Solar 42 One Eleven 24

Hi.
Solar 42 recorded in one take.
I've taken a crappy photo of the initial set-up but it was with a phone camera and a shakey hand. Don't know if it matters. Anyhow.......Used
Magic FX cartridge / Seq on voice 4 & split.
Voices 1,2 & 3 Drones, thereabouts in tune-.
Voice 8 beeping away merrily, sometimes at x10.
Voice 5 lead.
Thanks to anyone who listens / likes

[@piecomics2]

I love your stuff. I have a Solar 42 that I have been enjoying playing with, but there is something about how you are getting your voices that I love. Can you tell me how you think about tuning the voices?

[@paulclegg498]

Hi piecomics thanks for the comment & like.
I don't get many views & even fewer ' likes' so I'm not sure I'm qualified to answer your Q .. but here goes.
When I bought the 42 I bought a guitar tuner at the same time & plugged it into the HP socket -- tuning each voice with the Volt Oct turned all the way left - on Voices 1,2,6&7.. That lasted about a week. Then I just tried tuning to a piano / synth. Gave up on that after a few weeks.
Now I generally start by turning one voices Volt Oct somewhere past 1 o-clock tuning 2 pitch generaters. 'til they sound more or less harmonically OK -- be an octave or a 3rd,,. or whatever. i thencheck to see what happens to them when I mve the Volt Oct dial. Mod buttons make the job harder especially if my hand makes a shadow - but it's just part of it.
I try & get other voices to match the 1st Voice. Sometimes it works, Somtimes I 'waste' a morning.
The other voices are easier to pitch once 1.2,6 & 7 are done but....
Trying to replicate what I did when it comes to pressing 'Rec' is another thing altogether.
i'm honestly thinking of recording seperate tracks in the DAW for all the voices & mixing then together in that.#
'Ears' might be the better answer to all of the above ?? agaiin thanks & hope this helps.

[@piecomics2]

@@paulclegg498 Thanks, this is super helpful! I did exactly what you are describing, trying to use a tuner to dial things in, and lately felt like giving up. glad to hear, as I really like your stuff!