Modular improvisation recorded live in Kavekavity Astoria, October 6, 2013. 

Mikroknytes are:
John Coursey - Rob Hjordijk Analogue
Derek Morton - Mix and Match Eurorack.

www.mikroknytes.com

Mikroknytes - "Hells Gate #1"

This is a recording of a benjolin circuit designed by Rob Hordijk. There are no effects added, this is just the raw audio output from the output marked "filter."  Synth nerds will immediately recognize this sounds like no ordinary analog bendy oscillator circuit.  The special sauce is in a part of the circuit that Rob calls a "Rungler." Look it up! 
This  box is one of the best examples of an instrument designed to be "(circuit)bent by design." 

Benjolin Demo 2

Benjolin Demo 1

Recorded on 4/16/2014 with a Zoom H6 recorder using the Zoom's windbuster wind screen.  This documents my commute home from Manhattan to Astoria, Queens in one continuous track.

Recording detail:
- Street sounds walking down 23rd from 3rd Avenue to Park Avenue.
- Boarding 6 Train at Park Avenue then riding to 59th stop. 
- Transferring to N Train at 59th to travel to Astoria Blvd in Queens
- Walking 9 blocks through my neighborhood to reach my home near Astoria Park. 
 
** Note: the mandatory crazy guy surfaces in this recording, but not in the bustle of Manhattan but my quiet Astoria neighborhood.  

Derek Morton - "Commute Home"

Here is a demo of me goofing around on a synthetic drum centric modular synth configuration using Pittsburgh Modular's 48 Cell case. I tried to get some diversity of textures and rhythms so its a bit of a scattershot composition wise. I am modulating some of the No Drum modules with the Arturia Beatstep using both Gate and CV Out. The 4ms Quad clock is pretty much driving all of the rhythms.

4MS - Quad voltage controlled Clock multiplier/divider
Noise Engineering - "Ataraxic Translatron" a Linear feedback shift register oscilator
Gisekes - No Drums 2014
Blue Latern Modules - "Asteroid BD" Bass Drum Module
Gisekes - No Drums
Synthrotek - EKO "Voltage Control Echo"
Pittsburgh Modular - Mixer

Derek Morton - "Drum Cell 48 Demo"

Synth-y sine explorations and noodle via euroCRACk . Some Nord microMod and KP3 but less often than you think. Thanks to John Coursey for hitting some keys and hooking me up with an oscilloscope. 

- exatari (modulargrid)
 

Ana Simpel 7

Ana Simpel 8

Eurorack Synth jam for John Rickman. Post 7 minutes the patch sequencer is cranked down very slow for a noodle of a good time.