Live Experimental Modular Synth EDM: Dtube & Steemit Exclusive
This patch is actually built on the exact same framework as the vastly more clubby piece I posted a few days ago. Not one cable has been moved ... and yet it sounds like an entirely different machine (Makenoise Maths once again doing crazy amount of work at multiple points of modulation.) This speaks to one of my favorite aspects of modular synthesis ... by clearing the sequencers and experimenting with different settings on the modulation sources, the patch spews out an entirely different palette of sound from the same configuration!
I'm a huge fan of Alessando Cortini (most visibly the keyboard player of Nine Inch Nails but so infinitely more interesting than just that...) and having consumed a voracious amount of his work, interviews and instagram, I was lucky enough to stumble on him waxing poetic about his workflow. Basically he starts working on a patch, produces a little music, returns to the patch the next day and adds more layers, produces a little more music. Over the course of a few days he ends up with a fabulously interconnected, evolving and generative patch ... and several pieces of music composed along the way. He is then free to turn a wildly complicated patch loose and see if anything completely experimental pops out (and given he's working in Buchla-world most of the time, it's almost a foregone conclusion.)
Obviously what I am doing here isn't breaking any wild new ground, but I definitely stumbled upon some "electricity sounding" blips that I am sure to replicate in future work. Leaving a patch up for a few days and returning to the headspace you were in at 5am with a clear head and intricately wired machine is the kinda hybrid left brain / right brain creative space I set out to find when I began my modular journey!
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Amazing work !
Love this stuff bro. Maybe you could do something for NBD records when it gets rolling ? You’re definitely the type of artist I’m looking for in Steemit.
I'd be happy to, my man!
Ahhhhhh such lovely modules man! I will go modular eventually! Just love all the warbling and glitchiness its beautiful :D
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thanks @juliakponsford !
said this already earlier: your modular system is really impressive. Cool sounds, Kraftwerk on LSD :)
I will take that description every time ever.
Whoa, hugely inspirational and an amazing system you have built, sounds amazing to boot. Loved the jam and needless to say looking forward immensely to your future videos, man, and inspiring me to get on doing some jams of my own, not just music curation. I am still new on here, but I am super excited to run into you and a bunch of other electronic music heads here on steemit, I am looking forward to being the part of the community and helping build the best place for electronic music on the web. Much respect, cheers @drumoperator!
Welcome welcome. I am only a month and change old myself. Enjoying discovering people just as much as posting my own content to be honest. Get some jams up!
It's not as exciting as your sweet modular but I love playing around with a bunch of grooveboxes or small sketches I do on the laptop. I used to post them to Insta, but Steemit could now be a good place to share that kinda stuff, unfortunately also supporting my laziness for not finishing proper tracks ugh. But hey as long as you are having fun doing it, imho. There doesn't need to be a necessary goal ahead.
Hey I've added this post to my weekly curation Ocean of Art!
That's awfully kind of yah. I just checked it out as should everyone. Thank you for the kind words and exposure, Julia!! It is legitimately really appreciated.
Damn this is making me wanna attempt funky dance moves I've never tried. Thanks for this @drumoperator
Thanks dude. Not responsible for any injuries incurred while pushing the dance move envelope.
Nice set up. I'm glad to find people experimenting with sound on the blockchain. I haven't find a lot yet but I aim to curate those kind of exploration and beyond (so you got my resteem). Mostly I seek for the one who will «break wild new ground» to use your words. So I encourage you to dive deep in that crazy stuff! Here's the link to my latest experimentation. It's realy different ground but connect on the same ideas of sound layering. https://dsound.audio/#/@michaelstellaire/premire-tude-de-harpe--lintrieur-du-temps-lisse-en-do-lydien
So many cables.
I love the insight into the workflow behind a track like this. This is such a monster rig that I can't imagine sitting down a spitting out a track in less than a day.
That’s the trick. You leave it up over the course of a few nights and add little bits to it or new points of modulation...and eventually it almost can’t help but become generative with only the slightest bit of sequencer input. You end up with ten or fifteen knobs memorized that within the patch affect multiple things at once.
Tweaker paradise. The trick is recognizing it’s doing something worth capturing!