Patricia Wolf live hardware set at SubSensory Presents w/ Headless Horseman, JAK, and Optimal Decay

Hello everyone! This is a demonstration of the sound design work I did for the Novation Peak. I created 50 patches demonstrating some of the new features that the v1.2 firmware update has to offer. My sound pack is available for free with the update through Novation's Components App. Select the Novation tab on that app to access them as well as GForce Software's free patches. 

The patches are performed with a mixture of Octatrack sequencing (using sequences from songs I have written) and live performance with a MIDI controller. I was inspired by artists like Delia Derbyshire and wanted to record little vignettes and sonatas using the Peak without other sound sources.

I made this recording so that friends can hear the sounds I made and so that other Peak users can get a closer glimpse into how I envision sound design. Please get in touch if you have any questions about my process or anything else related to this project and I will respond as best I can. 

The Novation Peak was recorded directly into a Steinberg UR44 interface. No external effects. Subtle mastering from Tokyo Dawn Labs software to balance recordings of different patches. Thank you for listening!

Patricia Wolf Sound Pack for the Novation Peak v1.2

For the release of the Novation Summit I was commissioned to write 64 multi patches and 78 single patches. This demo is a showcase of many of my favorites of the single patches I designed.  Within my sound design I wanted to emphasize patches that utilize complex routings for the Animate and mod wheel controls, along with the new dual filter architecture.

Patricia Wolf's Novation Summit Single Patches Demonstration

For the release of the Novation Summit I was commissioned to write 64 multi patches and 78 single patches. This demo is a showcase of many of my favorite multi patches, which are either layered over each other or played across two keyboard zones. Within my sound design I wanted to emphasize patches that utilize complex routings for the Animate and mod wheel controls, along with the new dual filter architecture.

Patricia Wolf's Novation Summit Multi Patches Demonstration

Recorded by Glenn Sogge
Photo by Marcus Fischer

Patricia Wolf Live @ Holocene, PDX, June 19, 2019.

Patricia Wolf, Live At Turn, Turn Turn, PDX, OR, USA, Sept 02, 2019

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0418-ice-nine/28144/1

This is a recording I made for the 418th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Ice-Nine / The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something of it. I rattled 4 cubes of ice, partially melted in a large thick glass beer stein by my microphone and passed the sounds through my Red Panda Particle pedal and OTO BIM and BAM units as it was being recorded. I further processed the recording through Ableton's Resonators, Saturator, and Reverb.

More on this 418th weekly Disquiet Junto project — Ice-Nine / The Assignment: Record the sound of ice in a glass and make something of it — at:

https://disquiet.com/0418/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

http://tinyletter.com/disquiet-junto/

Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0418-ice-nine/

There’s also a Disquiet Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet for Slack inclusion.

Ice In A Glass [disquiet0418]

I used 4 samples from what Adlez contributed to the sound bank. I experimented with shifting the frequency of the samples then layering them and stretching them out. The results are interesting and atmospheric. There is no other instrumentation accompanying it.

I’ve been keeping my Disquiet Junto compositions sparce because I plan to use them as components for a larger composition I am working on. More info on that soon.

Disquiet Junto Project 0419: Dischoir
The Assignment: Make music from 100+ vocal samples of held syllables by members of the Disquiet Junto.

Step 1: Welcome to a large, asynchronous, distributed choir. The Dischoir consists of 113 samples of held syllables by over 50 participants in the Disquiet Junto. You can access the files at the following URL. Note that a few of them deviate from the initial instructions 3:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pkuvmzwcdz6dx27/AACUsNclLLqToLp-OJWVkaQXa?dl=0 20

Step 2: Create a piece of choral music from the provided samples. You are encouraged to make music that feels “human,” that feels like it is simply a lot of people singing at once. However, of course, the end result is up to you; you can and should mix, mash, and create as you please.

Background: This all came about as a result of something Alan Bland mentioned on the Junto Slack. He pointed out that my having misspelled Disquiet as “Disquier” in the December 19, 2019, project title made him think of “Dischoir,” a possible Junto project. Thanks to Alan and to Jason Wehmhoener for helping me think this project through, and to everyone (over 50 contributors) who sent in samples.

Voice of Adlez [disquiet0419]

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0426-cellular-chorale/29755

Disquiet Junto Project 0426: Cellular Chorale
The Assignment: Make music with the source audio from (and inspired by) a Patricia Wolf project.

Step 1: This is a collaboration with Patricia Wolf, based on her Cellular Chorus. Check it out at:

http://cellularchorus.com 13

Step 2: Download the 64 source tracks of the Cellular Chorus at:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/v0w2kl69ys9bzvx/AAC4Ydqg7KeGCuICxO6gIipEa?dl=0 8

Step 3: Create a new piece of music using only the source audio. Use as many of the samples as you’d like, but don’t add other sounds, or process the samples to any extent more than slightly altering the individual material.

Background. Patricia Wolf has said of her original piece: “Cellular Chorus is a work of spatialized aleatoric music using smartphones to bring people physically closer to have an interactive and collective experience with light and sound. The piece is played by each user visiting Cellular Chorus on their smartphones. … The sounds I made are meant to harmonize. There is no right or wrong way to play them. The intention of this piece is to repurpose your smartphone for deep listening, creative experimentation, and to immerse groups of people in a sound and light environment with face to face interactions.”

