Modular Synth

Gear

modular

released July 30, 2016 
Composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Lyonel Bauchet.
https://lyonelbauchet.bandcamp.com/album/buchla-tunes-vol-6

One Asks For Mournful Melodies

This Music Kills Fascists !!!

An idea for a track I wanted to develop but time passed by and I never went back to it. The idea became a track on its own... So be it.

Batchas - Berlin

Testing the SYNC input on the (THAT300 based) prototype of the upcoming Jürgen Haible Living VCOs module by Random*Source, using the SINE, TRIANGLE and SAW outputs of a single Living VCO, a Serge Sequencer driving the pitch and a Serge DUSG Gate out serving as the SYNC source.

Download for best audio quality (24Bit 96kHz)

The Living VCOs will soon be available (again and as the only legit version) on http://jhaible.com

JHaible Living VCOs by Random*Source - SYNC Demo

Testing the prototype board of the upcoming Jürgen Haible Living VCOs module - some raw, unfiltered textures and loops using only 1 or 2 VCOs (not calibrated yet!) plus the new mixer + Haible VCA / distortion section. Looks like this is the ultimate drone panel (and much more) ... 
To get the full sound (bass!) download the HD file and use good speakers.

Haible Living VCOs 2015 VCA/Distortion Demo

Another one-knob patch I ran into testing the prototype of the Serge New Timbral Oscillator (NTO): 
NTO sequenced by a Serge 4-stage programmer, frequency turned up to >100kHz(!), static wave from a PCO into (exponential) FM input, playing with the FM knob. Recorded through Random*Source Stereo Mixer 1.1 (from DONKs) with some overdrive.  
Part 1: sine in, (new) square out of the NTO 
Part 2: sine out used, saw in (also far above audio rates), 
Part 3: Variable wave run through Serge Variable Slope Filter. 
Use good speakers and turn up the volume to get the insane bass ...

iNTO the light - Serge NTO >100kHz FM

Live Modular Set –- @Humboldthain August 20th 2016 
Poster by @discos-capablanca

Live At Humboldthain August 20th 2016

Welcome to Serge Acid (live at Humboldthain August 20th 2016)

Exploring the wild side of the incredible Haible Tau Pipe phaser - taking you right back to Sci-Fi movies of the 70s and beyond ... R*S version for eurorack ... built with the resonance modification to allow for self-oscillation.  So this is to show some abuses I felt worth recording - sound source is a Serge NTO for eurorack (VARIABLE OUT or PULSE OUT). No filtering or additional processing except for some reverb ...

Haible Tau "The Pipe" Phaser

modular synth mix
Big bass with Verbos Complex Oscillator
Verbos Harmonic Oscillator
Qu-Bit chord
E350

Acid Dark Downtempo

Some sound snippets recorded when testing the Dual WASP build for eurorack - using a single sound source (Serge Noise or Serge PCO) and CV from a SEQ8 and a Serge DSG.

Haible Dual WASP Filter

Some cinematic sounds made with a Serge NTO for Eurorack driven by logic and a Microbrute (CV / GATE out). NTO run through a Serge VCFQ into a Random*Source Stereo Mixer. Slopes courtesy of Serge DSG mk2. Recorded with a Metric Lio 8. Cut and layered in logic. And yes, reverb was added ;-)

Soundcloud compression seems to have quite a negative impact here, download 24 bit/96 kHz files to get the full sound.

Serge NTO - sequenced

Two 259e's are the sound sources for this self playing patch. Both are in tracking mode with the mod oscillators modulating the morph in hard sync mode. The principal oscillators are in mem skew "b" mode at about 2 o'clock. Both then go to the 292e in LPF mode and then on to the 291e to create a resonant LPF filter effect. The lead part sequence is a 250e running in continuous mode, fed by the quantized random voltages from a 266e. The pulse out from the 250e creates envelopes in the 255. I make minor adjustments only to the morph and warp knobs on the oscillators during this recording. This is one pass with the 200e. An Eventide Timefactor provides reverb.


BuchlaJazz

Exploring MANTRA - Complex drones. Only a single Serge MANTRA panel by Random*Source used ... and lots of reverb ...

Serge MANTRA Demo - Drones

Some mellow sounds using only the new Serge Mantra panel ...