After not publishing my studio diaries or making them a daily practice since 2017 i've decided to commit to it again this year. Despite the pressure to create every day I find it is always well worth it.

Taylor Deupree 2022 Studio Diary

without unpatching yesterday's patch... but routing the final stereo out through the Intellijel Rainmaker.... bells via Rings.. and some additional EQ and pitching in WaveLab. the Melodicer sequencer is really fun, generating endless melodies and rhythms... 10% of which are super cool! i just wish it was more than "1 measure" long....

January 05, 2022 (rain made rings)

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)

a massive wind storm blew through new york last night, plummeting our temperatures to 14 below zero (F) this morning. our town, buried in 100' oak trees with exposed power lines, is very prone to losing power. we lost power twice during the day and that's really not good for my studio... so i was too afraid to go back in and work for the rest of the day. shortly before midnight i figured i'd at least record this wind so i stuck my field recorder out on the deck. i edited out a bunch of the overblown limiter as the wind hit the mics, but, you get the idea. it was really windy.

January 14, 2022 (fear of wind)

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