Improvised piece on modular synthesizer. Performed 'live' with no overdubs. Modules used are:
Make Noise DPO
Make Noise Maths
Make Noise Echophon
Make Noise Wogglebug
Make Noise Optomix
Doepfer A-143-3 Quad LFO
Mutable Instruments Yarns
Mutable Instruments Clouds

Etude for Modular Synthesizer 2 - Hillbilly

Improvised piece on Make Noise B&G Shared System modular synthesizer. No overdubs or post processing.
Modules used are Shared System + Erbe Verb and Tempi.

'DUST' - Etude for Make Noise B&G Shared System

'BAD/WORSE' - Etude for Make Noise B&G Shared System

MLTVRS - Etude for Make Noise B&G Shared System

Improvisation on Make Noise B&G Shared System modular synthesizer. No overdubs or post processing.
www.makenoisemusic.com

'TRANSITION I' Etude for Make Noise B&G Shared System

Self-playing patch, no post processing or overdubs. No human interaction, just the system going its own way

Self-playing patch on Make Noise B&G Shared System modular synthesizer

'Before' Improvised piece on Make Noise B&G Shared System modular synthesizer. No editing or post-processing.

'Before' (Make Noise B&G Shared System)

Performed on Make Noise B&G Shared System modular synthesizer.
No overdubs or post-processing.
Video of the patch performance here:
https://youtu.be/jDtGzu8cxPU

'POLYMATHS' Make Noise B&G Shared System

Patch on Make Noise B&G Shared System modular synthesizer. 
No overdubs or editing. Video of patch performance here:
https://youtu.be/7DoGEp8rr5s

'FREEZING' Make Noise B&G Shared System

No post-processing or editing.
Video performance of the patch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3bpo_714Lk

'PATHS' Make Noise B&G Shared System

Patch performance on Make Noise B&G Shared System synthesizer. No overdubs, editing or post-processing.

'STRNG' Make Noise B&G Shared System

No overdubs, edits or post-processing. Video performance of the patch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9U0fY1YvwY&t=24s

'Turns' Make Noise Shared System

Make Noise Shared System and mixed Verbos, Mutable a.o. system. No overdubs, editing or post-processing.

'TO BE QUIET' Modular synth patch

No overdubs, editing or post-processing. Modules in use: Make Noise B&G Shared System (incl. Tempi and Morphagene), 3 x Make Noise STO, Instruo Harmonáig Quantizer, XAOC Praga, XAOC Batumi + Poti Expander, Malekko MIX4, Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, Verbos Multi Envelope, Verbos Bark Filter, Doepfer Quad LFO, Doepfer Wasp Filter, Mutable Instruments Veils + Shades
Overall patch notes:
-Harmonaig cv outs - 3 STOs. Harmonaig in performance mode.
-3 x STOs - Malekko mixer - Veils - Praga,  + sub output from STO 1 (root note) - Wasp filter, controlled by Verbos envelope. 
-Maths Ch1 and 2 triggered by sum of Moddemix (self-patched Tempi shifting channels) and trigger out from Harmonaig
-Maths sum - Veils (STO voices), Maths unity out ch1 and 2 - optomix ch1 and 2. DPO Osc 1 and 2  DPO - optomix ch 1 and 2. Multed CV from Harmonaig (root note) - DPO osc 1 and 2. 
-Optomix sum - Praga
-Wogglebug audio out 1 - Exp FM DPO osc 1, and modulating various parameters throughout the system.
-Pressure Points multed to both Mod Bus indexes on DPO, effectively creating an on/off state (touch plates 4 and 3) for the FM and cross modulation on DPO.
-Morphagene has a sample of Feedback out from Echophon (Verbos Harmonic Osc) being modulated in various ways.
-René quantized out - Harmonic Osc pitch cv. Clocked by Tempi
-Harmonic Oscillator - Bark Filter - Echophon - Veils (controlled by Verbos envelope) - Praga
Batumi / Doepfer LFO - various parameters throughout the system
Thanks for listening.
Video of the patch performance:
https://youtu.be/8E3fUT9M7OI

'COLLISION 1' Make Noise Shared System + mixed eurorack

Overall patch notes:

The core of the patch is simply based on using Maths as an envelope follower.
Morphagene out is multed and is going to Maths Ch2 input, the output of which creates a CV that opens up Ch2 of Optomix. Live by-hand manipulation mainly from: 
DPO Osc B linear FM (changing pitch of bass note)
Echophon feedback, delay time and freeze
René X-cv (advancing pentatonic lines from Osc A)
Pressure Points (opening Moddemix VCA for osc A)
Video performance of the patch:
https://youtu.be/OKE5QsT0NcA

