VCP-31 Mid/Side/Mutations

This is my entry for VCV Rack Very Cool Patch challenge #31, using aP Modules’ Mid/Side Matrix.
I made two versions of this patch. one that is mainly controlled by c.v. automation, and the one I’m primarily using here to live-tweak with a Korg nano control.
Usually when I’m building a patch, i’ve got about half of an understanding of what i’m doing or trying to achieve, and the other fifty percent is experimenting around for happy accidents. so, hopefully i can halfway explain what’s going on here?
I had a few ideas of how i could use this module, so i’ve got three instances here, each with somewhat different function.
I think the most successful use was for creating a wide dub style reverb for the drums, where the center panned sounds are not affected, and whatever gets panned picks up more of the verb.
So, I’ve got some kick, high hat, snare, and cowbell sequences running into a Bogaudio mix-4, that allows me to control level and pan for each drum. The mixer out is running to the left and right inputs of mid/side. The middle channel is pretty much normaled straight through, and the side channel is going out to RCM’s Gverb, reverb. I just discovered this reverb, and really like it a lot !
This use is similar to an effect send, with pan kind of acting like a wet, dry adjustment. but it has a nice ability to make the reverb really wide and keep the center elements like kick, solid and clean.
Next up, i tried using the Mid side to modify some c.v. signals. So I used Bog audio’s x, y, random walk generator to feed in to left and right. i took the side out to Sonus paramath, and used the A greater than or equal to B out to feed the side input. I could explore this application a bit more, but mainly i wanted to try out using the math of mid/side to alter some control voltage.
I’m a big fan of Southpole’s Annuli. I thought that because of the odd and even outputs, it might be interesting to see what mid/side might do with those signals.
In the last instance of the Mid Side matrix, I again used the side band to introduce some reverb from Valley’s Plateau, another module I fall back on again and again. This time, I also took the side output into a Lindberg MS20 filter, back to the right input of Plateau for some added resonances. It seems by adjusting the panning in the main MSC Hack mixer, i get differing levels of spaciousness and ping pong.
Overall, I had a great time playing around with this module, and I think it has a lot of potential for further exploration.
thanks so much to Ben for hosting the challenge, and also big ups to Alessandro of aP for some super cool modules!

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