In his video, Jeremy Blake (Red Means Recording) shares his thoughts on making music with the Moog Subharmonicon.
Video Summary:
“Music is rhythm, pitch, pitch relationships, and timbre. The Moog Harmonicon is a great example of how these all come together in one of the most interesting performance synthesizers I’ve touched.”
Here’s a follow up video, which captures an extended synth jam, featuring the Subharmonicon:
Here’s what they have to say about the technical details:
“Improv on the Moog Subharmonicon and Elektron Digitakt at 120 BPM. Poly Digit provides reverb and delay.”
man. I’ve always been on the edge with the Subharmonicon, but I think this video is enough to get me to pull the trigger
I really like the sound and creative possibilities of the Subharmonicon, but how easy is it to incorporate it into a multi-synth live set-up? Wouldn’t it be tricky keeping it in key?