'FOLLOW NINA' Make Noise B&G Shared System

No editing, overdubs or post-processing. Modules used: Verbos Harmonic Oscillator, Verbos Complex Oscillator, Verbos Amplitude & Tone Controller, Verbos Multi Envelope, Verbos Voltage Multistage, Doepfer Wasp Filter, 3 x Make Noise STO Oscillators, Make Noise Functions, Make Noise Maths, Mutable Instruments Veils, Blinds and Shades, Addac System Complex Random V2 + expander, Addac System 207 Quantizer, Noise Engineering Zularic Repetitor, ALM Busy Circuits Beast’s Chalkboard, Malekko MIX4, Instruo Harmonáig Quantizer, Intellijel Plonk, Intellijel Tetrapad, Intellijel uJack, 2 x Intellijel Mults, XAOC Devices Batumi + Poti expander, 2 x XAOC Devices Praga mixer. Strymon Timeline delay pedal and Eventide H9 Reverb. Audio-only version of all patches at https://soundcloud.com/caspar-hesselager

'PALE BLUE DOT'

No editing or post-processing. Video performance of the patch:
https://youtu.be/f0MDt3vyaYo
Overall patch notes:

-René sequences DPO Osc A and B with the unquantized (tuned manually) and quantized pitch cv.
Some X gates 

-DPO has the gate out on Pressure Points 1 going to Exp FM on Osc B to create momentary, clangy, high-pitched notes. Osc A has a slight Lin FM from the Wogglebug Smooth Audio, and slight Exp FM from a few occasional Gates fired by René.  Osc B is modulated by the Woggle audio out from Wogglebug. Both the Final and the Sine outputs on Osc B are used. 


-Pressure Points 2-4 control Slide on Moprhagene, creating different presets for the sample.
   
-Maths OR and Sum outs go to Optomix, inverted output goes to Fold on DPO B.
Ch. 1 Fall is modulated by the cv out from Erbe Verb (going through Wogglebug S&H, making it a stepped voltage).

-ErbeVerb is set in reverse mode, clocked by Clock out from Echophon, and is modulated heavily 
by its own CV out (going back into decay and depth) and Smoothed cv out from Wogglebug into Size.

-Tempi clocks René X and Y axes, occasionally sending a reset pulse to the X Mod input.

-Everything goes through a subtle delay on the Echophon before hitting the ErbeVerb.

'BALANCE' Make Noise B&G Shared System

Untitled album by Caspar Hesselager. Recorded 'live' on modular synthesizer to one stereo track. No overdubs. Mastered by Caspar Hesselager.
Stream/Buy:
Bandcamp: http://casparhesselager.bandcamp.com/album/6-synthesizer-performances
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4YaG8wKDZap9Ge3HF5Snel?si=y3LCyQ8mS3GUb28EE-D2OQ

02 (HERE'S)TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY

05 THE PAPER TRAIL

written and performed by Caspar Hesselager. Recorded 'live' on modular synthesizer to one stereo track. No overdubs. Mastered by Caspar Hesselager.
Stream/Buy:
Bandcamp: http://casparhesselager.bandcamp.com/album/6-synthesizer-performances
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4YaG8wKDZap9Ge3HF5Snel?si=y3LCyQ8mS3GUb28EE-D2OQ

03 EXIT STRATEGIST

From the album '6 synthesizer performances' by Caspar Hesselager. Recorded 'live' on modular synthesizer to one stereo track. No overdubs. Mastered by Caspar Hesselager.
Stream/Buy:
Bandcamp: http://casparhesselager.bandcamp.com/album/6-synthesizer-performances
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4YaG8wKDZap9Ge3HF5Snel?si=y3LCyQ8mS3GUb28EE-D2OQ

04 ONE BURNS

06 THE MASTER LEAVES

01 TWENTY-NINE YEARS

Self-generating piece on modular synth 
Pic by Craig Cloutier

NOWHERE

Alternate 'practise' take of piece performed on mixed Eurorack modular synthesizer, August 17th 2019 at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
No overdubs or post-processing, recorded live to one stereo track.

LOUISIANA

Preview of the album '6 synthesizer performances' out now. 
https://casparhesselager.bandcamp.com/releases
https://open.spotify.com/album/4YaG8wKDZap9Ge3HF5Snel?si=dqk57dKQRN-mt8EvHMHbLg

'6 SYNTHESIZER PERFORMANCES' Album teaser

Performed on Make Noise B&G Shared System. No edits or overdubs. Video-version available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHACdq_2yIY

'2020' - Make Noise B&G Shared System

Played on Make Noise B&G Shared System modular synthesizer. Recorded directly to one stereo track with no overdubs. No post-processing apart from normalization.
Video of performance:
https://youtu.be/P7y0Uu-UPT4

'LIKE GLASS' - Make Noise B&G Shared System

Live @ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art - 16. Aug 2020
Video of the performance:
https://youtu.be/ICtIkciwhAk

Live @ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art - 16. Aug 2020

Danish composer, producer, songwriter, pianist and synthesizer addict. Production, engineering, mixing and mastering for a wealth of Danish artists.

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