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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

got the last one slightly off (2 stars in one patch don't take away the ability to get 3 stars from the three patch section), but I honestly couldn't hear the difference so I'll take that as a W. 6 patches done, 6 more to go, and then... well, I don't see any […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

Missed a day. I drove us back the whole way from Slovakia so I think it's a decent excuse. Feb 28 - #jkmakesmusic - and today is the day we start the Final Challenges!

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

well, yeah, it's very different! - I used two wide pulse waves, original was a square doubled with a triangle - filter decay/release were longer than I thought, almost 2s whereas I used 0.6s. Could've been a different slope - amp release was also longer, 1.8s vs […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 25/02/2026

alright so - Primer used two saws manually to do the unison, I just used the effect, that's okay. LPF with some envelope and exactly 1s attack, 1.9s release (I used 1.8). 15 PB range. Square sub. Nailed it!

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

done - next thing will be OYOs for this section.

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

turns out it was saws anyway. 19 semitones is right, interestingly the filter env release was very long, which I do hear now but I didn't hear before... velocity target was indeed filter env amount, there was reverb as well, and 2-voice unison. My version had 4 […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

ok, apparently there wasn't any filter at all (I suspected this but it didn't play well with the other parameters). Good 'nuff. (delayed post)

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

alright, we balled. The next day will start with the group exercises!

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

I didn't get all that gear for nothing though.

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

I like how comfortable I'm getting with the MicroMonsta's menus. Anyway, time to see how they did velocity

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026

I was wayyyy off. I got the filter type right, and the detune amount, but it was still a saw wave, and I didn't turn on the phase reset (which corresponds to Primer's Start checkbox). stil... the self-oscillation sounds completely different, even when I use saws […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

Feb 18 random note, I don't know how I can get a negative ramp saw wave (top) once I switch the oscillator to something else. It's nowhere to be seen in the other wavetables, I see a saw in Basic Shapes but that's a positive ramp. #jkmakesmusic

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

Feb 16 Going through the group challenges now. The OYOs are going to be diabolical... #jkmakesmusic

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

No surprises here. Oh, and I did have a slight filter just like here. Tomorrow: chapter 30 exercises! (4 chapters left)

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

did this via separate oscs, it was eaiser to control the detune precisely this way. LFO modulates the coarse pitch setting as the fine pitch is limited to 2 semitones, and I needed 4. Glide slightly longer than last time, I think?

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

macro is set to the unison detunes of both OSCs, phase randomization is at 100% so they shouldn't sync... I didn't use legato because it doesn't matter without envelopes, but apparently it was there in the original. Looks like I got it about right 🙏 notably, I […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

I mean yeah, there's nothing else here. Nailed this one 🦅 time to hit the next chapter. Seems like a long one... 5 chapters left!

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

Apparently Primer's sub is a square. No fucking way?? I switched to a square on MM2 and it sounds nothing like that. I'm guessing its sharp sound comes from being mixed with the OSC 1 wave. TBH I don't care, the output sounds close enough even with what I did! […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

Finally found a saw LFO that doesn't start in the middle! (there's no way to shift the phase on the MM2) Earlier in this thread I complained about this not being possible, I have to admit it was just user error.

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

and the winner is... a saw wave, lmao. (I actually left the primer clone with saws too) But I figure a thin square wave sounds a lot like a saw anyway, so... close enough? Nailed the LPF guess, oscillator mix and lack of filter movement/resonance. Good mix and […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

macro 1 controls the (4 voice, widespread) unison spread of the two oscillators. osc 2 is detuned 2 octaves and a fifth up, there's white noise, 4 voice polyphony and a simple envelope (0.75s attack, 5s release). Effect-wise it's just a LPF and phaser, like I […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

here's my vital settings for this patch (after adjusting filter type knowing what primer did), vs primer. I didn't use legato mode, but since there's no audible amp modulation, it doesn't make a difference.

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

so of course we have ring modulation, two square waves, OSC 2 is 30 semitones up. So far so good. LPF, no resonance, with decay on the envelope (quite slow, almost 2 seconds, mine is 1s). Delay is at 50% spread which I _knew_, minimal feedback, more dry than wet […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

after some comparisons, I chose to go with Vital as I already have it (it's free). Here's a reproduction of the Primer setup!

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

aight I'm done for the night, these were fun! Oscillator Mutations had a recap of Sync/FM/RM, I think that was great to have at this exact moment. Also, I was curious what's left in the base Syntorial course, so here's what we'll get in the remaining chapters […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

In case you ever wondered what it sounds like to do one of these exercises. This is a new kind of earrape

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

I'm almost SLEEPIN again because my body still hasn't gotten used to waking up at 9am, but here we go Today's exercises are for Ring Modulation!

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

okay lmao, there was no sync after all, only thing being modulated is filter. It's a band pass, too - wtf why did it sound like sync then?? I'll try replicating with the BPF then...

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

highlighting the relevant knobs this time. You can't see the value of the mod knob on the MM2 but it's 80/127 (mod matrix values don't scale linearly so this may very well be equivalent to 50% of Primer's Distortion value).

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

apparently it just consists of scaling and clipping the signal. Looks like I have that on my MM2. thing is, even its basic square waves (2) look different from primer's (1). Undistorted. we'll have to approximate again...

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

Jan 30: again, exhausting. Ears fried. But I think I'm starting to get the intuition. OYOs tomorrow! #jkmakesmusic

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

fine, I'll do a couple exercises on distortion.

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

Survey says... - osc 1/2 are saws an octave apart with equal mix (good) - filter is HPF starting around the center (good), with a pretty high resonance and envelope (good, but slightly off? not that it changes much) - there was an amp envelope with some attack […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026

here's the patch settings. - I got it right that it was a medium square wave. I actually put the knob right in the middle in some Primer experiments but it was very tough to find that exact spot in MM2. You won't see it here because I used the mod knob to […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

January 23: jesus these were a nightmare, I had to do the group exercises 3 times because I was constantly getting a knob slightly wrong in 2/3 of them. On my third round I just took screenshots because no way I'm gonna do that 4 times (but I ended up passing […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

did this guy (twice, to get 3 stars) but I don't think my ears can take another set of exercises tonight. Till tomorrow, folks.

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

- filter (envelope 2) ADSR is ON POINT - env 1 attack could've been faster relative to the filter attack (I used the same value) but it's still pretty close - I nailed the detune TO A CENT (18) though I detuned just osc 2 instead of detuning 9 cents each. As a […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

I thought there was some LFO fuckery going on... but just by comparing to waveforms of other effects on a basic saw, I have to conclude this is... just unison. But no phase reset. To be continued tomorrow.

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

let's see what we've got... (first 2 screenshots are my solution, I had to use ableton's chorus again and Delay has to go after it so that too) - mono/legato, quick porta - it was an LPF with resonance and a decay (I forgot to set a release tho, it was at 0, not […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

aight you know the drill, we've done the exercises (holy shit these were not easy for my ear).

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

ya boi is officially at artisan level! We've done these 6 whole sections (and more!) since this thread started. Next up, noise - see you tomorrow!

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

jury's in - there was no filter. I was right about the FM envelope, apparently, but it's much higher (and maybe faster?) in the original. Anyway, I touched the right params so I guess I'm doing as well as one could with these two being so different...

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Jakub Kozłowski @kubukoz.mstdn.party.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

My prediction is that there's no filter, or very little filter, on the original... and here goes: No filter. But we've proven in an earlier post (about ableton's Analog vs Primer) that Primer just cuts off a lot of high frequencies. This would've been a dead […] [Original post on mstdn.party]

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