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Gravimetric Distorsion for Disquiet Junto 0373

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This was done for the Disquiet Junto weekly project disquiet0373. It was composed entirely on a small 7u eurorack modular synth. Recorded in a single take in stereo with absolutely no post processing.

The heart of the patch is 3 random sources in a complex web of feedback patching. Each modulation source was affected by another in an interlocking generative system. Inspired by the somewhat famous “krell” patch, but expanded and iterated upon. The main sound source was the Piston Honda MKIII through a Three Sisters filter. There are two secondary sounds coming the Hertz Donut MKIII, one though an LxD and the other through a regular VCA. This is all summed and then multed to two final VCAs each independently controlled by different envelopes. Those are routed into the left and right channels of a micro clouds which is also under somewhat heavy modulation.

I really enjoyed this exercise as I so often make somewhat tonal music that is on a grid. I decided to leave both of those behind to delete my inherent cognitive bias toward human music production.

Entity Percussion Synth FM Study

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For this quick patch I was focused on testing out the FM capabilities of the SSF Entity Percussion Synthesizer. I ran a Bubblesound VCOb triangle wave into the FM input on the SSF PS. Then I proceeded to manually adjust the frequency of the VCOb and the FM attenuverter on the PS.

Live Improvised Eurorack – Temporal Narcosis

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Temporal Narcosis was performed live for Strange Stage on 6.22.18 at Muchmore’s in Brooklyn, NY. Video synthesis created and manipulated by Projectro.

 

This was the first time I used the Winter Modular Eloquencer in a live setting.  It was used simply, with only two patterns.  However, the patterns were polymetric with lengths divisible by three offering a bit of variance. Some judicious use of gate and pitch randomness provided further pattern variation.

exocomp #8 – velocity experiments with eurorack

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This patch uses a slow tempo and heavy distortion but with some feel.   Recently I’ve been pushing myself to incorporate more dynamic range. So I acquired the Winter Modular Eloquencer.  The Eloquencer’s large amount of CV outs offer opportunity for eurorack velocity experiments.  While the CV values are displayed in note values, the individual is not limited to using that voltage for pitch.  Modules that have amplitude CV control, like a VCA or drum module, can use this voltage to control the volume. Sequencing the CV steps with  different values can yield remarkably more rhythmic and musical pieces.

Short techno eurorack jam – Exocomp #7

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In this short techno eurorack jam I decided to see how the the Zorlon Cannon would work for hi hats. Then I built a quick techno patch around it for fun.

High level patch notes:
– kick = Entity BDS / High Gain
– snare = Entity Percussion / Echophon
– hi hats = Zorlon Cannon / Topobrillo Multifilter
– noise = Sapèl white noise / three sisters
– chord bell – pinged TwinPeak
– Bass = E352 / SSSR AWS

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Live Eurorack Modular Session – Exocomp #6

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Slow and heavy session with quite a bit of trippy blips. No post processing, all modular.
 
Some simple patch notes:
 
* Kick = SSF Entity BDS – Snazzy FX HI Gain – Echophon – Three Sisters feedback loop
* Snare = SSF Entity Percussion – Snazzy FX HI Gain – Morphagene in Time Lag Accumulation mode – Erbe-Verb
* Hats = DPO – Sapèl Noise – Three Sisters hi pass
* Bass pad = Synth Tech E352 – Erbe-Verb
* Blips snd crackles = Benjolin

Pon Farr Sex Club

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Dark ambient live eurorack modular performance for Strange Stage at Muchmore’s in Brooklyn, NY on 2.23.2018

Eurorack Modular Performance System – Exocomp #5

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For this short session I was testing out the functionality of Argos Bleak, an impressive quantizer from Industrial Music Electronics.

Eurorack Modular Performance System – Exocomp #2

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Eurorack Modular Performance System Test.

In this video I put Exocomp, a new configuration of my eurorack modular performance system, through further tests.  This system was created through multiple reconfigurations of Tesseract, my modular drum machine.