Moog Subsequent 37: factory patches
The ones worth knowing, what each is for, and the figure written for it where one exists.
LOW BASS
1.13Four strikes a bar, and the last one is the next chord’s root, an eighth early
Figure — The LOW BASS early-root line
UBER_SUB
2.11A climb to the chord’s fifth, and the fifth lands somewhere new each bar
Figure — The UBER_SUB displaced fifth
Terror Bass
2.08Three bars of bass line and a fourth on the flat two, falling back onto the beat
BRASH B@SS
1.04Two hard strikes a bar and six ghosted, most of them the same note
Figure — The BRASH B@SS ghost-note groove
5TH IN LINE
3.09Three bars on the fifth of each chord, and a root only in the fourth
Figure — The 5TH IN LINE fifths line
Acid Wiggler
3.13One bar of sixteenths on the root, four of them slid into
Figure — The Acid Wiggler slide line
TRIPLET 5THS
9.11Fifths stacked three at a time, accented in threes across the beat
Harp C Chord
6.05Four notes held for the arpeggiator, and the order you press them is the tune
Figure — The Harp C Chord arpeggiated hold
SAW LEAD
8.07A bar climbing to a held note, then the same rhythm falling
Triangle Lead
9.08Chord tones, and every bar head reached by a semitone from below
Octavia
7.05A phrase, then the same phrase an octave down with one note changed
Figure — The Octavia octave answer
70s TV PI Theme
3.10One four-note shape, three times, a step lower each time
Figure — The 70s TV PI Theme sequenced motif
FUNK ORGAN
3.01Two-note stabs on the sixteenth before every beat, never on one
Figure — The FUNK ORGAN early-sixteenth stabs
DUO ORG
5.10Two notes struck as one, moving in parallel thirds
Figure — The DUO ORG parallel-thirds comp
SAWTEETH DUO DANCER
8.08Two notes that cross each other every bar, in a dance rhythm
Duotronic Moogtrons
5.12One note held while the other walks against it
CELESTIAL
4.11Two notes an octave apart, closing to a third over four chords
Figure — The CELESTIAL converging-voices pad
DRONE
5.09The root held under the changes
DUO WAVE MOD
5.11Two notes rising together, the gap opening from a third to an octave
Figure — The DUO WAVE MOD similar-motion pad
SYNTH GONG
9.01Seven strikes in eight bars, each placed where the last has gone
Figure — The SYNTH GONG decay-spaced strikes