# Seahorse - Lo-Fi Shift Register Duo - SignalPath Patch: [[Patches/Seahorse/Seahorse - Lo-Fi Shift Register Duo]] Build: [[Patches/Seahorse/Seahorse - Lo-Fi Shift Register Duo - Build|Build]] ## Overview The Micro Sequence only keeps time. Disting F-6 writes a loop of roots and fifths for SEEDS, Grains holds a drone under it, and Echo puts a dark room behind the mix. The Passive Mult splits to the Mini Speakers and the A-541. SEEDS, Grains, Micro Sequence, Echo, Passive Mult and Mini Speaker silk-screens are check panel. ```mermaid flowchart LR MS[Micro Sequence clock] --> D[Disting F-6 shift register] D --> SE[SEEDS 8-bit melody] SE --> Sh[Shades mix] G[Grains drone] --> Sh Sh --> E[Echo] E --> M[Passive Mult] M --> S1[Mini Speaker 1] M --> S2[Mini Speaker 2] M --> O[A-541 line out] linkStyle 0 stroke:#2a9d3a,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 1 stroke:#9e9e9e,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 2 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 3 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 4 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 5 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 6 stroke:#222,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 7 stroke:#222,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 8 stroke:#e0b800,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 it sounds like a chiptune over a drone Disting F-6 is an 8-step-style shift register, here set to length 16, with the scale on root plus fifth so nothing clashes with the drone, and a little slew for small glides. That quantized CV goes to SEEDS, which is the 8-bit melody voice. Ginko does not publish a user manual for the SEEDS panel, only a building manual, so you pick a sound with its own controls and tune it so the Disting root lines up with Grains. Grains is set for a steady, low buzzing tone. I have no maker figure for how well SEEDS tracks 1 V/oct. If the roots and fifths drift, treat it as texture or narrow Disting parameter 3, the output attenuverter. ## Why it mutates then locks Every clock pulse, F-6 shifts its loop of bits and turns them into a voltage. Z sets the odds that a bit flips. Start at 0 for most random. When you like the loop, turn Z up until the display shows ** (about +2 V) and the same notes cycle until you pull Z back down. ## Why SEEDS is turned down The Grains building manual says its output cannot exceed about 5 V peak-to-peak. Shades can only cut, not boost, so channel 2 (Grains) stays fully clockwise and channel 1 (SEEDS) sits at noon to balance. Echo is a dark room behind the mix, then the Passive Mult feeds the Mini Speakers and the A-541. ## Short version The Disting is the composer, SEEDS is the lead, and Grains is the carpet.