# Moog - Mother-32 Bass with DFAM Accents - SignalPath Patch: [[Patches/Moog/Moog - Mother-32 Bass with DFAM Accents]] Build: [[Patches/Moog/Moog - Mother-32 Bass with DFAM Accents - Build|Build]] ## Overview The Mother-32 is the bass and the master clock. DFAM plays drums, and its velocity knobs also open the bass filter through the Mother-32's VC MIX. Listen at both rear outputs. ```mermaid flowchart LR M32[Mother-32 bass and clock] -- "CLOCK" --> DF[DFAM drums] DF -- "VELOCITY" --> M32 M32 -- "VC MIX to CUTOFF" --> M32 M32 --> Mix[mixer] DF --> Mix linkStyle 0 stroke:#2a9d3a,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 1 stroke:#1e63d6,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 2 stroke:#1e63d6,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 3 stroke:#222,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 4 stroke:#222,stroke-width:3px ``` **Cable colors:** [[Cable Colors]] after [Learning Modular](https://learningmodular.com/choosing-patch-cables/): ⚪ Gray 1 V/oct · 🔵 Blue modulation · 🟡 Yellow audio · 🔴 Red gates/triggers · 🟢 Green clock/sync · ⚫ Black external ## Why they accent together DFAM VELOCITY, 0 to 5 V, goes into Mother-32 MIX 2, which is DC coupled and takes −5 to +5 V. VC MIX then goes into VCF CUTOFF, and the VC MIX knob is the attenuator, as the manual describes. On the loud DFAM steps the bass filter jumps open, so the drums and bass accent together. Do not swap in a DFAM EG output here: those run 0 to 8 V, which is outside MIX 2's range. ## Why they stay locked Mother-32 ASSIGN, set to clock (the default), goes to DFAM ADV / CLOCK. The Mother-32 runs a 16-step pulse bass, cutoff low, short decay, VCA in EG mode. DFAM is an 8-step kick and noise-snare loop, and its VELOCITY knobs now do two jobs. Press DFAM RUN/STOP before starting the Mother-32. ## Short version The Mother-32 is the bass, the DFAM is the kit, and the velocity knobs accent both at once.