Oh no, OH NO!

Just a study. Not a fully realized piece, yet...

Self evolving generative Eurorack synth patches.
All rhythm and melody are the results of simple analogue algorithms playing themselves out.
No knob twiddling or post production applied.

Generative_Patch_01_A

Just a study. Not a fully realized piece, yet...

Self evolving generative Eurorack synth patch.
All rhythm and melody are the results of simple analogue algorithms playing themselves out.
No knob twiddling or post production applied.

Generative_Patch_01_B

Another patch. Playing with more live knob twiddles. All rhythms and melodies generated from multiple superimpositions of asynchronous loops with some S&H. No sequencers per se. Just using clock divisions of 2, 4, etc., stepped through linearly.

SuppleRackJam 07b

Simple generative evolving melody. No edits. Very few knob wiggles. A single STO driven by Maths, Batumi, a clock divider, MI Veils, and a 2hp quantizer. Reverb provided by my Behringer mixer.

No Sequencers or Midi involved.

Generative Melody 02

My most elaborate patch to date, approximately 2 months into my Eurorack journey. I'm exploring the edge between purely generative and performative  set-ups.  At the moment, I do not own a proper sequencer (other than midi options which I am choosing to eschew for now), so all melody and rhythm is cobbled together from various clock divisions, LFOs, quantizers, and logic functions.

No keyboard or midi used. There is a small mixer off camera that I am using to bring voices in and out. 

I love everything about modular (except for the cost). It is just how my  mind works. Cause and effect in full chaotic bloom. So fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR55LhrFlW4

Buffalo 7

I've been obsessing on Tipper lately, so this is as close to an homage as I've managed so far. 

Done in one take, no edits or post work. 

This patch is mostly generative. Only wiggles on the Phonogene with jaw harp, and some manual panning, and starting and stopping the master clock
. 
Also featuring Metropolis, Elements, Evolution, Plog, LdX, Shelves, DSP, STO, and sundry switches and VCA. 

All percussion is done with white noise passing through the LdX, using simple clock dividers. 

I welcome any feedback or crits. But especially would appreciate links to similar work out there. 

Performance video: 
https://youtu.be/yl8RNawB2oY 

Peace and Noise, 
¡SW?

Tripper

A fully generative piece. All sound shaping, rhythms, melodies, and coming and going of voices are entirely driven by LFOs and logic modules. No sequencers or midi involved.

The long arc of the evolving patterns is largely determined by a single Batumi channel at its minimum speed. The finer details are driven by faster Batumi channels and some other LFOs.The only hands on is to fade the voices out at the very end. All other animation is internal to the patch.

Performance video: youtu.be/mIJEmtE2oN0

Chasing Drones  ::  Long Run

Another go at building an entirely hands off patch.

Here is a long form of the MacGyver patch. I have been steering toward generative pieces that present a fair bit of structure as opposed to ramble, and  I am pretty pleased with how this one turned out. My other goal for this one was to get as much rhythmic and melodic evolution as possible with just the use of basic tools like clock dividers, logic modules, and switches. I've been craving some of the pricier modules like the Trigger Riot and such, but  am holding off until I've exhausted the creative potential of my bare bones tools.

One more fun detail that I want to emphasis about this patch is that the ending is triggered, as everything else in the piece, by the interaction of LFOs and clock dividers via  control voltage. So, not only does this run on it's own internal design, but it also ends itself by the same means. I find that tremendously satisfying.

The title is in homage to one of my TV heros from the 1970's. I suspect that anyone drawn to Eurorack has an inner MacGyver, and a love for building extraordinary things out of paper clips, rubber bands, duct tape, and whatever you can find under the kitchen sink. You know who you are! :)

Enjoy.

MacGyver Long - Form

Melody sequenced with the Metropolis. Rhythm sequences with the Voltage Block. Vocals on the Morphagene: Kurt Cobain.
VCO: STO
filter: A124 -VCF5 Wasp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnciqexOvEU

¡SuppleWhat?