2017

2018

2019

mother32, 0-coast, volca keys, streichfett

Harmonic

This recording was made using my recently midified korg monotron. The only thing I used beside my monotron was a drum loop and some effect plugins (reverb, delay, chorus)
I will post details about the midification on my blog soon (http://www.local-guru.net/blog)

Miditron Testrecord

I recorded a new song using my synths and Ardour 3. This time I really couldn´t come up with a name for my song, but somehow I like "to be Named" :-)

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2013/11/30/To-be-Named

To Be Named

I played a bit with the bitwig-studio FM-4 plugin - a 4 operator fm synth plugin. I created this track using only fm-4 sounds and some of the bitwig onboard effects

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/9/29/New-song---Frequency-explorations

Frequency explorations

an ambient track that started with slowing down a loop veeeeeery much

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/10/9/New-Song---Slow

Slow

A chillout track featuring a pad made from a guitar sample. Recorded in bitwig-studio

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/10/20/New-song---Rewire

Rewire

4 artificial voices exploring opposite pairs

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/11/12/New-Song---Where-Opposites-Meet

I also made a video using blender - check it out here
https://vimeo.com/150982495

Where Opposites meet

An electronic track using the u-he ACE plugin, a Yamaha B55 organ. Recorded and mixed in bitwig-studio

unspoken words

A first short test recording using my new waldorf streichfett. The bass track is made using a volca bass.

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/12/29/Welcome-Mr-Streichfett

Streichfett Test I

I created bell sounds in bitwig-studio using a short noise pulse and some resonator banks. This is the first track I'm using them on

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/1/4/New-Song---Bells

Bells

Moment to Moment is a berlin-style chilly electronic synth track with a meditative  bass loop

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/1/15/New-Song---Moment-to-Moment

I also made a video for the track 
https://vimeo.com/154275696

Moment to Moment

an electronic track exploring the possibilities of pitch modulated stereo reverbs in bitwig-studio

Vast Space Ahead

the unscratchable itch - the small but constant itching you normally don't notice because its so common to you - but its always there to remind you that being alive means to accept things that wont't change

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/6/24/New-Song---The-Unscratchable-Itch

The Unscratchable Itch

the chillout ambient soundtrack to your morning coffee

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/10/25/New-Song---Morning-Coffee

Moring Coffee

The first track I recorded using u-he's newest plugin Repro~1. Every synth track is created using the plugin - the Drums come from a Volca-Sample

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/11/17/Ode-to-Repro-1

Ode to Repro~1

A song recorded only using the Polysynth plugin from bitwig-studio

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/9/Bitwig-Polysynth-Only

Polysynth Only

This is my first volca+streichfett jam this year - recorded and mixed using bitwig-studio

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/16/Volca-+-Streichfett-Jam-01.2017

Volca+Streichfett Jam

I added a 0-Coast by MakeNoise to my homestudio

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/23/First-0-Coast-jam

0-Coast Jam 1

An electronic, berlin style track that developed from several arpeggio motives

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/31/New-Track:-Arpeggio

Arpeggio

Magical Dreams

a 7/4 loop meets a 4/4 loop in this polyrhytmic exploration, featuring my Mother 32, 0-Coast, MiniNova and Streichfett

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/4/11/New-Track:-Seven-meets-Four

Seven meets Four

for every world you know there is at least one that go unnoticed

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/4/28/New-Track:-The-World-you-don't-see

The World You Don't see

I recorded a new track featuring my mother32, 0-Coast, Streichfett and the repro1

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/7/12/New-Track:-Drops-in-the-Dark

Drops in the Dark

cool down - breath - slow down - breath - relax - breath ...

Cool Down Phase

that moment when you are tired as f**k but still awake ...

Still Awake

A first electronic, ambient track recorded with my new waldorf blofeld. With a little help from the Moog Mother32 and the Novation MiniNova

Walk in the rain

a mix of analog and digital synths, plugins, samples, passion, fragments of half remembered dreams and an arpeggiator

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/11/28/new-Track:-Glipse-of-worlds-that-might-be

Glimpse of worlds that might be

I created a set of drum samples for my volca sample using supercollider

Volca Sample SuperCollider Drum Set

An ambient electronic 5/4 track inspired by the -10°C we currently have outside

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2018/3/1/new-Song-Ice5

Ice5

A song starting as a simple arpeggio slowly evolving into a tune

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2018/5/22/New-Song---Turn-into-a-Tune

Turn into a Tune

a repeating yet ever changing 10 note pattern creating a world for the melody to live in

A Target You can't See

this is the recording of a SonicPi Livecoding session made from 2 sample loops sliced and rearranged in different ways

http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2018/6/23/Sonic-Pi--beatslicing-livecoding-session

Sonic Pi beat-slicing session

My first SynthJAM for 2019

https://www.local-guru.net/blog/2019/1/20/SynthJam-01-2019

SynthJam #01 2019

a new synth track exploring the infinte phase space of sonic possibilities

Random Point In The Infinite

this track started with a short piano loop that was timestretched and mangled in various ways to create a string like pad

Random Broken Piano

two lines playing the same melody, but with different loop lengths - shifting in and out of phase

Phase Shift

A short track to feature speech samples from the SpeakJet Text-To-Speech Chip

Speakjet sample test

waves of thought running through my mind as i try to sit and concentrate

Waves of Thought Pt 1

everything is flowing, existing structure is dissolving, time perception is completely off - days have passed but you still feel like your stuck at the beginning

Time Perception

{ makes music, codes, draws, solders, explores bitwig/blender/processing, does something wired/new/unexpected } - repeat

Nikolaus Gradwohl

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