Ambient Noodlings

Happy Sunday! Hope y’all are enjoying the holiday weekend, for those of us in the U.S. I’m having a busy weekend myself, getting caught up on a backlog of work. Still found time to jam on the synth a bit, as usual. This is a simple composition using Spectraphon to create a variety of tone. Lovely module! Hope you enjoy.

Patch Notes

* Spectraphon sequenced by Moskwa II

* Lublin used for envelope/VCA

* Filtering by Atlas

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday folks. Let’s get this ambient thing going! I spend some rearranging and reducing in my modular cases yesterday. Not that my rig is that big, relatively speaking, in the Eurorack world. Still, I’ve been looking and listening critically to what I gravitate to and I’m cutting out modules that may be fun or interesting, yet end up distracting me from my “artistic vision.” I’ve cut out enough things to remove an 84hp case I was using mainly for sequencing modules. My current favorite sequencers, a pair of Moskwa II by Xaoc were moved to my Doepfer LC9 case - 3 rows of 84hp each. I’m gonna play around with this for a while and see how it goes.

Patch Notes

* Spectraphon in SAO mode is the main voice, sequenced by a pair of Moskwa II

* Percussive bits are by Noise Plethora through Percall, sequenced by Pam’s New Workout

* Spectraphon harmonic outs run through Vostok Atlas filter

* Lublin VCA used to envelop Spectraphon sub-bass out

* Modulation by Chaos and Octasource

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday gang! It’s a nice, mild day where I’m at and it may be the last before the heat of summer starts creeping in later this week. I’ve been able to spend some time outside this weekend and I’m looking forward to an evening walk after posting this tune. Enjoy!

Patch Notes

* Morphagene playing mangled drum samples into Spectraphon

* Spectraphon harmonic output into Panharmonium

* Panharmonium through Lublin for envelope, then Popple filter

* Spectraphon sine wave through Lublin for envelope

* Sequencing by Moskwa II

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy not Sunday! I’m a day late posting my weekly ambient jam. I finished this recording yesterday and got distracted doing stuff around the house. Late today I realized I never uploaded the recording. Oops. Better late than never, right?

Patch Notes

* Interstellar Radio into Spectraphon

* Spectraphon harmonic outputs through Popple filter

* Spectraphon sine wave through wave folder and enveloped by Lublin VCA

* Sequencing by Moskwa II

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday folks! I’ve got a little tune I put together over the weekend. I played around quite a bit to get this one patched and arranged. Honestly, I could have gone longer tweaking it. The weekend is almost over though and it’s back to the grind in the morning. Major scale this time, so happier than usual. Think those happy thoughts. Some days it’s all we have.

Patch Notes

* Interstellar Radio into Spectraphon, creating the melody from a wall of noise

* Spectraphon sequenced by Moskwa II and enveloped by Lublin

* Percussion provided by Kickall, Noise Plethora, and Percall

* Percussion sequencing by Xaoc Leibniz modules

* Popple filter used on Spectraphon

* Lots of Modulation by Octasource

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday! It’s a beautiful day here after a stormy night, and I just got back from a nice walk around the neighborhood. Today’s jam is a simple little tune I pieced together from noise, which has become a theme for me as of late. I’m really enjoying how harsh sounds can be processed and refined into something pleasant.

Patch Notes

* Noise from Interstellar Radio recorded into Morphagene

* Morphagene plays granulated noise into Spectraphon

* Spectraphon through Popple filter and Lublin VCA for percussive sounds

* Octasource doing lots lot modulation

* Sequencing by Moskwa II

* Delay by Mimeophon and Reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday, ambient music lovers! Here’s a jammy little tune I put together this afternoon after a short motorcycle ride. It felt good to get out of the house for a bit and got me in a jamming mood. More fun with music created from noise today. Grab those headphones and check it out.

Patch Notes

* Schlappi Engineering Interstellar Radio into Morphagene

* Samples from Morphagene played into Spectraphon in SAM mode

* Spectraphon enveloped by Xaoc Lublin for melodic line

* Spectraphon audio also routed through Panharmonium for a kind of strings-ish accompaniment

* Percussion by Befaco Kickall, Noise Plethora, and Percall

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday. Music is a source of solace from the stressors of life for me. It’s needed more than ever in our current time. I again worked with noise sources to produce something that I found calming. It’s kind of analogous to life lately. Lots of noise and it’s a challenge to find calm and peace. We do what we can.

Patch Notes

* Schlappi Engineering Interstellar Radio into Morphagene

* Samples from Morphagene played into Spectraphon in SAM mode

* Spectraphon enveloped by Maths for melodic line

* Spectraphon audio also routed through Panharmonium for a kind of strings-ish accompaniment

* Percussion by Befaco Kickall

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday y’all! I’m happy that I found more time to jam around on the synth rack today. Lots of experimentation again, with noise serving as the basis for all things in this track. I’d been dabbling with more conventional sequencing for a while and I’m back to using the Xaoc Leibniz modules for some binary pattern derived drum sequencing. In spite of how it may sound, I find I enjoy discovering patterns that way because it feels less like programming.

Patch Notes

* Schlappi Engineering Interstellar Radio into Spectraphon in SAM mode

* Befall Kickall, Noise Plethora, and Percall on drums

* Percussion sequencing by Xaoc Leibniz modules

* Melodic sequence by Xaoc Moskwa II

* Lots of modulation by Ochd and Octasource

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday evening. Time for a jam and I’ve got another upbeat tune to share. Not sure if this sort of thing is ambient, but it is a bunch of noodling around. As usual, I did some experimentation with new sounds. Last time I mentioned that I ran some noise through my Spectraphon to create the melody. There’s more of that going on in today’s jam. Additionally, the percussion sounds are all generated with noise, with the exception of a sine wave contributing to the kick sound. I really enjoyed sculpting the sounds from various noise sources. I think I’m on to something there.

Patch Notes

* Melodic voice is Spectraphon in SAM mode processing noise from Schlappi Engineering Interstellar Radio (what a cool name.) The Spectraphon then gets some grit from a EuroRat module.

* Maths and a LPG used for sound shaping the Spectraphon.

* Lots of modulation by Ochd and Octosource.

* Eloquencer does the sequencing with some help from a Moskwa II.

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid.

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