A collection of generative ambient pieces recorded live on eurorack.

something for when we're gone

40bpm 

Main Pad: Castor and Pollux, pitch 1 from Qubit Bloom (mutation branch mod from 3Sloths, path mod from øchd), pitch 2 from mimetic triggered by steppy, sub mod from ochd, out to polaris, fm1 mod from quadrax triggered by bloom fm2 from 3sloths out to desmodus.


Pluck/hit: MCO tuned to g, out to Maths ch2, out to passive lpg, lpg triggered by steppy through skipper mod from 3sloths, out to imitor, out to beads set to scorched cassette, clocked with density mod from 3sloths, stereo out to mixer

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Thinking Machine

35bpm 

Pluck: Plaits out into Tallin VCA, envelope from Quadrax triggered by R-112. Pitch from Clep Diez set to random up/dwn triggered by 2nd out of 112, transposed by Lapsus and quantized by Scales. Plaits Morph and Harmonics mod from øchd. Out of Tallin into Quad VCA with cv envelope from 112 gate through Skipper set to 40% then into Maths for Slew (to open and close for short sections of notes). Out to Milky Way almost fully wet with max decay for reverb. Stereo out to mixer.

Piano: Disting EX Soft Piano Multi Sample. Pitch From Mimetic Channel 1 into Harmonaig. Mimetic Channel 2 into Harmonaig Inversion and Voicing mod from øchd. Harmonaig Root 3rd 5th to Disting. Triggers from Steppy Multed x4 for Disting and Mimetic. Stereo out to Versio for reverb then to mixer.

Synth notes: Castor and Pollux with pitch from Bloom through ADDAC. x2 saw plus sub sum out to Polaris with FM 1 Envelope mod from Quadrax triggered by Bloom through Skipper with Probability set to 90% and mod from Triple Sloths. FM 2 mod from Sloths Inertia pot. Out to aftherneath then to mixer.

Bass: Sub37 played by hand with manual cutoff mod, custom patch. Out to Dual FX reaper for reverb then mixer.

Memories

25 BPM 

Pam’s Master Clock
CH1 x4
CH2 /2
CH3 x1 rnd
CH4 x8
Ch5 x2 with skip

Chord: Acid Rain Chainsaw. Pitch From 2hp RND attenuated by Lapsus, quantized by ADDAC207 to Root, 3rd, and 5th. Filtered by ADDAC604 with Envelope from Quadrax triggered by Ladik R-112 (Clocked from Pam’s Ch2) through skipper low probability. Stereo out to Desmodus for reverb then to mixer

5th Bass: Castor and Pollux. Dual pitch from Mimetic quantized by Harmonize to Root/5th, triggered by Pam’s CH5 with 90% skip. Out to bifold with fold P mod from øchd. Filtered by Polaris with FM 1 mod from Quadrax triggered by Mimetic, and FM 2 mod from 3Sloths Apathy X pot (low amount). Out to Afterneath for reverb then mono to mixer.

Pluck 1 (Long): Rings into Beads. Pitch from Pam’s Ch3 set to RND with 26% skip, quantized by 4th channel of 207. Strum trigger from R-112 T1 clocked by Pam’s CH2. Structure mod from 3sloths interia pot. Out to Beads. Freeze gate from R-112 G1. Seed from Pam’s CH4 low probability. Time and Density mod from øchd. Shape mod from 3Sloths Torpor pot. Beads reverb fully wet, overall mix at 60%. Stereo out.

Pluck 2 (Short). Disting EX SD Multisample Music Box. Pitch 1 from Quibit Bloom, no Pitch 2. Gate 1 from Algorhythym through skipper with probability mod from øchd. Gate 2 from R-112 T2. Stereo out to Imitor, cocked by Pam’s with spread mod from 3Sloths Apathy and manual Skew adjustments. Stereo out to Milky Way for reverb full wet then stereo out to mixer.

Wintermute

40 BPM

Pam’s Master Clock

Pad: Castor and Pollux. Pitch 1 from 2hp RND attenuated and transposed by Lapsus and quantized by ADDAC207. Square wave with PWM from øchd. Pitch 2 from 2nd channel of 207 set to 4th out to Quad VCA input 2. CV mod from 3Sloths Torpor pot Y. Mixed with white noise from Mother 32 into channel 1 with CV mod from 3Sloths Inertia pot Y. Out to Polaris 4pole low pass with FM 1 ADSR Envelope from uOrnament and Crime with gate from R-112 (Copied to 207 trigger 1 input). Polaris FM 2 mod from 3Sloths Interia pot Z. Mono out to Desmodus with Tone and Dense mod from 3Sloths Torpor pot X and Apathy pot Y respectively. Stereo out to mixer.

Left Right Pluck. Mutable Rings. Pitch from Qubit Bloom quantized by Scales. 2HP TM clocked by Pam’s with manual Probability mod from F8R and Steps mod from øchd. TM out copied to Scales trigger input and Rings Strum. Rings Structure mod from Clep Diaz triggered by Steppy. Odd and Even outputs to Beads clocked by Pam’s with Time mod from 3Sloths Apathy pot X. Beads reverb almost fully wet stereo out to mixer.

Soft Delay Pluck: Disting EX SD Multisample Music Box. Pitch from 2nd øchd attenuated and transposed by Lapsus and quantized by 4th channel of 207. Triggered by R-112 through Skipper low probability. Mono out to Imitor clocked by Pam’s with Angle mod from 3Sloths Apathy pot Z and Spread mod from 2nd øchd. Mono out to Milky Way for reverb then to mixer.

Sawtooth Synth: Mother 32. Pitch from Mimetic clocked by Algorhythm through Skipper with probability mod from 2nd øchd. Mimetic reset from Steppy 13 step sequence. Algo trigger copied to 32 gate input. Slow attack decay with moderate VCF Mod Amount  and low Cutoff with VCF Cutoff mod from 3Sloths Torpor pot Z attenuated by Maths. Out to Dual FX for Reverb.

Thinking Machine

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