Ambient Noodlings

Happy New Year and happy Sunday evening everyone. I had the past week off from work, which meant I was catching up on chores and projects around the house while I had the time. That left me pretty wiped out this evening and I was tempted to take a break from my Sunday ambient noodling. It’s the first Sunday of the year though - I couldn’t not do something! So here go, a quick bit of noodling around with my Panharmonium module. Kinda chill, maybe a little eerie - check it out.

Patch Notes

* Spectraphon into Panharmonium

* Sequencing by Moskwa II

* Maths for envelope

* Pam’s does the clocking

* Reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday evening! Christmas came and went in a blur for me. I’ve been trying to get some down time in for a few days. That’s not an easy thing for me to do. I’m always busy doing something! In addition to the new tune, I’m trying something else new. I’m demoing an app called Spool that makes it kind of easy to put some visuals to music. I’d love to do more with video, but it would take more time than I can spare. While I’ve got some time off for the holidays, I’ll play with this app a bit and see if it works for me.

Patch Notes

* Melodic voice is Spectraphon

* Melodic sequencing by a pair Moskwa II sequencers

* Drums are the Ultra Perc and Metalloid

* Drum sequencing by a pair of Running Order trigger sequencers

* Clocking by Pam’s New Workout

* Maths does the envelopes for Spectraphon

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

Audio

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Happy Sunday evening! Hope everyone had a great weekend before Christmas Day. It was a warm sunny day here. No white Christmas, yet again. I’m taking a little time off for the holiday. I’m hoping to get some jam time not just on my synth rack, but also on drums and bass guitar - the latter of which I’ve been slowly trying to learn over the years. I’ll have to dust off the cobwebs since I’ve hardly had time to touch the bass this year with everything else going on.

Patch Notes

* Melodic voice is Spectraphon, sequenced by a pair of Moskwa II sequencers

* Drums are Ultra Perc and Metalloid, triggered by a pair of Running Order sequencers

* Octasource and Chaos handle the modulation

* Maths does the envelopes on Spectraphon

* Little bit of overdrive from Eurorat

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday folks! The day got away from me again so today’s post is a bit late this evening. I’m still in a jamming mood as you can tell. Is it still ambient? Maybe. All I can say is I’m having some fun and getting in a Zen sort of feeling as I tinker with the synth rack on a Sunday evening.

Patch Notes

* Spectraphon is main voice, going through Maths and a LPG, plus a little distortion

* Drums by SSF Ultra-Perc and Metalloid

* Drum triggering by Xaoc Leibniz modules - Lipsk, Gena, Erfurt

* Spectraphon sequenced by Moskwa II

* Clocking by Pam’s New Workout

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday y’all! I’m in a jamming mood today with some inspiration from a distortion module I picked up last week (yay Cyber Monday.) I’ve been wanting to dabble in some heavier, crunchier sounds lately. After all, I’m an old heavy metal drummer at heart. I was curious to see if I could get some distorted guitar-like sounds out of my modular rig. When I saw a modular version of the venerable Rat guitar pedal, I just had to give it a try. It doesn’t disappoint.

Patch Notes

* Spectraphon into Panharmonium through Rat

* Maths for envelope of Panharmonium

* Ultra-Perc and Metalloid on drums

* Melodic sequencing by Moskwa II

* Drum sequence by Xaoc Leibniz modules (Erfurt, Lipsk, Gena)

* Clocking by Pam’s New Workout

* Mimeophon on delay, FX Aid on reverb

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Happy Sunday! Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday here in the states. I was thankful for a few days off myself. It has been a long time since I had a break.

Today I’ve got a laid-back groovy jam for you. I had some more fun with sound mangling through my Panharmonium module, along with some drums. I’m enjoying this experimental sort of thing lately.

Patch Notes

I forgot to take notes before pulling all the cables for this patch. Here’s what I remember.

* Morphagene playing various samples into Panharmonium

* Panharmonium into Spectraphon

* Spectraphon through Maths for envelope

* Melodic sequence by Moskwa II

* Ultra-Perc on drums, triggered by a pair of Running Order modules

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday! Today I have a mellow little jam for you. I’m still enjoying resynthesizing stuff through a Panharmonium module that I picked up in a trade a few weeks back. This time I’m running some random audio from a video I was watching on YouTube through the Panharmonium, then sending that through my Spectraphon to create a melodic sequence. Geeky stuff in a way - just the thing that keeps my engineering mind entertained.

Patch Notes

* Loop of dialog from YouTube video into Panharmonium

* Sine wave from Panharmonium into Fold 6 wave folder

* Fold 6 into Spectraphon

* Spectraphon sequenced by Moskwa II, enveloped by Maths

* Drums by Ultra-Perc, driven by Traffic and a pair of Running Order trigger sequencers.

* Delay by Mimeophon, reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday! Hope you’re ready to jam today. I’ve got a track with lots of percussion going on. I had a good time putting this one together. As I mentioned last week, I’m experimenting with music made from the spectral analysis and resynthesizing of various sounds. Today’s track uses some samples of thunderstorm sounds to created the melodic percussive sounds. The other drum sounds were created with analog synthesis. The whole thing kind of sounds like a freaky drum circle.

Patch Notes

* Thunderstorm sounds sampled into Morphagene

* Morphagene mangled samples fed into Panharmonium

* Panharmonium fed into Popple filter, then through a LPG that was pinged with Maths

* Sine wave from Spectraphon was run through Fold 6 wave folder, then into the audio input of Ultra-Perc

* Ultra-Perc used for kick/snare/hi-hat sort of sounds

* Panharmonium driven by a sequence from Moskwa II

* Xaoc Leibniz modules used for triggering drum sounds from binary patterns

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday evening! I’ve got a bit of weirdness for you today. I’m experimenting a lot with creating new sounds through spectral analysis and resynthesis. In today’s track I’ve created some new sounds using various samples of rain falling. Everything you hear is made from resynthesizing the sounds of rain. I hear a lot of metallic sounds in the result. Kind of like alien wind chimes.

Patch Notes

* Various samples of rain falling played by 4ms STS.

* Rain samples were recorded into Morphagene for texturing. Samples are being played backwards by Morphagene.

* Morphagene into Panharmonium for spectral analysis and resynthesis.

* Moskwa II runs a sequence, providing 1V/oct CV into Panharmonium and triggering an envelope with Maths.

* A little delay with Mimeophon and reverb with FX Aid.

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Happy Sunday! I finally got something posted before nightfall. Maybe that extra hour of sleep had something to do with it. Today I have a playful happy sounding tune for you. I tried some different things and this is the direction things ended up going. I had something kind of grungier in mind, but sometimes things evolve in a different way.

Patch Notes

* Melodic sequencing by Moskwa II sequencers

* Percussion sequencing by Running Mode and Xaoc Leibniz modules

* Spectraphon is the melodic voice

* Percussion voices are Ultra-Perc and Plaits

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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