In part two of our new deep-dive into our Plugin Suite’s best software, we take another look at BazilleCM’s oscillators, and harness some fractal resonance!
When it comes to lead synth sounds of the last 50 years, the patch described as ‘oscillator sync’ is about as iconic as it gets.
Created by synchronising the pitch of one oscillator against another, while also modulating the pitch of the secondary oscillator, this ubiquitous sound has found favour with artists from Rick Wakeman and Jean-Michel Jarre, through to Daft Punk and LCD Soundsystem. It forms the basis for our patch creation today, but what makes it all the more intriguing is that we won’t be syncing oscillators to create it. In fact, we’ll only be using a single oscillator!
As mentioned last month, the BazilleCM oscillators are proudly digital, using phase distortion to create rich waveforms, without the use of a filter. This month we’ll be adopting a similarly simple approach, using fractal resonance, which acts in pretty much the same way as the resonance control found within the filter section.
We’ll use the Fractalize control element of the BazilleCM, to create multiple cycles of waveform, which are then ‘packed’ into the waveform which we’ll select in the Fractalize section. It’s this ‘packing’ of waveforms that generates the resonance and sync tone, as the waveform is forced to begin its cycle according to the dictated frequency (pitch) which we select from the keyboard. Let’s begin…
> Step by step Create a fractal sync tone with BazilleCM
