i've gone and done it. "rings into clouds" (well, Beads, in this case).... i've always loved Rings, the ease of use without it needing a VCA and envelope and the pluck and bell sounds are fantastic. here Rings is sequenced by a Melodicer and then going through a variety of processing including Beads and Rossum Morpheus and Panharmonicon. after it was recorded i varispeeded it down 5 half steps... as i usually do. it's all a little busy and such.. but, i had endless versions and tweaks and figured i'd just post it up

January 04, 2022 (diced rings)

not sure if this one is interesting, or just grating..... set out this morning to create another "environment" on the modular... similar to what i was exploring with the "chorus (dusk/dawn)" piece i released last year. this one ended up being quite "jungle-y" ... some interesting things going on.. but so resonant it borders on grating.... but, just playing around here! main sound sources are the Odessa oscillator, the Befaco Noise Plethora, and a Kermit oscillator.

January 03, 2022 (resonant biodome)

one of the things i love about modular synthesizers is that when you turn them off and turn them back on again certain parameters have reset and you may be presented with something quite different than you last heard. today's sound is such a scenario. no re-patching was done from yesterday's sound but i adjusted and played a few parameters as i recorded. i stand by what i said about modular synthesis many years ago and that is that is the most organic and alive form of synthesis... it can really take on a life of its own.

January 02, 2022 (swans flown)

starting simple. i'm very out of practice with the modular (one of the driving forces behind restarting the diary series). starting simple and stress free. here a self-playing loop with the 4MS SWN going through a make noise QPAS and strymon Magneto. baby steps.

January 01, 2022 (swans)

i think i'm still in "create an environment" mode.... befaco noise plethora, 4ms SMR, Tides and a bunch of LFOs....

January 06, 2022 (field landing)

it's late. it's almost the 8th. i almost posted a fragment of a new track i am mixing tonight for an upcoming album but decided to take a break and mess around again with the 4MS SWN.... which is featured here alongside the Make Noise QPAS and MIMEOPHON... and some post processing in WaveLab.

January 07, 2022 (resonance finding)

some more time spent today with the Torso T1 and Hydrasynth... starting to get the hang of it.. enjoying the happy accidents. i feel like i have a formless lump of clay that i push and pull and cut away at until something inspiring forms.

January 12, 2022 (sine finding)

(... to bury a dead bird). as this loop was playing i found a dead bird outside my studio. i didn't have shoes on, but i didn't want it to just lie there so i walked through the snow and buried it among some green growth under some rocks.

the synth here is an arp2600 (korg FS) ... one of my favorite features of the synth is the built in speakers. it allows me to turn it on and play.. without having to worry about bringing up a console channel or doing any routing/patching. also, because of the semi-modular-ity (?) i can patch pedal FX into the signal path.

there are a couple of lovely pedals here.. aging the sound, like the dead bird.

February 02, 2022 (barefoot in the snow...)

a blatant modular noodle here... but i just got a Xaox Zadar in and this is the first patch. here using it as 3 very granular LFOs. one controlling a VCA and the volume of an e355 oscillator. another controlling the wave shape of the oscillator and a 3rd Zadar LFO/env controlling the FEEDBACK input of an intellijel Springray.

i didn't pay much attention to the Zadar when it was released but when i saw it in the light of 4 asynchronous loopable LFOs with very granular and tweakable shapes a bunch of ideas popped into my head.

apologies for the blatant modular noodle. better things will come.

February 28, 2022 (noisy noodle)

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