a little demo showing processing drums through Cylonix/Intellijel Shapeshifter module

drums are from MachineDrum
Shapeshifter in vocoder/chord modes, some modulation added from ADDAC Filterbank envelope followers
additionally playing with morph control
the pitch input on Shapeshifter is not used, all pitch changes are from modulation / morphing

first part is dry signal directly from Shapeshifter with no additional processing, then I add analog BBD delay at around 2:47 and the MachineDrum track at the end

drum processing through shapeshifter [modular demo]

A track for the upcoming compilation "Pacemakers" on Big Wave Records

http://bigwaverecs.wix.com/big-wave-records
http://bigwaverecords.bandcamp.com/

constant movement

playing with the silver case modular
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/125863

using the custom Orca firmware i did for monome white whale module and arc

more info on the firmware here: 
http://llllllll.co/t/orca-alternative-firmware-for-white-whale-and-arc/351

orca

modular running Orca firmware manipulated live

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Disquiet Junto Project 0180: Matryoshka Music
Use the Russian nesting dolls as a model for a musical composition.

Step 1: Consider the Russian nesting doll called the matryoshka, in which hollowed-out wooden figurines are designed to be stored inside each other, excepting the smallest doll, which is solid.

Step 2: Compose a short piece of music that somehow takes as its basis the doll’s structure. (For a further constraint, imagine a matryoshka consisting of 6 dolls.)

Step 3: Upload your completed track to the Disquiet Junto group on SoundCloud.

Step 4: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

Deadline: This assignment was made in the early evening, California time, on Thursday, June 11, 2015, with a deadline of 11:59pm wherever you are on Monday, June 15, 2015.

More on this 180th Disquiet Junto project — “Use the Russian nesting dolls as a model for a musical composition” — at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/06/11/disquiet0180-matryoshkamusic/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/

rotate and repeat [disquiet0180-matryoshkamusic]

this week's disquiet junto is a one of those where using a modular makes it easy - with modular pretty much every session is you trying to impose your vision onto the instrument and usually ending up in the exact opposite, the instrument leading you into its own dream. one of the most important things i learned from it is to sometimes stop and listen to what the instrument itself is trying to say.

i played with the modular last night but it wasn't that interesting, so i'm going to cheat a little and post a modular track recorded 3 years ago - it is the original name though, a modular having a dream. in big part because it was one of those patches mostly playing itself with almost no interaction from me.

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Disquiet Junto Project 0181: Instrumental Dream
Imagine your favorite instrument is dreaming while it sleeps — what does it sound like?

Step 1: Focus on your favorite instrument.
Step 2: Imagine that your instrument sleeps.
Step 3: Imagine that your instrument dreams.
Step 4: What does it sound in your instrument’s dreams?
Step 5: Record what it sounds like.

More on this 181st Disquiet Junto project (“Imagine your favorite instrument is dreaming while it sleeps — what does it sound like?”) at:
http://disquiet.com/2015/06/18/disquiet0181-instrumentaldream/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
http://disquiet.com/junto/

Join the Disquiet Junto at:
http://soundcloud.com/groups/disquiet-junto/

Disquiet Junto general discussion takes place at:
http://disquiet.com/forums/

nightdreaming [disquiet0181-instrumentaldream]

track for the 2nd lines community remix project

all participants submit 2 samples each
then we make new tracks out of them

album for download here: https://chiplightning.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-of-summer

more on process: https://ello.co/scannerdarkly/post/c9xsbblv1khfhao3gkrm8g
http://llllllll.co/t/summer-lcrp-samples-sent-song-deadline-31st-august

one ran away

one ran away [remix]

"blue orca" without the drums or effects
bugbrand synth voice extended with bugbrand modular (incl the delay)
sequenced with orca

blue orca [sequence]

it's been a while since i posted...
this track was created with the sequencer i wrote, orca.

intertwined

played with firmware i'm working on, polyphonic earthsea
more details here: https://llllllll.co/t/polyphonic-earthsea-for-trilogy-ansible-and-er-301-just-friends-txo/17348

polyearthsea

track for Songlines Remix Competition -
only realized it was open to UK artists only after i made the track

the original field recording is a performance of Indonesian gamelan
made by David Attenborough in 1956

for remix i used a small modular system
sequenced by a sequencer i created, called orca
which is clocked by the gamelan recording
and then recorded to tape to make a full circle

gender wayang [scanner darkly remix]

three recordings done with orca's heart, a sequencer i created

dedicated to J, K and L pods

available as a vcvrack module (search for Collection One in the library) or here: github.com/scanner-darkly/vcv-collection-one

these recordings were done with the multipass version which runs on monome eurorack modules and uses monome grid as a controller, available soon

a very small set up: mannequins just friends module is the only sound source, providing 6 voices. they go through roland 521 filter and roland demora delay. everything was recorded in one take.

L pod

K pod

J pod

BugBrand, MachineDrum, Cocoquantus, RES-4, Koma, A/DA and some other effects

buttons

very rough mix, playing with Gotharman little deFormer which might be hard to tame but is very fun to play

7 oscillators and samples used on the deFormer
additional effects - BugBrand, Cocoquantus, Koma and Sherman


pattern [little deFormer]

prototyping an instrument, an exciting collaboration with another artist

prototype 1

i write music and code that writes music. all tracks with a very few exceptions are under CC license and downloadable, so remixes / overdubs / collaborations are always encouraged.

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