Can we talk about modular synths?

[D.o.S.]

Go vote for BILF you fucking nerds!!!!!!!!!

I have never voted for BILF and you can't make me. But!


I did finally get to sit down with my skiff and gear for about half an hour today, and made a one-and-a-half Krell style following patch with the OC and the Skiff today though

The Wogglebug/Brainseed combination has so much potential for really peculiar not quite RNG sequences. SO GOOD.

Anyway, all live, no editing on the recording. You can hear me push "go" and hear me turn off. Two voices, one boss delay pedal (effecting the the 0C voice).
https://soundcloud.com/escapecraft/modular-krell

I guess techincally it's not "truly generative" because I patched in a square wave LFO for about 30 seconds to see how it would sound, but I didn't twist any knobs.

[Antlerface]

Been spending all my spare time with the B&G+. This thing is an absolute dream/monster/time-eater.

Rene is a bit more complicated than I thought it would be. After using my buddies that he knows in and out I thought it was a pretty simple module. My stupid ass is taking it one step at a time with it. I've had every other module (besides Tempi, which was pretty straightforward for me) in the system and know how to make em work, but Rene is a different kinda mind fuck. I like it a bunch.

I had a phone mishap a few days ago, in that I dropped my phone and it got run over by a car, so no one has been able to interrupt my wiggle sessions for the past couple days. It's actually kind of nice. Wondering how I'll put in orders for my restaurant tonight though.. oh well that's what sous chefs are for I guess.

If my CVGT1 could show up so I can sync the Music Easel to the B&G that would be greaaaaaat. I'm really looking forward to chopping up Buchla drums with Morphagene and having the Easel just drone on and on while I fuck with the eurorack.

I'm scoring a film for an artist in my area and was just gonna use the Easel and pedals, but I'm thinking I'll be ready to incorporate the B&G in a couple weeks. Blissed the fuck out.

Best. Toys. Ever.

[_r_]

So, because we all need gear aspirations and I'm in that very rare position of being totally happy with my guitar setup...

My main methods of making music recently are synthesised drones and heavily manipulated recordings of various rustic instruments I have. The modular synth thang is hugely interesting to me, and I've been looking for a way of making music outside the box which doesn't just end up being another box of menu-diving like an Octatrack or something. And I was bored at work today and threw this together:

https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/577938

I've based it around one of those Dreadbox 94hp cases because it already has things like power, MIDI conversion, audio interfacing and mixing thrown in, and an LFO if I'm not mistaken, and using my Circuit for sequencing if need be. I've based it around the Just Friends and Morphagene, the latter for sample gorfing and the former for drones and modulation. Ears for an audio input for stuff, Wogglebug for sample-and-hold stuff, clock and another oscillator, Warps because I've been using my Gonkulator absolutely loads in synth/sample processing and am hooked on ring modulation now, Cold Mac just because, the pedal interface thingy because I have plenty of pedals for things like reverb/delay. Threw some standard Doepfer modules in to get some more straightforward synth sounds out of the Just Friends.

Bear in mind that I don't have the £2500 needed to buy this setup, I'm just being an anorak... Thoughts?

[lumena]

One thing that jumps out at me is you will need more modulation for the Morphagene, even with lots of knob twisting you will need maybe something like a maths or a Pamela . Yes it's true you can use the just friends that way but that will interfere with using it for a drone generator.

[behndy]

jiaaaaaaaaaaaaa. MOVEMENT THINGIES GOOOOOOOOOD.

also, why does everyone on Muffs take so long to reply to pm's?

shizz is FRUSTRATING.

i gots the money in my ppal account.

lemme buy dat Trigger Riot.

come ON guy.

stop being shy like a nun clitoris.

[D.o.S.]

[behndy]

annnnnd WOOT. Trigger Riot headed this'a'way. again.

she was MISSED.

[Antlerface]

https://soundcloud.com/user-223485785/bg21118

Roughly (remember I have no real technology right this second) recorded my first 'built out' patch with the B&G+. I've mainly been wrapping my head around Rene and I've kinda got it now. I like super doomy and droney stuff, and I'm really stoked at how gnarly I got this beautiful thing groaning.

Next up a real computer to actually record with.

[resincum]

Omg. legendary

[behndy]

Ant-Larry - dood that sounds gooooooood. thank you!

DoseyDoe - killing me. stahp.

hurm. it is only designed for pictures, but i just ordered a Toshiba FlashAir LAN wifi SD card. hoping it connects well with my desktop, it would be BOSS to be able to send samples across to. my BitBox any time.

[Antlerface]

No thank YOU dude.

I've been messing with the same patch for fucking hours, I'm going to disappear into this fucking thing.

[Strange Tales]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZLDcN3NA4[/youtube]

[lumena]

So hey, a little too much coffee forced me into just surfing youtube while my mind settled. (Bad combo, don't do... if you find yourself in this position do not locate credit card. It's lost somewhere you will find it later.)
I have been listening to quite a few of y'll talking up the digitakt and it has been breaking my brain to see how I could maybe use one. I just have decided that all must include or be usable with my modular stuff or it's a non starter. All that is now changed. BTW this means all Electron is useable this way too.
Your warning ... if you don't have a digitakt or euro then gas will be forthcoming. Probably don't watch.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXp7WANEMaY[/youtube]

[kbit]

https://soundcloud.com/user-223485785/bg21118

Roughly (remember I have no real technology right this second) recorded my first 'built out' patch with the B&G+. I've mainly been wrapping my head around Rene and I've kinda got it now. I like super doomy and droney stuff, and I'm really stoked at how gnarly I got this beautiful thing groaning.

Next up a real computer to actually record with.

Dope are you using something outside the system for distortion?

[mr. sound boy king]

Live set:

https://soundcloud.com/david-b-applegate/021218a

Sound sources incl. Karp, Tea Kick, Equation Composer, BIA.
Modulation sources incl. FF Chaos, Fourses, Voltage Block, Wogglebug

& etc.