddy pedal was used for the drums.
A Moog Mavis and Minimoog (not pictured) create a cool bell-like chime. Also using my “cello hack” on the Mavis.
Bees peacefully pollinating flowers…suddenly, the hive is being threatened! Attack! Be sure to listen to the end to hear the swarm!
A very short experiment in composing a string duet. This song was created using a Moog Mavis module that was mounted in a NiftyKEYZ keyboard / enclosure.
This song is one of my better “cello” emulations. It’s about 3 minutes, so please take the time to give it a listen. The cello part comes through with quite an emotional feeling.
I felt like this song was missing a few things…mostly bass and percussion. This version fixes that with the addition of a Rickenbacker bass track, an egg shaker, a rattle and some brass chimes.
This is an explanation on how I achieve the “cello hack” using a Moog Mavis and an Electro-Harmonix Oceans 12 Dual Stereo Reverb pedal. The Mavis is mounted in a NiftyKEYZ Eurorack keyboard / enclosure and I’m using the NiftyKEYZ “aftertouch” output to control the Mavis’ LFO rate. This allows me to get a more realistic vibrato by varying pressure on the keys. Harder presses = faster vibrato.
