Ratcheting - how to

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JoshuaPhilgarlic
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03 Apr 2015

Just made a tutorial about Tangerine Dream's famous Ratcheting effect. Enjoy :) !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGrPKPcrZhc

As mentioned in the video you need the freely available A/B Audio & CV Switch for Ratchet to work at all.

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selig
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03 Apr 2015

Always loved this effect, can't wait to check this out!
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03 Apr 2015

I wanted to know exactly what the ratcheting effect was, and found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh_9vUWPHoo

Seems to be really close to what you've done. Pretty cool.

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Joerg
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03 Apr 2015

Thats cool. Will check the combi.

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03 Apr 2015

Well, well that is two things I learned today. I didn't even wealize Watcheting (watch the other video) was a term. I noticed the effect in mid-period TD records but didn't think on it at all. It stands out but seems so organic at the same time I didn't even wonder how it was done.

Thanks

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InavigableHeart
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04 Apr 2015

Thanks man, not listened to much TD, but the effect sounds cool and will work nice with my techno tunes. Cheers for sharing!

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04 Apr 2015

Thanks for the combi!

Never knew this was called ratcheting. Been playing with your combi for a while now and i think i'm going to use this more often. Thanks :)
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mayzon
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07 Apr 2015

Nice tut, will defo check out the combi

Thanks :)

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09 Apr 2015

Hey man that's really cool never heard of this before going to get a lot of use out of it thanks!

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09 Apr 2015

Cool bananas!

Although the grammar policeman within noticed a small spleling error on rotary 2  ;)

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JoshuaPhilgarlic
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09 Apr 2015

JiggeryPokery wrote:Cool bananas!

Although the grammar policeman within noticed a small spleling error on rotary 2  ;)
Yep, I noticed it when the movie was done. It's fixed in the combinator ;) .

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ahs
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24 Apr 2015

hi,
does not work here !
it seems an easy setup but nothing happens if i trigger or autotrigger !?

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24 Apr 2015

Awesome thanks for sharing.

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JoshuaPhilgarlic
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24 Apr 2015

ahs wrote:hi,
does not work here !
it seems an easy setup but nothing happens if i trigger or autotrigger !?
There's probably something wrong with your patching. Can you post the songfile here so I can have a look?

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ebop
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24 Apr 2015

Cool. I was listening to a house track just this morning that used this kind of effect and I wished I knew an easy way to do it.

Thanks Joshua :)

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26 Apr 2015

I'm trying this one out!
Thanks!
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12 Mar 2018

To Joshuaphilgarlic , Hi I need to buy the full version of Reason 8-9 to use ratchet and also the other item, but was wondering if you could possibly create a VST version of this wonderful Ratchet Combinator so not just Reason users can FEEL LUCKY but KONTAKT users or any vast synth plug ins could use it with say ABLETON LIVE etc, it would be great if you could possible create a vast version soon as possible PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

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13 Mar 2018

love TD... so thanks a bunch
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O1B
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13 Mar 2018

Nice Combi.... Good to have an analog in Reason.

Ratcheting in 5 4 3 2 1 .... now... is a little predicable... needs a Glitch, methinks.

Ratcheting brought me here. the Minibrute 2s inspires, huh. Coincidence? I think not.
Manipulating the Matrix to make for interesting, evolving, in your face ratcheting sequences is a bit tedious.

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28 Mar 2018

Great video! Very versatile. Wanted to mention that Lectri Panda's Korde has a Ratchet mode (for those of you that might have forgot or were not aware of that feature).

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