A relaxing generative ambient track, lead by a Ts-L oscillator, with pads courtesy of Enoc, and with a little Plinky pulling its weight in the background with its shimmery choral.

Shimmering Lake

Modular ambient track created with the setup shown.  Stochastic Inspiration Generator is sequencing a 4ms Ensemble Oscillator, MSW micro Plaits, and Qu-Bit Surface with lots of reverb from a Strymon Starlab and ALA Typhoon.  uPlaits is running through the Strymon Magneto for some dubs delays with lots of feedback at times.  I'm also using an Instruo Lubadh tape looper to sample the Starlab output to create some background atmosphere.  You hear it in the repetitive tidbits.  Hope you like it.

Spheres

Mountain Pass - Part 2

Spinning Rust

Mi rings, mi plaits

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21012023 - Live ambient jam 003

From the Hills Like Drops Of Blood EP.

https://manysmallfunctions.bandcamp.com/album/hills-like-drops-of-blood

hills like drops of blood

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Pad:
Endless processor fed by Elements, into Bionic Lester
BL modulated by The HypsterKick and Percussion from VPME QD 

Modular Drums:
Kick triggered by LL8 
Percussion triggered by Euclidean Circles Channel 1 & 2 and A-151 switching, modulated by Mod Medusa, panning by Kermit

DAW Drums:
Hi Hat and fills by EZ Drummer, sequenced in Studio One

Bass:
Arturia ARP 2600 V3 - performed on Launch Pad Pro, midi recorded in Studio One

Rhythm Melodies:
Elements sequenced by Metropolix and into Veno-Echo into Performance Mixer
Elements modulated by Wave Packets

Brenso sequenced by Stochastic Inspiration Generator
Brenso into Blades into Mimeophon
Brenso wave folding and Blades cutoff modulated by Mod Medusa

Lead:
Buchla Easel V - performed on Launch Pad Pro, midi recorded in Studio One

Visuals created in ArtMatic Designer

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A few tracks I made the weekend of January 26-28, 2024. Please enjoy.

Spring

Demonstration of Kermit Mark III's tempo synced modulators. 4 channels are patched into the other modules while tempo division, channel amplitude, and waveform are performed. Other modules are Industrial Music Electronics Voice (Hertz Donut, Piston Honda, Bionic Lester), some reverb, and a persistent 80bpm kick drum.

Kermit mk3 tempo sync (with other modules)

Explorations Volume 1 is a collection of 13 tracks, each created start to finish in a single sitting. No second takes, no do-overs, just stream of consciousness music.

Exploration 40

OK This is a long one, but is quite dynamic.  It starts with a self generating ambient sound from Arturia's Pigments 2.  It then goes into a chill kind of jam with Taurus Pedals providing the low bass drone, the Korg Kronos providing the the electric piano sound and I played the Novation Summit for the lead.  This lead was improvised in one take.  It then goes back to full ambient where it fades from the Pigments self generating patch into a different self generating patch on the Hydrasynth.  It then kicks it up a notch with a nice long synth solo on the Moog Subsequent 37.  It ends with the Hydrasynth fading back into the Pigments patch.

Huge credit goes to Red Means Recording whose tutorial for creating self generating patches inspired this tune.  The Hydrasynth patch is based on his tutorial.

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