Ambient Noodlings

Happy Sunday evening! Hard to believe October is almost over. Halloween is just a few days away! Normally I’d come up with something spooky this time of year. I just create what I feel and today it’s something kind of groovy, yet kind of somber (at least to me.) Hope you dig it. Grab those headphones and enjoy a musical interlude.

Patch Notes

* Xaoc Moskwa II does the sequencing

* Main voice is the Make Noise Spectraphon, channeling some random samples of something from the 4ms STS

* Drums by SSF Ultra-PERC and a Plaits clone

* Delay by Mimeophone, Reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday evening, folks! I’m coming in late again with today’s posting. So many things to do, so little time on weekends lately. I have to work in some music though - no excuses! This one goes out to my friend Neesie for being a long time listener and always a source of encouragement. Thanks for being there! :)

Patch Notes

* Xaoc Moskwa II runs the sequence

* Main voice is the Make Noise Spectraphon, which is fed a bunch of samples of something (I forgot what)

* Sine wave from Spectraphon is a secondary voice, going through a wave folder and filter

* Maths provides envelopes

* SSF Ultra-Perc provides a bit of percussion

* Lots of modulation from Ochd, Octasource, and manual intervention

* Mimeophon on delay, FX Aid on reverb

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Hello everyone. After a really busy weekend I’ve got a quick little jam to share. It’s one of those days when I wasn’t sure my heart was in it. Forcing my self to do something that I enjoy (sounds weird as I write that) helps break the funk of the daily grind. While I may not feel like sitting down to jam each Sunday, I usually feel better for it. Hope it brings you some joy too.

Patch Notes

Fairly simple really.

* Plaits and Morphagene are the voices

* Sequencing by Moskwa II

* Some low pass filtering with Popple

* Lots of modulation from Ochd and Octasource

* A little delay from Mimeophone and some reverb from FX Aid

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Happy Sunday evening! It’s October - my favorite month! It’s a good time to dabble in some darker sounds. Today I played around with the idea of having an ominous soundtrack for a spooky or thriller sort of film. I think I came up with something somewhat cinematic. Grab some headphones and give a listen in the dark - if you dare.

Patch Notes

* Sequencing by Xaoc Moskwa II

* Main voice is 4ms Ensemble

* Secondary voice/texture is Make Noise Morphagene playing some mangled Ensemble sounds

* Modulation by Ochd & its expander

* Reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday! Another busy weekend and I still managed to do a bit of noodling around on the modular rig. Hard to sit down and get into the groove some days. This one is an experiment with different sonic textures. Oscillators driving oscillators. Percussion driven by binary patterns. Weirdness. Grab some headphones and check it out.

Patch Notes

* Plaits into Spectraphon for main voice

* Percussion by Ultra Perc and Blck_Noir

* Sequencing by Moskwa II and some Leibniz pals

* Fold 6 for wave folding and Popple for low pass filter

* FX Aid for reverb

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Happy Sunday evening! Time for some ambient noodling. I’ve been having some fun messing around with some upbeat stuff lately. Is this ambient? You decide. It’s kinda groovy and a fun diversion from the more ethereal ambient stuff I often dabble in. Hopefully it will brighten your mood like it did mine.

Patch Notes

* Clocking by Pam’s

* Sequencing by a pair of Moskwa II

* Main voice is…complicated. Ensemble into Morphagene into Spectraphon into Fold 6 wave folder - madness!

* Drums by Blck_Noir, sequenced by a pair of Running Order

* Delay by Mimeophon

* Reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday! I have something upbeat for you today that came out of some late night noodling around. Since I’ve been feeling kind of worn thin from work lately, I thought some percussive jamming would help raise my spirits. It certainly helps.

Patch Notes

* Clocking by Running Order and Pam’s

* Ensemble is the melodic voice

* Melodic sequencing by Moskwa II

* Percussion by Blck_Noir and Ultra-Perc

* Percussion sequencing by Running Order and Xaoc Leibnitz modules

* Lots o’ modulation by Octasource and 0chd/Expander

* Mimeophon for delay and FX Aid for reverb

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Happy Sunday everyone! It’s time for another ambient jam and today’s track is a bit more jamming than usual. Lots of percussion experimentation as I’m trying out some drum modules. After a rough week at work, I was feeling a bit blah and could have easily settled into some dark, droning stuff. Instead, I decided to take things upbeat. Nothing like some jammy music to lift one’s mood.

Patch Notes

* Clocking by Pam’s

* Drum triggers by Lipsk, Erfurt, and Gera, with help from Running Order

* Drum voices are Blck_Noir and Ultra-PERC

* CV sequencing by Moskwa II

* Melodic voice is Ensemble

* Lots of modulation from Octasource, 0chd & Expander

* Delay by Mimeophon, Reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday evening! It took me a while to sit down at the synth to noodle around today. I’m happy that this is a holiday weekend and I get a little extra time to get some rest. It was relaxing to play around and come up with today’s posting. Truth be told though, there is a little pressure when I don’t get a track complete until the last couple of hours in the day. There’s a balance somewhere. I don’t want this to feel like work, while at the same time I gently nudge myself to do the work of making music each Sunday. It’s something I don’t have to do; it’s something I kind of need to do.

Patch Notes

I didn’t get a photo of the patch today. Things are kind of messy in the rack and on my table right now. Some quick notes will suffice.

* Pam’s does the clocking

* Sequencing by Moskwa II

* Gates / Triggers by Lipsk and Erfurt

* Envelopes by Maths

* Melodic voices are the Spectraphon

* Percussive voices are the STS sampler and Plaits

* Delay by Mimeophon and reverb by FX Aid

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Happy Sunday! Hope you’re having a great day. I was just chatting with my friend, Seth, and he thought today’s musical concoction was neat. He got to hear it live while I (poorly) explained my synth rig. This patch has got some interesting atmosphere to it. Hope you dig it.

I decided to feature the Plaits module in this one, which I haven’t done in a long time. I have kind of a love/hate relationship with that module. It’s like an oscillator sampler platter. It has a little of just about everything. Maybe that’s what bothers me. Too many choices and the interface is a little quirky. In today’s patch, I’m using its “Rings” model.

Patch Notes

* Pam’s runs the clock

* Moskwa II drives the sequence, with a little help from Tirana

* Plaits is the main voice, with some FM modulation from Spectraphon

* STS plays some sporadic percussive hits

* Morphagene does some background sound mangling

* Mimeophon on delay

* FX Aid on reverb

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