I created a small system to dynamically generate the kinds of artifact you'd hear on bad Mp3s or streaming services. I have been writing about this in my dissertation (specifically the brilliant Lossy plugin from Goodthertz). One of the basic things that I am trying to demonstrate in my writing/research is how different renderings (simulations) of the same technological artifact produce can produce different aesthetic outcomes. We tend to treat all simulations as being effectively the same, but different engineers/coders/artists are going to have different experiences from technologies, different coding practices, goals for technical/aesthetic accuracy, etc. I think the formal aspects of media technologies become emotionally important to us, and that the divergences from the original in simulations tell us about the relationship between the person who made it, and the technology they are simulating. I think of it as not particularly different from how different painters will paint the same subject in incredibly different ways. This works better on pop music where there is a clear center image (usually for a vocalist), but copyright law prevent me from demonstrating that, so I'm substituting a loop I made.

Dynamic MP3 Artifacts

New Prophet 12 Presets

Feedback Modular Test Run

I've been using the MPC One's autosampling capabilities on everything. Today I bring you something I've never heard before: polyphonic buchla. I used the 200 series buchla modules and an OG Verbos Amplitude and Tone Controller for the LPG. Sounds insane. It makes you wonder if Don would have been more sucessful making a stripped down poly with LPGs, but that was not his style. It is however, mine, and now I want to make one.

Polyphonic Buchla

A quick demo of a track I've been writing on the Elektron Syntakt. I'm trying to get as much as I can done on the device itself before filling it out into a finished track.

Elektron Syntakt Demo

A demo of the Harvestman/IME's collaboration with Alessandro Cortini. A mini, sample-based synthesizer with built in effects. Think of it as the pre-Strega Strega.

Sonoio Demo

Unedited first 10 minutes with Generation Loss MK2

Tracks by Ryan Page