My various attempts at semi-modular performances utilising the following gear:

0-Coast (Make Noise) - Semi-modular FM Monosynth
Craftsynth 2.0 (Modal Electronics) - Wavetable Monosynth
CS Reface (Yamaha) - Subtractive Polysynth
Microbrute (Arturia) - Subtractive Monosynth

Accompanying Gear:

Keystep (Arturia) - Sequencer/Arpeggiator
PO-32 Tonic (Teenage Engineering) - Drum Machine
Deluge (Synthstrom) - Groovebox

ShmeX: Semi-modular eXplorations

A chronological voyage through my favourite things I've made in the last few months since beginning this journey into electronic music.

It's certainly a pretty eclectic mix of weirdness but variety is indeed the spice of life.

Loop's Chronological Journey Of Ever-Increasing Insanity

Matriarchetypicalifornialimonetarialibabaganoush

Slambients

Mastered Tracks

My personal favourite thing I've made on the OP-1 even if it is loose, hence the name.

I basically had to layer live takes one by one to make this work.

It's a cute Yoshi's Island kind of lullaby vibe.

The Loosey Goosey

Another sample jam track.

Just trying to get the hang of live mixing tracks and playing samples live.

At some point I will go back and actually produce these as tracks with a structure and some editing.

I would like to be able to do effects, mute groups and live sampling at the same time but I don't know how to perform such wizardry on the OP-Z at this time.

Just Keep Swimming

OK so it technically never touched a DAW (unless you count Audacity) but like... it's a Son Montuno programmed electronically so my pun is awesome.

Son-In-DAW

A little jam whipped up between sessions driving the uber.

Slinkstep

First time recording the Deluge straight to its internal storage.

Rough attempt at a live drone-based song. 

I'll definitely have another pass at it when I have a better idea how this thing works. Very much coming to grips with it.

Drone Strike

Boots On The Ground - Feet In The Air

My first attempt at a live track on the 0-Coast, which I bought off a sweet old dude yesterday... hence the name of this first published jam.

The 0-Coast is clocking to the PO-32 and the Microbrute is providing Pitch CV to 0-Coast which I literally for this one just use the pitch wheel and that's it. 

The way the patch is structured the clock tempo from the 0-Coast doesn't match where I feel the beat so getting the PO-32 to sync with it meant having to live record the drums rather than program them. 

It seemed to work OK but in future I'll be looking to sync the 0-Coast to other gear, like the Deluge, rather than having the 0-Coast provide the main clock.

Anyway, it's all a bit of fun.

No Coast For Old Men

First time using the Keystep to control the Craftsynth 2.0
Drums once again supplied by Synthstrom Deluge

It was a very fun time.

Activated Almonds

Sometimes it's just really fun to make strange unmusical noises.

All self-generated on the 0-Coast.

End Of Financial Year Blowout

Live improv of me jamming my Craftsynth controlled by the Keystep which is syncing the PO-32 Tonic for drums.

My Keystep started misbehaving to the point of breaking completely possibly so glad I managed to salvage this jam out of it before it died completely.

Arps & Crafts

This is my first flight with the full battlerig.

The Keystep is going into the Midi-IN on the Beatstep Pro for sequencing basslines, melodies and improvised soloing.

The Beatstep Pro is controlling the 0-Coast and the Microvolt 3900 as well as sequencing drums on the Deluge.

Some light compression, EQ and reverb added in Audacity after the fact.

Battlerig Test Flight Sierra Alpha Zero One

I got a Boss RE-20 Space Echo today and this is my *second attempt at some ambient with it.

I don't really have any idea what I'm doing but it's my two monosynths going into the L&R of the Space Echo then the L&R out going to the H6.

This recording is raw and untreated with the exception of a slight pan (10% either way). No compression or EQ or anything else.

Hence it is like sashima in space... or NASA sashimi... or NASAshimi... but with pan...

Nasashimi Pan

The Avalanche Run V2 arrived today and was able to be paired in stereo with the Space Echo.

The Microvolt is in the Space Echo. 
The 0-Coast is in the Avalanche Run.
As per usual they sequenced by the Beatstep Pro.

Something went wrong on Patagonia that was causing some pops but it doesn't hurt the track too badly to make it unlistenable. I'm very happy with how Australian Fall has turned out. 

Artwork: Scott Listfield

Australian Fall

Sukhoi Sue

My 100th track I decided to come full circle and return to the OP-Z which is certainly the most neglected of my children.

Couldn't get my OP-Z to mount in Windows 10 so I recorded it through the Avalanche Run into the H6. Unfortunately I didn't have a splitter for the OP-Z to get stereo out so it's mono to the pedal then stereo out from there so it still has a nice spatialisation.

This is my 100th song that I have posted as Loop Linndrum.

Some are hidden from public view because they are too cringe now for me to have them in public view but it is my 100th track in 5 months since I started back in March. 

An output of 20 tunes a month on average is not bad at all.

Lullaby For Little Steves

First recorded jam on the Moog Matriarch.

Stereoverture

This is the Matriarch running through an Avalanche Run V2 in stereo.

I was going to name it "The Mother Of All Earthquakes", referring to both the Matriarch and Earthquaker pedal, but then I decided to google that and the top hit was Zechariah 14:3,4 which contains the line:

"And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives"

The music itself feels more like a landscape piece until the earthquake at the end so this title felt a lot more poignant.

Zech 14:3,4 
(The Mother of all Earthquakes)
Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
Making a very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south.

On The Mount Of Olives

Never Quite At Rest

After making a few serious tracks it was time to do something a little less serious and a little more fun and noisy.

Moog Matriarch default routing using its own delay.

If You Like It Put A Ring Mod On It

The Empress Zoia joined the family today. I found an inspiring preset to work with then let the Moog Matriarch do the rest.

Like a lot of my music it has timbral inspiration from indigenous Australian music especially when bringing formant sounds into play.

I was lucky enough to spend time in Marree when I was in school and it was a really inspiring place I hope to return to some day.

The Marree Man Of Finnis Springs

Pic almost completely unrelated I just like that with the EXH-6 the Zoom H6 looks like a friendly robot friend.

Another jam of the Matriarch's sequencer... I'm straight up addicted to them. It's so much fun.

I'm considering calling this style of Matriarch based sequencer performance a Cuculiform.

Mind Over Matriarch

All tracks are improvised live takes unless otherwise noted.
Contact: looplinndrum @ gmailDOTcom