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Freephone Bridger

By Dank Receptor on February 8, 2026 6:42 pm

Hanging in the studio on a lazy Sunday just trying to make some sleazy sawtooth acid. Performed live on a Mackie, with drum mutes and minor tweaks executed underway. Slightly rearranged the drums in Ableton in post. Finally smashed everything hard with Drum Buss, Devil Loc and compressors.

Acid bass line:
- Standard Doepfer modules (SEM filter, OSC, ADSR, VCA, S&H, etc)
- Music Thing Modular Spring reverb (with S&H gating)
- Had fun modulating the A-141-2 VCADSR with velocity / S&H for some added squelch

Drums:
- Standard RD8 folk music beat
- AKG spring reverb

Thanks for listening, take care! heart

d s.     sSSs. d d ss   
S  ~O   S      S S   ~o 
S   `b S       S S     b
S sSSO S       S S     S
S    O S       S S     P
S    O  S      S S    S 
P    P   "sss' P P ss"   
                         

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Love that kind of slower acid, your track is great. These Doepfer modules sure do a great job!

Doepfer acid! I do like the looping sample n' hold reverb, the squelch of the sawtooth, and the crunchy lo-fi perc all together. Great track. smile

AdB wrote:

Love that kind of slower acid, your track is great. These Doepfer modules sure do a great job!

Cheers, AdB! Low BPM acid can be quite catchy. big_smile

parappayo wrote:

Doepfer acid! I do like the looping sample n' hold reverb, the squelch of the sawtooth, and the crunchy lo-fi perc all together. Great track. smile

Thanks, parappayo! Doepfer acid, lol, nice concept.

Oh wow the Doepfer can acid! Nice and wet sounding and a great track - the fact you performed it live is even cooler!

Damn that bass is sitting in a wierd place, like it’s running underneath my brain instead of through it real fuckin’ wierd feelin’. Cool track indeed

This acid got me chugging

(much love for running it through the Mackie warmth)

Hell yeah, nice chill jam session. SEM filter acid, sounds nice and squishy. Not traditionally how I've heard the filter used. Cool to hear it pushed in a less brassy direction smile I was tinkering with a Polivoks and system-500 SH-5 filter for acid for a while. The SH-5 really surprised me especially through a bit of overdrive. Wish it had a longer fader throw. It was the downfall for live use.

Dripping in funk!

MRDRCAT wrote:

Oh wow the Doepfer can acid! Nice and wet sounding and a great track - the fact you performed it live is even cooler!

Cheers, MRDRCAT! Nice and wet is good for acid, glad you liked it. big_smile

rayjkayj wrote:

Damn that bass is sitting in a wierd place, like it’s running underneath my brain instead of through it real fuckin’ wierd feelin’. Cool track indeed

LOL, that's a fun description! Psychedelia 4 U rayjkayj.

waziam wrote:

This acid got me chugging

(much love for running it through the Mackie warmth)

Nice 'n' toasty for cold winter days. Thanks for listening and commenting, waziam!

ENC_ wrote:

Hell yeah, nice chill jam session. SEM filter acid, sounds nice and squishy. Not traditionally how I've heard the filter used. Cool to hear it pushed in a less brassy direction smile I was tinkering with a Polivoks and system-500 SH-5 filter for acid for a while. The SH-5 really surprised me especially through a bit of overdrive. Wish it had a longer fader throw. It was the downfall for live use.

Cheers ENC_! I noticed the SEM filter changes quite a bit when the input is driven relatively hard (2-3 o clock on the input). It gets a really crisp drive and fatness from it. At lower input volumes it gets squelchier but thinner.

Haven't tried the SH-5, but dear me those old Roland's sound good. Had to look it up, that short throw fader even looks funny. big_smile

PartiMellow wrote:

Dripping in funk!

Well, now that's a good compliment. Cheers, PartiMellow!

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