Forbidden Sounds on the DeepMind 12
Jakub Dominé Jakub Dominé
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 Published On Premiered Mar 20, 2024

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This video showcases a relatively obscure technique that enables additive synthesis on the Behringer DeepMind 12!

Some notes for those trying this at home that I didn't cover in the video:
-Different Polyphony modes (Unison-2, Mono-6, etc.) will sound good at different depths in the Uni Voice to VCF Filter mapping. On my synth, these numbers are usually multiples of 15, as 15 depth maps out to roughly an octave for whatever reason. Given the instability of the filters, this value might be slightly different on a different DM12. I only have mine so I couldn't test it. Just slowly scroll through different values until you find one that sounds less dissonant than those around it.
-Similarly, my VCF patches are closest to A440 with the VCF Cutoff set to 258.9Hz. This value could also be slightly different on a different DM12, couldn't test that either. Someone setting this up for the first time should run their synth through a tuner to properly set the VCF Cutoff value.
-As a side note, the MoodFilter effect can also help attenuate harsh high frequencies, but has the drawback of not operating per-note like the Uni Voice to (-) VCA active mapping does.

Credit to Gearspace forum user Zapman, who documented this first in 2017: https://gearspace.com/board/showpost....
He also shows that you can use unipolar LFOs to create a patch that uses the DCOs and the VCFs as soundsources on alternating voices, which is pretty insane.

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00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Playing the filters
08:04 - Forbidden sounds (additive synthesis)
14:48 - Patch playing

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