techno

Bitwig tune #2. Techno that all started with experimentation in UA Battalion.

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After much deliberation I've finally decided to try out some hardware to augment the software production. Behringer Edge is first cab off the rank. I'm having a tonne of fun playing around with it prior to any actual focused learning, just completely random knob twiddling until I find something I like the sound of.

Cover credit to https://randomdailyart.com/art/2024-10-06/

edge fragment 1

First time playing with the Edge and Neutron together. I set up a few top perc patterns and some multi-FX then played the entire thing in live. Messy raw techno.

neutron edge 1st fragment

Started out with Dyad, exploring poly-rhythms. Then drums with some kits from the Infinite Escape NI expansion, patterns built up with some help from Hats4Dayz. Drones/chords in the background out of the Drone Lab pack in Live, heaps of effects and modulation. Then out comes the Neutron cos I wanted to explore making subtler, gentler yet still gritty/nasty tones. I'm getting far more comfortable coming up with my own patches for it now. This has a combo of a real slow Env2 summed with some attenuated sine LFO with keytracking onto the Freq Mod. Love that combo.

Live crashed on me 3 times while making this :/ Not chuffed with that. The recovery process works OK but this is making me paranoid and more inclined to spend more time in Bitwig.

Untitled (2025-01-28 dyad drone minimal)

Another goal-less bit of experimentation going roughly: dyad bass bleeps, kicks, pigment 6 modal engine sound design exploration into the bells lead, pigment6 preset surfing to the pads with a heap of FX experimentation from tantra2, the rest of the fkn owl.

Untitled (2025-02-02 dyad rhythms pigment6 modal)

Totally revamped the studio setup. This is the first jam with it all set up. Played around with the Edge for drums/kick, Crave and E330 for a lead sound and the Neutron for a bass. Ditched the Edge cos I couldn't solve latency issues with the internal sequencer going into the DAW, replaced all the drums with some midi-programmed Battery stuff. Happy with that "rominimal" feel in the drums even if the rest of the elements aren't much in that style.

Got a wonderful source of interference showing up at the headphones, luckily not in the recording I think (although still need to test that).

Untitled (2025-02-10 rack it all up)

Had my head in the eurorack world for a while. Decided I'd try and make a "track" for once, not just endless patching and jamming and noodling, but try and bring some of the philosophy of modulation and sound design I've been developing in the hardware across to here.

Untitled (2025-03-01 superwave slinky delays & decays)

Started out exploring Oneiroi trying out some noise and drones and the usual, but somehow ended up wanting some chords and the next thing I know I'm trying out euclidean sequencing some Vult Trummor drums and there we are.

Untitled (2025-03-15 rampage oneiroi techno)

Started off following a great little Omri Cohen VCV Rack tutorial, then part way through (with the kick, bass and crispy texture down) I decided to bring in the hardware. Trying my hand at layering on heaps of complex modulation through a combo of betumi, maths, quad vca, and some mults I feel like I was able to coax some interesting sounds out of Graphic VCO into Squawk Dirty (on moog mode) and Rings. No pitches sequenced for anything, just static pitches and some slight LFO drift across the frequency of Rings.

Untitled (2025-03-24 vcv hybrid techno)

Curious construction.

More sketches over here: https://whyp.it/users/71079/screamish