my submissions for http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

naviar haiku

my entry for this week's naviar haiku:

yuki wa haretaru
kodomora no koe ni
hi ga ataru

snow stopped
in the voices of children
the sun shines

i used a variety of field recordings, including one by herbert boland (cc-by licensed)

for more information about the naviar haiku poroject, see http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku/

poem by ozaki hōsai
photography by kalle kortelainen

yuki [naviarhaiku206]

my submission for naviar haiku 227:

morning coolness:
dewdrops swaying
in the spiderweb

see http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/05/09/naviarhaiku227-morning-coolness/

i made it a drone in f, with the electric piano exploring the f lydian sharp 9 scale. made with kontakt in reaper, adding plenty of reverb and some tape saturation.

music video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6-WK2_-Hgc

morning coolness [naviarhaiku 227]

after a hiatus due to computer problems, i am picking up my series of vcv rack experiments again, and combined today's patch with the naviar haiku challenge: http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/05/16/naviarhaiku228-a-snail/

i started out making a simple patch that aims to be musically pleasing. i used the turing machine to generate notes, which are quantized into a mixolydian scale. this then triggers rings, the resonator, as our sound source.

i added a second channel for sound processing with clouds as granular delay and reverb. the patch also uses caudal as chaotic lfo for modulation.

the vcv rack output was then sent to reaper for some further processing, most importantly more reverb and shimmer.

video at https://youtu.be/Z9OjHkW0j4E

vcv rack experiments

edge of the well [naviarhaiku228]

my submission for this week's naviar haiku, written by kobayashi issa:

finally, a clear sky
yet no moon...
summer mountain

see http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/05/23/naviarhaiku229-finally-a-clear-sky/

this composition was made with two kontakt instruments made with bamboo, and a liberal helping of reverb

moonless night on summer mountain [naviarhaiku229]

my submission for this week's naviar haiku:

to the end of the field
all alone i go
autumn sky

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/05/30/naviarhaiku230-to-the-end-of-the-field/

made with a single row of modules, as a simple self-generative patch

for my process see https://youtu.be/LGh2VxyPTJA

to the end of the field [naviarhaiku230]

a different way of using mschack's dronez module, and modulating the filter resonance into self-oscillation

this is my entry for this week's naviar haiku:

men, women,
and their shadows
dancing

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/06/06/naviarhaiku231-men-women/

shadows dancing [naviarhaiku231]

my submission for this week's naviar haiku:

indian summer
dragonfly shadows seldom
brush the window

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/06/13/naviarhaiku232-indian-summer/

shadows seldom seen [naviarhaiku232]

day 35 of my 50 day challenge doing vcv rack experiments is also my submission for naviar haiku week 234:

when the cicadas cease
what coolness!
the voice of the pines

http://www.naviarrecords.com/2018/06/27/naviarhaiku234-when-the-cicadas-cease/

i used three samples from field recordings of birds found in pine forests, bee-eaters, pine warblers, and woodpeckers, by benboncan, dobroide, and kvgarlic, from freesound.org

i played these in a sampler module in vcv rack, and i also played the woodpecker sample in klirrfactory's grain oscillator, tuned two octaves down, the output of which was then also sent to the resonator module (mutable instruments rings) in sympathetic strings mode

all sounds were also sent to the plateau reverb module, and everything was heavily modulated, especially the speed of the sample playback

some post-processing in reaper

the voice of the pines [naviarhaiku234]

my submission for naviar haiku 236:

an evening cloudburst
sparrows cling desperately
to trembling bushes

this patch uses two noise sources, and after modulated filtering these are fed to a resonator, and then to two instances of clouds, one in time stretcher mode, and one in spectral madness mode. plateau provides reverb with a long delay tail.

video with a tour of the patch at https://youtu.be/Jd9JYj90zAg

cloudburst [naviarhaiku236]

my submission for naviar haiku 275:
http://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/04/10/naviarhaiku275-home-is-not-a-place/

singles 2019

not a place

not a place [naviarhaiku275]

my submission for naviar haiku 276: http://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/04/17/naviarhaiku276-rain-soaked-wind/

weather-worn

weather-worn [naviarhaiku276]

my submission for naviar haiku 279
http://www.naviarrecords.com/2019/05/08/naviarhaiku279-ripples-on-water/

made with vcv rack modular synthesizer and post-processing in reaper

naviar haiku

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