...still utilizing Sonic Faction probability pack devices and other Max for Live devices , and exploring rhythmic sequences for the album dedicated to Klaus Schulze...

sequence XA1

...during March 2020 I had a chance to spend some time with Arturia's Collection V (release 7) by favor of my dear musician/DJ friend - actually, I have spent 2 weeks working with and admiring at this fantastic collection of software synths: they are actual remakes of old hardware synths plus the crucial Arturia touch and finesse...so, during these 2 weeks, with intention to learn and experience as much as possible of every single synth, I have dived deep into the collection many hours a day...what you hear in this set are presets of sonic textures and ideas I developed then...

deepVOICEPAD2 Yamaha DX7

churchPAD2 Prophet VS

bigMACHINE4 MINI Moog

arpMOLLO1 Yamaha CS80

airBALOON2 JUPITER 8

...this music regulates itself, which means that even I could not predict the eventual composition, where sound processes without an epicentre, where every sound is equally important...
...using 'Max for Live' probability devices, I have set up melodic patterns (4 in this track) based on (hungarian) minor key and pushed them through various filters (harmonic!) - few devices' and intrument parameters were changed over time using LFOs...

nothingness 2 [a14patt] take #1

...yet another short demonstration track, an other sonic sculpture idea for 'nothingness'...

nothingness IV demo

...my second encounter with Arturia's fantastic software synthesizer Pigments 3, all sounds designed using all its built in sound generators and effects....

ritMIKKUSS3

bomBOMBOMBOAA3

humANITY2

elecTRIPAD2

dirtyDANCE2

airyWHIP2

simpleBEACON2

evoLOTIONS4

breathPAD3

...first demo track from "works for piano"...

cover photograph by Leon Seibert https://unsplash.com/@yapics

departure (larghetto, works for piano)

...producing noise with couple of GRM tools (freqwarp, grinder) drawing in automation for several of their parameters...sound source is a simple Analog ambient pad (white light), still seeking and exploring and designing couple of possible sonic textures...

cover photograph by Joel & Jasmin Førestbird https://unsplash.com/@theforestbirds

sleep two (demo)

...a complex instrument rack containing Sampler and Granulator II (Ableton Live), both containing short samples of field recordings I did in recent days...effects racks are utilizing grain delay, saturator and reverb...on top of this, 2 LFOs (Max for Live) have a task to manipulate paramaters of devices in both racks...

sleep 2 (i.r. demo)

...grains and different sonic layers from a couple of samples, combined and frequency modulated and pushed through delay and verb...

cover photograph by Nazmi Zaim https://unsplash.com/@nazmizaim

no changes 3 (demo)

...intention was to create softer noise texture with subtle changes in its colour...in order to create noise, I first created a bespoke routing (patch) in Massive X (NI) with 2 oscillators - I have chosen couple of beautiful wavetables (FMGrowl/BipolarPWM) with standard (backward) and Jitter reading, phase modulation, Monark filter (dual notch) and so on...
...while the track consisted of a single note throughout, my focus was on changing 14 different parameters of the sound and built-in effects, and this produced gradual changes in the noise...

cover photograph by Taton Moise https://unsplash.com/@moyse

mad machinery 1 (demo)

...I had this idea of somehow utilizing a feedback, but haven't had a plan...so, I have prepared my classical guitar (put wires between strings), amplified it, and then pushed through a small bespoke audio effects rack (left to right: vintage delay, 24-band vocoder, resonator & saturator) in Ableton Live; next, I mapped 8 randomly chosen parameters [devices from audio effects rack] to macros and so to the midi controller; I played the guitar at the beginning and mid-way through the track, so added some noises; the rest of the tune is the feedback generated by delay device, I forced it to self-oscillate, hence it became another sound source; and on top of this, I have engaged those other parameters (e.g. amount of delay devision/beat or curve and depth of waveshaper), too, in respective devices in order to observe what sonic changes I could conjure...overall, the result is encouraging; next, I am thinking of creating some bespoke & odd acoustic devices...

cover photograph by okeykat https://unsplash.com/@okeykat

improvisation #1 0608

...it's been a year I started collecting radio transmission signals, short tunes played inbetween radio programmes or late night after close off, from 60's to 80's...as a kid I like them a lot...revamping old and thinking of composing many new...

radio intermission #1

I found this very idea on social media: use a fundemantal frequency of choice, calculate its harmonics (overtones), and shape and mold the resulting sonic texture by adding individual overtones in to the mix...here I use multiple instances of Ableton's Operator, in this audio example only 5 of them, all with Sawtooth waveforms, however the result is pretty intense and powerful...I also utilized a tiny bit Operator's built-in filter and LFO...

...will continue expriments up to 15 harmonic overtones...

help with harmonics calculation http://sengpielaudio.com/calculator-harmonics.htm

cover photo: unknown artist (shadowpeople)

ambient 20-o5-tk1

the unexpected (works for piano)

no changes 2.1

...sonic sketches for "terror", album work in progress...

cover photo by Bianca Berg https://unsplash.com/@biancaberg

terror 1 tk#1

...continuing the refinement of the composition, I have explored the possibilities of "feedback", utilizing it at few soundscapes while merging them all into the basic metallic noise playing throughout in the background...

Craftsmenship [Metalworks Take #04]

a view on an unknown planet many lightyears aways from the Solar system, far away from our home Earth...
an emotionally calm track, part of an album released on Bandcamp: https://noewacreativemusic.bandcamp.com/album/transmission

Planet C7

audio and sound designer, noisemaker, improviser, aspiring soundtrack composer...I am continuously exploring noise and silence, and everything in between. my name's Levente Dudas, and this is N/O/E/W/A Project: my adventures in music and sounds!

as a musician, I am open to collaborations, so please listen to my works here and let me know if you are interested.

N/O/E/W/A

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