3 oscillators and 48dB(8-pole) filter using only a microkorg

[AhhThatGuy]

OK this is an amazing ability of the microkorg I only discovered today, after have this synth for almost 9 months! With this trick, you can get three oscillators, all modulating eachother, layer cross modulation with two ring modulators for example. You can also achieve 8pole filters, double distortion, and many more interesting effects! So what is this miracle programming you ask?

Its really quite simple.
1. Initialise a synth program.
2. In the VOICE menu, select LAYER.
3. In the AMP menu(on timbre 1), change PANPOT to R.63
4. Plug a lead from the right output to audio input 2. Turn up the volume approximately half way.
5. Switch to timbre 2. In the osc1 setting, use AUD (audio input) waveform
6. In the AMP menu(on timbre 2), change PANPOT to L.63

And thats pretty much it! Now you can achieve a whole range of things you never thought possible:
-Use timbre 2, osc 2 as well as timbre 1 osc 2 to modulate timbre 1 osc 1.
-The filters from each timbre are now stacked, so if you choose two 24dB LP filters, that gives a whopping 48dB! steep dude!(PS route cutoff in timbre 1 and 2 to mod wheel to change cutoff uniformly)
-Turn on distortion on both timbres!
-Anything else you can think of!

Also I find it useful to turn on arpeggiator for timbre 2 only, latch ON, gate 100, mode TRIGGER. This will effectively disactivate the EGs of timbre 2, making it a lot easier to work with.

Hope someone finds this useful, and have fun!

Stephen

[X-Trade]

Sweet! I had thought about this but never got around to trying it...

[javibent]

sweet tnx i will try it