So I recently got into Pocket Operators as kind of a play around deal in my office. They're real fun. This song has nothing to do with those but I wanted to start at the beginning of all this.

the Pocket Operators got me interested in maybe doing something with the modular synthesis stuff and I was worried I'd spend a bunch of money and it wouldn't work for me.

I am not a wealthy dude, I keep thinking about selling my tunes on bandcamp but I never really get plays on the cloud. And my pessimism doubts any of the people that message me wanting me to pay them actually listened to any of my music or reads any of these notes(will there be a quiz session? you goddamn right there will be a quiz session. If you don't come prepared I'm gonna roast you on youtube. THATS A FUCKIN FACT, JACK and you too mack)

Nah fuck you. You invest in the music. Everyone invests in the music. You give yourself as freely to the music the way we did back in 2000. To all the basement dance sessions, to all the house parties with decks effects and 909s, to that one dude that got kicked out of Kilroys in Bloomington for headbutting the bass stack, this one's a shout out to you. 

Ok so how did we get here. This song? Is this a song. its more a jam really. 

what is the jam

its a modular synthesis patch made in a freeware software called VCV, massaged by Garageband a skosh and dumped here. I mostly fiddled with the knobs and had no real understanding what would happen. 

I'd initially dismissed the idea of modular synths trying to puzzle out what all the cables were doing was making my eyes bleed. I made it start to make sense after watching youtube videos by @DavidHilowitzMusic, @emilyharpist and @mylarmelodies, I'll link some of the things I liked below. Like a scholar. 

I'm still not entirely sure how I arrived the end result of audio. I got inspired, dreamt about it, fiddled around, asked some questions and it started to work out. I do know if I don't stop the sequencer there's some killer math in there that will make the sound system fart.  Probably something to do with the Fibonacci doohickies. 

Going to do this again with some additions to the sonic palette. You can take that as a warning if you want. You couldn't stop me either way. 

cool stuff I watched in no particular order:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2bo9boedEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jCCzpWBsFs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJvc4ZIvc48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFhHArHk5JE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4gTTFNgUkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2bo9boedEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbbTeXb9OA

special note to this ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U mixset that inspired me:
https://www.youtube.com/live/WvyvwlowHWM?feature=share

VCV acid jam sessions take 1

coconono