Cellular Chorus (Woods Of Home Edit)[disquiet0426]

https://elmuellerecords.bandcamp.com/album/slow-sketch-vol-2-reflections-of-the-ambient-community

Slow Sketch Vol 2

The House By The Pond

Aired on hollowearthradio.org as part of the Urban Mutant show 1/27/21

Tracklist:
Drew McDowall- Agalma II (ft. Caterina Barbieri)
Benoit Pioulard & Sean Curtis Patrick - Sunek
Geneva Skeen- The Double Bind
KMRU- From the People I Met
Fax + Braulio Lam- Mute
THAA- Her Breath Has No Walls 
Ian Wellman- Distant Hope
Jayve Montgomery- Waiting For Leaders To Care About The People
Nexciya- Red Water
Patricia Wolf- Closing A Door
Harold Budd- Wanderer
Belly Full Of Stars- hissandmisses
Ana Roxanne- Study In Vastness
Cruel Diagonals- Topography of an Affliction 
Aho Ssan- Blind Power (ft. The Mensah Imaginary Band)

Patricia Wolf - Urban Mutant Mix January 27, 2021 | Hollow Earth Radio

Contact: patriciawolfmusic@gmail.com
patriciawolf.bandcamp.com, variform.org, cellularchorus.com

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04.02.20 Video performance for For Ferrara Sotto Le Stelle Festival "CLOSE UP NON STOP" Ferarra, Italy 

03.01.20 Pod Blotz, Avola, Patricia Wolf at S1 in Portland, OR

02.23.20 Patricia Wolf, Francisco Botello, Marcus Fischer, WNDFRM Quadraphonic Performance 
at Leaven Community Center in Portland OR

02.06.20 Sound Art Presentation at Portland State University's Parkway North in Portland OR

11.07.19 Seefeel, Wild Card, Patricia Wolf at Star Theater in Portland, Oregon

10.30.19 Lust for Youth, Patricia Wolf at Polaris Hall in Portland, Oregon
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09.02.19 Bryan Eubanks (Berlin), Patricia Wolf, John Niekrasz at Turn Turn Turn in Portland, Oregon
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6.19.19: Steve Hauschildt, Patricia Wolf, Michael Vallera at Holocene in Portland, Oregon
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6.14.19: Synth Library Improv performance at S1 in Portland, Oregon
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04.29.19 Cruel Diagonals, Marcus Fischer, Patricia Wolf,  Michael Yun, & Chloe Alexandra at Holocene in Portland, Oregon
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04.17.19  Inne Eyserman & Liew Niyomkarn + Chloe Alexandra & Patricia Wolf at Turn Turn Turn in Portland, Oregon

03.01.19 Dolphin Midwives, Patricia Wolf, Jonathan Sielaff, Saloli at Beacon Sound in Portland, Oregon
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11.04.18: Patricia Wolf live performance to support Matthew Dear at Holocene in Portland, Oregon
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10.18.18 Live at Disjecta with: Marcus Fischer and Hotel Neon in Portland, OR
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9.10.18: Live reimagined soundtrack for Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast presented by Fin de Cinema. The other artists include: Like A Villian and the ensemble of: Noah Bernstein, John Niekrasz, Amenta Abioto and Jonathan Sielaff  at PICA in PORTLAND, OR for the TBA Festival
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9.8.18:  Patricia Wolf live performance at Beacon Sound with: Coast2c, Galaxy Express 555, and CM Wolf Portland, OR
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8.1.18 Patricia Wolf, Felisha Ledesma, Chloe Alexandra for Sounds et Al at Holocene in Portland, OR
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6.27.18 Patricia Wolf, Bobbi Wasabi, MMMelt, K. Hudson, Kara Phoebe, Nina Fortier for Open System at Vermillion in Seattle, WA
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01.11.18- Live soundtrack for Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast presented by Fin de Cinema at Holocene in Portland, OR. Other artists include: Like A Villian and the ensemble of: Noah Bernstein, John Niekrasz, Amenta Abioto and Jonathan Sielaff
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11.18.17- Live techno set for Subsensory presents: Headless Horseman, Optimal Decay, and Jak at Liquor Store in Portland, OR
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11.15.17- Live set for A/V Party at Open Signal in Portland, OR. Other artists include: Nolan Thomas, Darcy Neal, Megan McKissack, Hannah Piper Burns, and Sea Moss.
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11.5.17- live set with Chloe Alexandra, Jason Urick at Turn Turn Turn in Portland, OR
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10.10.17- DJ set for Drab Majesty, Vice Device, and Some Ember at Holocene in Portland, OR
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10.3.17- live set with Auscultation at Dynasty in Portland, OR
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3.19.17- live set w/ John Chantler, Blessed Blood, Raj at Machine House Brewery in Seattle, WA
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3.17.17- live techno set for Spend The Night Presents: Silent Servant- Portland, OR
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11.26.16- live set at PNCA w/ WNDFRM, Disxiple 113, Reliqs -Portland, OR
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10.28.16- live set at S1 w/ 8ULENTINA, Marquii, II Trill - Portland, OR
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10.7.16- live set at Lovecraft w/ Chasms, Sean Pierce - Portland, OR
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7.30.16- live set for Further Records Presents: Ricardo Donoso, Raica- Seattle, WA
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7.10.16- live set at Odyssey w/ Dave Bate, Bryan Zentz, Camino Acid, Sean Pierce, Xnor in Portland, OR.
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7.9.16- live set for TUF Fest w/ Elysia Crampton, Kaori Suzuki, ... in Seattle, WA