Created as a response to:

one by one
praising and withdrawing inside -
winter moon

Naviar haiku challenge 578: details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

With the exception of the gongs, a combination of a modified Dreamsynth bell preset and Gong Amp, everything was made with one monster virtual modular patch using VCV Rack (Mostly Surge XT modules). 

Probably not the best way to do it, I should have learned from how easy it was splitting things last week, but everything including the gongs was multi-track recorded as a single live performance. Apart from pushing my far from shabby CPU to it's limit I wasn't able to modulate as many things as I'd have liked, ran into the not enough physical knobs/sliders limit.  ,

One by One - (naviarhaiku - 578)

Created for Naviar Haiku challenge 586: 

fog dissolves to rain
- cool breezes clear the vista,
showing cloud-topped hills

details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Interpreting the haiku more literally than sensible. I stated with some binaural rain from this sound pack sold in aid of WWF Denmark: www.luftrum.com/free-field-recordings Then fired up VCV Rack to patch together the other elements, split for multitrack recording and additional effects:

Opening of the rain sample (Valhalla Supermassive),
Synth raindrops (PSP Pianoverb),
Re-emergence of "Fog" drone (Audio thing's frostbite 2.

This was not my original plan, but after several failed improvised takes I did things in a different order and got it under ten minutes, drums came in later than expected so used some creative EQ to emphasise their synth origin. 


Cloud Topped Hills - (naviarhaiku - 586)

The haiku prompt for this one:

whenever we meet
it’s raining
green walnuts

Naviar haiku challenge 616, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Made using  custom recordings, VCV Rack and Dust from Soundmorph.


Green Walnuts - (Naviarhaiku - 616)

I'm primarily a visual artist both 2D and 3D, for the last decade I've operated almost exclusively in the digital 3D realm.   since the late 80s I've made periodic forays into the sonic world, MIDI sequencing, minimalism, musique concrète, found sounds  and improvisation. I am seldom happy with anything and seldom consider a piece finished.

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