This is a highlight from last night's show on Brixton Radio. I played a gig on Saturday and for that I took 2 of my 4 modular cases. This explains why I'm using the left side of my modular 'wall' in this video and why the right side is in total disarray with power cables hanging down the front and a lot of the modules scattered over the desk below. This gives an insight into the way of the modular synth artist. Always changing the instrument I work with to suit the show I want to perform and the music I want to create!
Anyway because of the gig setup I already had an extremely well planned and thought through patch. But for this radio show I did something completely different to what I did for the gig. I made one small but significant wiring change which was to generate the pitch information in a different way and used that as the basis for this jam. The pitch is actually created by a module called a Turing Machine which generates random pitch sequences that I can lock in when there is something I like. I can also semi lock it, getting it to mostly repeat a sequence but allowing a small amount of new random notes in. And all that's on the turn of a knob so the amount of new notes compared to the locked sequence is continuously variable.
It's a powerful way of generating melodies which I actually haven't used that much. But I was very happy with what came out of it in this highlight. Aside from that I was experimenting a lot with the percussive elements of the patch, and of course I was varying the timbre of the sounds themselves as I usually do. A lot of these improvised modular sessions rely on varying the sound itself as much as or sometimes even more than varying the pitch or rhythm. So in a way the actual sound synthesis parameters are as much a part of the music as the notes.
Anyway I enjoyed this sequence very much and have recorded stems of it - so perhaps there will be a TDC Tunes track to release based on some of this material.
For now though - if you haven't heard it yet, please check out my most recent release in collaboration with the awesome @primaudia. It's called Enduro and this weekend what we call the "Epic Edit" dropped on Spotify and all major streaming services.
You can play it on your favourite service via this link: https://ffm.to/enduro-epic-edit
The Epic edit is an extended version - let's think of this one as 'the ultimate playground of Primaudia' where he really gets to go to town without the constrains of a 'radio length' track. So consequently it actually has a whole load of great stuff in it that isn't in the radio edit.
Finally, have a great day Hive - and I'll be back soon with some video of the gig I played on Saturday and of course I'll be back on Brixton Radio and Twitch next Monday at 9pm (uk time). And not to mention #Hivefest where I will be playing a set! See you there if you are coming!
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Great show last night! Cheers!
Thanks so much - your presence is always really appreciated!
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This is amazing work!
Keep it up
Awesome job my friend this is such an interesting way to make music have the best day
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Awesome sound! Wow look at that setup. Great job with all the amazing music you create. Good luck and have fun at Hivefest! Happy midweek!
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this groove is soo cool! Really enjoyed listening to it.
Thanks so much and thanks for listening!
That’s really interesting, there must be a version of Turing Machine for VCV. Last night I was playing with some patches off the brilliant patchstorage website, in particular Omri Cohen’s content based on his YouTube channel. What’s great though is I’ve started to spot things I could try to develop patches of my own.
Either way I’m going to document all of this and probably share here on 3speak.
I believe Marbles is in VCV. I don't have one, but I understand that can perform a similar function to Turing Machine - controlled randomness where you can dial in the amount of new random material compared to repeated stuff.
Yes it is in there, I’ve heard of it before
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