A quick exploration with Lorre-Mill Double Knot v2. This is only the second time I am using the Double Knot, so I am just figuring things out. I find myself having to run to the manual just to remember which is clock in and which is clock out. Ins and outs on the front panel are easy to distinguish in that inputs are on lines and outputs are floating or in boxes (and not on lines).
My initial interest in the DK was to use it as a glitch percussive element in a modular ecosystem.
The double knot uses banana jacks, which you will find on Buchla or Serge systems, and Ciat Lombarde instruments such as the Plumbutter.
There are a couple of ways to go from banana to 3.5mm TS jacks. I am sure there are some kond of adapter cables, but there are also options such as the UTL-1E Format Jumbler, or an external box. These are entirely passive modules so you need to be careful what voltage you send to them. I am using Brass by Meng Qi, which has an option to block DC (which I think will block negative voltage - more research needed though).
The other big issue seems to be grounding. Most of these tumblers have a ground jack, and the Double Knot has a ground jack on the back. I am not an electronics engineer but I am not sure how effective this option actually is. It seems that to get the best grounding possible, you need some sort of eternal bar to create common ground for all the different synths.
However, I have been able to successfully cross patch without blowing anything up. I had some ground hum once, but then changed some stuff around and it seemed to stop.
So far I have been able to sync clocks using the double knot both as master and following external clock (using the Subharmonicon as master, or other modules such as Mutable Instruments Marbles or Make Noise Tempi - using some attenuation on Tempi just to be extra careful).
Due to the polyrhythmic structure of DK shift register sequencers, I immediately thought that it would make a great companion to the Moog Subharmonicon. Granted, this might seem rather obvious, but I am happy to say I loved the results.
Still haven’t looked into pitch tracking across platforms, which initially I was very interested in, but I think the double knot is also great as a semi ‘random pitch source once you tune each oscillator to base frequencies that you enjoy.
The double knot is also pretty cool at creating drones that you can start to break apart through FM and switching the envelope modes. Envelopes can be so snappy that they cause there own kind of FM or oscillation.
But more than anything, excluding the few safety caveats, the best way to learn this thing is to play around with it. Despite the cryptic nature of the design, it starts becoming quite intuitive the more you use it. I think one can get lost in the polyrhythmic goodness for hours, and these crazy sounds are super fun to explore. I am trying to think of how to use it in a more ‘musical’ or subtle way, so this video is the very first step in that direction.
Modules used in this video:
Lorre-Mill Double Knot V2
Moog Subharmonicon
Landscape Stereo Field
Intellikel Plonk
Basimilus Iteritas Alter
Marbles
Strymon Magneto
Make Noise Tempi
Mother 32
Intellijel Quadratt (for attenuation)
Mordax Data (to make sure Voltages were not negative)MAnnequins Mangrove
Make Noise STO
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