A friend asked me to contribute to a short film she is making. Here are the sound sketches.

Flower

Evening

Arrival

Live modular performance with electric bass,* recorded in Atlanta for Saturday Night Synthesis, Episode 21:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poqOn1XKmFw&t=583s

*bass played by Jay Atkins

Featured Gear
Moog, DFAM
Mutable Instruments, Rings
Mutable Instruments, Plaits
Mutable Instruments, Tides
Make Noise, Mimeophon
Joranalogue, Filter 8
Instruō, Ochd
Endorphin.es, Cockpit²
Endorphin.es, Milky Way
AI Synthesis, 007 Quad VCA Mixer 
Arturia, BeatStep Pro
Allen & Heath, Zedi 10 
TC Electronics, Hall of Fame

Window Powder Paint

This video was my main production focus for August 2022. Timbre and harmonic pitch can dramatically change the tone of the oscillator using just a few of Maths' attenuverters.  Detailed patch notes below. Headphones always encouraged.

I workshopped this track on Earth Modular Society throughout August. Below are the first three iterations of the track as I put the pieces together. Its interesting to see where the track began and what it became:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqc3e...
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mItg...
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHd-W...

Earth Modular Society
https://www.youtube.com/c/EarthModula...

Patch Notes:

Boss DR-670  Kit: 16

BeatStep Pro  BPM: 80  Key: C
       Clock [Out] to Moog Mother 32 [Tempo]
SEQ 1
       Pitch to Mutable Instruments Plaits [V/Oct]
SEQ 2
       Pitch to Synthesis Technology Circuit Bent VCO [V/Oct]
       Gate to Doepfer Dual ADSR [L Gate]
SEQ 3
       MIDI to DR-670

Mother 32
       VCA Out to Endorphin.es Milky Way [L In]
       Assn to Moog DFAM [Adv/Clock]
       Gate to M32 [Mult In]
       Mult 1 to Rebel Technology Stoicheia [L In]
       Mult 2 to Plaits [Trig]

DFAM: Kick & Bass
       Pitch to [VCF Mod]
       VCO EG to [Noise Level]

Rebel Technology Stoicheia
       L Out to Make Noise Maths [Ch. 2]
       R Out to Plaits [Harmo]

INSTRUō øchd
      LFO 4 to Plaits [Morph]
      LFO 5 to Maths [Ch. 3]
      LFO7 to Mimeophon [Color]

Doepfer Dual ADSR
      Env. 1 Out 1 to Maths [Ch. 1 Cycle]
      Env. 1 Out 2 to A.I Synthesis Quad VCA [CV 2]
      Env. 2 Out 1 to Maths [Ch. 4 Cycle]

Make Noise Maths
      SUM to Plaits [Timbre]

Erica Synths Pico DSP 
      L Out to Endorphin.es Cockpit^2 [Ch. 3]

Mutable Instruments Plaits
      Out to  Make Noise Mimeophon [L In]
      Aux to Mimeophon [R In] 

WMD Triple Bipolar VCA
      Mix Out to External Mixer [Ch. 1 Panned L]

A.I. Synthesis Quad VCA
      Ch. 2 Out to Pico DSP [In]
      Mix Out to External Mixer [Ch. 2 Panned R]

Moog DFAM 
      VCA to Cockpit^2 [Ch. 1]

Synthesis Technology Circuit Bent VCO
      Audio to Quad VCA [Ch. 2]

Make Noise Mimeophon 
      L Out to TBVCA [Ch. 1]
      R Out to Quad VCA [Ch. 1]

Endorphin.es Cockpit^2
      Out to External Mixer [Ch. 3 Panned C]

Endorphin.es Milky Way
      L Out to Triple Bipolar VCA [Ch. 2 In]
      R Out to Quad VCA [Ch. 3 In]

High Line Scene

With Mutable Instruments halting production in December 2022, I decided to write a playful track devoted to Clouds. Clouds is loved by many, and is overlooked by others still. 

This is a live performance recorded in October 2022. The track was first debuted at the Brooklyn Synth Expo on October 8th, as part of New York Modular Society's weekend showcase. I workshopped the track while live streaming on Earth Modular Society.

Headphones a must

Frederick Foxtrott
https://www.instagram.com/fredfoxtrott/

Clouds Forever

Decoherence was written for the BK Voltage Lab show on December 16th, 2022 at Gold Sounds Bar in Bushwick Brooklyn. This track is a studio recording of the full set, and is composed of three movements:
1) Negentrop(h)y 0:00
2) Badalamenti 10:44
3) Collapse and Escape 15:09

Decoherence

My cousin Quentin sent me a ripping bass line on his Kala U-Bass set to a drum track made from Moog Mother 32 samples. It sounded so early 80s darkwave. But when I added my parts, it went a very different direction. 

Behold! We bring you Post-Yacht, aka post-punk-yacht-rock.

Ghosts in the Dancehall

FFQ - Ghosts in the Dancehall

’Orbit Shift,’ is a collaboration between drum and bass artist ?BREAK ERROR and modular synthesist Frederick Foxtrott.
🎶🤝🎹🪐💫⚛️⚡️🎛🎚💾

We connected on SoundCloud and spent two months exchanging files via cloud links, recording, arranging, and mixing from afar to make ‘Orbit Shift.’

Thanks for listening, your support means everything.

Orbit Shift

?BREAK ERROR x Frederick Foxtrott - Orbit Shift

Theme Song for a Health And Illness Podcast

Two different recorded performances of Gorn.
DAWless Oneshot; No Overdubs

YouTube video of this live performance: https://youtu.be/NamdO399R4I

DR-670 Drum Machine
BeatStep Pro
Mother 32 
Phonogene
Maths
Wogglebug
Circuit Bent VCO
Pico VCO
Clouds
Pico DSP

Gorn ‽B [Single]

Gorn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWcjqYrAdJk

Live Rig Recording. No overdubs or punch-ins.

This track accompanies a video essay on the social contagion death spiral. Habits spread. True virality.

Moog, Mother 32
Moog, Little Phatty Stage II
Synthesis Technology, Circuit Bent VCO
MakeNoise, Maths
Make Noise, Phonogene
Mutable Instruments, Clouds
Erica Synths, Pico DSP
BeatStep Pro
Boss, DR-670

Fresh Pond

Huluhhoop

I am a modular synthesist and multi-instrumentalist in the NYC metro area. Investigator at BK Voltage Lab; member of Earth Modular Society, New York Modular Society

1/2 of audio/visual project The Time Being
Tweet me at @FredFoxtrott.

Frederick Foxtrott

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