A look at the Audio Path of a Moog Subharmonicon and an attempt to recreate this wonderfully weird instrument in VCV rack using only free modules.

Index:

00:02 Introduction
01:36 Music Theory of Overtones + Subharmonics
05:26 What Overtones + Subharmonics sound like
08:32 Moog Subharmonicon Audio Path Outline
09:24 Can a Slew Limiter work as a Subharmonic Generator? (VCV Rack)
11:13 How to Create a Subharmonic Generator using an Envelope Generator
13:20 Different Wave Shapes with Envelope Generator
14:43 Why/How an Envelope Generator works as a Subharmonic Generator
19:14 Using a Clockable LFO as Subharmonic Generator
21:30 Recreating the Audio Path of a Moog Subharmonicon with VCV Rack
26:45 Outro


Visit https://robemusic.com/ for more patch ideas.

VCV Rack: https://vcvrack.com/Rack#get/

Gear Used:

Moog Subharmonicon
VCV Rack 2 (free version)
Roland re201Space Echo (Delay used in Intro Only)