Hey,
So i'v been playing around with ring mod quite a bit of late. I never really thought much of it before, using it occassionally to spice up a drum loop. However, I heard examples lately of it being used to great effect in ambient and pad sounds. For example, I heard this one where ring mod was used to create harmony notes on a simple synth passage. It sounded really cool, cuz I've never heard it used in this way before - usually the mod osc seems to be tuned so that the resulting texture is non-pitched and metalic sounding. In this case, the pitch of the mod osc must have been used like a note and therefore complimenting the texture! I'v not sorted this technique yet, but Im on the job - the sample i heard was done with Absynth (which i have and adore).
Anyone got any other secret ring mod techniques that they'd care to share?
Ringmod for ambient sounds
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- KVRian
- 1023 posts since 8 Apr, 2003 from Östersund
RingMod is a very nice effect, it creates overtones based on the two input signals. Just like you say one is used to hearing RingMod as something metallic. This is because it's often used as a monophonic effect with a static pitched LFO as mod source. Meaning the overtones are not really changing with the pitch of the instrument but are always based on the static mod source.
By using a polyphonic RingMod inside a synth or sampler one can modulate pairs of notes which sounds alot more harmonic than a standard RingMod does. An example of a synth that does this is my very own SubDuer
www.majken.se/subduer.htm
/Majken
By using a polyphonic RingMod inside a synth or sampler one can modulate pairs of notes which sounds alot more harmonic than a standard RingMod does. An example of a synth that does this is my very own SubDuer
www.majken.se/subduer.htm
/Majken
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- KVRAF
- 3096 posts since 3 Nov, 2002 from Kettering UK
Then you might want to try SuperRing (link below)which uses RingMod as its sound sourcetee boy wrote:Awesome, I'll have to av me a wee butchers at that one. Thanks!
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- KVRAF
- 4074 posts since 28 Apr, 2004
superring is cool ian 
tee boy - i definately suggest you try it.
steve.
tee boy - i definately suggest you try it.
steve.
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- KVRAF
- 2818 posts since 30 Aug, 2001 from where dinosaurs are still alive
...or just in case you want just the ringmod fx I advice the one from the Bojo fx bundle, free and fat.
ooops, hi there, Ian!
ooops, hi there, Ian!
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- KVRian
- 1023 posts since 8 Apr, 2003 from Östersund
Superring you say Mr. Krakli?.. I'll check her outianweb123 wrote:Then you might want to try SuperRing (link below)which uses RingMod as its sound sourcetee boy wrote:Awesome, I'll have to av me a wee butchers at that one. Thanks!
/Majken