Audio example of a #bitwig patch I created. The important characteristic of a #Kobol #Expander is its two VCOs with morphing waveshapes (i.e. analog #wavetable). I implemented this with two phase-shifted LFOs.

Never mind the "music"

Cloning a Kobol Expander in Bitwig's Poly Grid

Controlled random melody line generation in Bitwig.

Modal Modulations (draft)

Foreshadow (Demo)

Harmony 2024

Whispers

Alternations

An idea which I will maybe expand sometime.

Dimished Cadence

Swarms

Testing two new Doepfer A-134-2 Dual Voltage Controlled Crossfaders. Simple, but essential modules. Track fully produced in the rack, no post-processing. Includes some glitches, but hey, it's analog...

Cotton Clouds

Trying to create a vintage feel with sine waves though Serge Waveshaper, AJH Synth Gemini 2412 and (notoriously noisy) Make Noise lowpass gates (Optomix, LxD) triggered by Make Noise Math envelopes.

Vintage Minor Cadence

Melodic pattern created by two Ladik step sequencers, Pamela's New Workout, a Doepfer logic module, Doepfer quantizer, Doepfer precision adder,  and a Doepfer sequential switch. Lots of waveshaping and wavefolding. I am not the filter type-of guy.

Step By Step

I am not a big friend of drones. But one just happened when testing new equipment (Tascam DR-100 mkIII, Doepfer Polyphonic MIDI Interface, and Doepfer Quad VC Mixer). To some degree also a study about how to creatively use the Doepfer polyphonic modules, which I like a lot.

Orbit Phasing

An alternative take, with Friedrich Duerrenmatt.

Another Drummer (Alternative Take)

A grotesque piece in three voices: Pro-1 in FM mode, manually modulated. Two ring-modulated sine VCOs as some kind of bassline. A pinged VCF as percussion.

Dead Mouse

Down By The Beach III

Some polyrhythmic FM sound bursts triggered from a Varigate 4+ through a tuned down shimmer reverb. Instant sci-fi b-movie soundscapes....

Gates Of Vari

Not At All

Exploring a famous piece by Steve Reich. Sequenced by Frap Tool's Usta. Four sine wave oscillators only, in order to better hear the interaction of the fundamental frequencies of the basic pattern.
Sloppy recording, featuring glitches when performing some octave shifts manually.

Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint

Pulses

Higher

Akward Silence

Soundcloud is my accoustic notebook: I don't post finished songs, but little bits and pieces, representing ideas and experiments.
Since 2017, I am using a modular synthesizer system (Eurorack) for its analogue qualities both sonically and conceptually (West Coast). In 2023, I started integrating analogue modular with digital modular (Bitwig). Musically, I am very much inspired by modern classical music of the 20th century, especially minimalism. At the same time, I have a soft spot for 80s synth pop and atonal ambient soundscapes.
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