Experiments with osc/filter hocketing using sequential switches. 

Oscillators: Polygogo and Rubicon2
Filters: WMD Aperture, Doepfer SEM, Wasp and Diode LP

filt-hkt-sqn-sketch

Finalizing the SynQuaNon/Nautilus guitar processing patch before recording the complete mix, sketching out some guitar phrases.

Eurorack setup: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2147921

First Light (SQN-Nautilus minimal mix)

Experimenting with transitions between Nautilus settings via Polyend Preset. This was basically the version I played at the Library 21C meetup.

Eurorack setup: www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2147921

First Light (2023-05-25 Nautilus Presets Version)

Dark and eerie drone sketch. I started working on this for a long-form generative ambiance that could be used for soundtrack work or simply play in the background while I played a game of Nemesis with friends and family. There's a 50 minute version of this patch (with some minor changes) at my YouTube channel.

Nemesis Ambience (2023-12-06 Sketch)

Fruits of Shamatha (Demo Version)

Two guzheng parts overlap with interwoven delays; a mellow guitar looper part gradually builds layers. This was part of a live set at Ohana Kava Bar on 8/24/2024. There's an "ambient video" for this track at my YouTube channel.

Meditation After Midnight (2024-08-24 Live Version)

Chill track featuring guitar/synth parts from a Jamstik Studio MIDI guitar. Glitchy, ambient, and trip-hop elements are combined in this track. This is part of a live set I played at Ohana Kava Bar on 8/24/2024. There's an "ambient video" for this track at my YouTube channel.

Satellites of Tyrell (2024-08-24 Live Version)

In this track I'm processing a Godin A4 Ultra fretless bass and Godin LGX-SA guitar 13-pin output in a eurorack/modular system loaned to contestants by SynQuaNon during a recent songwriting contest. For the contest entry we needed to use only the demo system to create sounds, and this is my post-contest "full" track with percussion added in Logic Pro. This track will be re-worked for an upcoming EP.

More on the contest here: https://www.synquanon.com/forum/songwriting-contests/2024-synquanon-song-writing-contest

Blue Shift (SynQuaNon Contest Track - Demo Version)

Do androids dream of MIDI guitars?

This is a Blade Runner inspired track I wrote using my hybrid modular synth and laptop setup. I was pretty happy with how this song came together. Lately I have disparate influences like Nine Inch Nails, Glitch Mob, CHVRCHES, Gunship, Massive Attack, David Gilmour, Trifonic, Joe Satriani (I love the Crystal Planet and Engines of Creation albums especially), and Buckethead - and somehow this track combined a few of those influences with a retrowave vibe.

Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lcz0a3F0rQ

Replicant's Dilemma (Live Version)

Electronica / fusion sketches featuring strings, guitar, modular synths, guzheng, kalimba, and other instruments. Finished tracks are released on Apple Music / Spotify, and extended edits and experimental tracks are on Bandcamp. Thanks for listening!

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