# Seahorse - Turntable Strummed Through Rings - SignalPath Patch: [[Patches/Seahorse/Seahorse - Turntable Strummed Through Rings]] Build: [[Patches/Seahorse/Seahorse - Turntable Strummed Through Rings - Build|Build]] ## Overview The record excites Rings, the Micro Sequence tunes and strums it, the odd side gets a motor-warbled echo, and the even side stays dry. The A-541 sends it out. Phono Preamp MONO, Echo, Micro Sequence and motor CV jack silk-screens are check panel. ```mermaid flowchart LR TT[Turntable] --> PP[Phono Preamp] PP --> R[Rings resonator] MS[Micro Sequence] -- "pitch" --> R MS -- "gate" --> R R -- "ODD" --> E[Echo] E --> O[A-541 line out] R -- "EVEN" --> O Motor[Reverse DC Motor] --> Sh[Shades attenuator] Sh --> E linkStyle 0 stroke:#222,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 1 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 2 stroke:#9e9e9e,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 3 stroke:#d62828,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 4 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 5 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 6 stroke:#e0b800,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 7 stroke:#1e63d6,stroke-width:3px linkStyle 8 stroke:#1e63d6,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 the record becomes chords The turntable comes in on RCA, with the ground wire on the Phono Preamp's GND thumbscrew, and the preamp set to PHONO. Its MONO output, at modular level, goes to Rings IN, so the record's drums and voices become the exciter. The Rings manual expects modular level at IN, so do not add gain anywhere else. Rings is a modal resonator at polyphony 4, with long damping, and the Micro Sequence, on a slow Dorian 8-step line with a few steps muted, sets V/OCT and STRUM. ## Why the echo warbles The Reverse DC Motor is a generator. Its CV goes through Shades, at 9 to 10 o'clock, into the Echo rate CV input. Spin the motor and the echo gets wow; Shades is the brake so a spin nudges the rate instead of slamming it. ## Why odd and even differ Rings ODD goes through the Echo, then to the A-541's left channel, so that side trails a dirty echo. Rings EVEN goes dry to the right. If you patch those two outputs to the Mini Speakers instead, those runs are black. ## Short version The record is the hammer, Rings is the instrument, and the motor puts wow on the echo.