All parts are the 3rd Wave from Groove Synthesis except the drums which are the Alesis HR-16.

Loose Ships Wax Lips

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

Spring

The dark: the recent passing of friend Paul Schreiber, owner of Synthesis Technology. Along with fellow rocket scientists Eric Brombaugh and Robert Rich, he engineered the E370 Quad Morphing VCO which I use everyday. He was a true genius, a snarky story-teller, a good hearted guy. I felt honored just to know him, occasionally helping with some demos and testing on various modules.

The light: the new addition to the family, as pictured

The Light & the Dark

Experiments in rhythm - a swung 14 step sequence set  around standard 4's. Central groove made with FM on Vector Wave.

Fourteen Steps

So much talking, so little understanding. 

Bass by Tumeni Knobs - check out his excellent music here https://soundcloud.com/tumeniknobs

Introductory voice is Evelyn Glennie, a deaf percussionist from Aberdeen featured in this fascinating documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h61mwG9uQuU

In The Beginning (Tower of Babel Mix) with Tumeni Knobs

A Celebration

3 tracks of Moog Messenger (main 5th chord, FM shortwave sounds, arpeggiated high notes). CR-78 and 909 bass drum samples from Ableton. Upcoming Valhalla stuff for effects.

Messenger From The Void

This started out as just a "getting to know you" session with the Liquid Sky D-vices PPG W 2.2x4 module for Eurorack.  As often happens with Eurorack, you hit on a sound, a rhythm, a method that clicks, and a month later you end up with a happy little jam track like this.  

There's a lot going on in this track:

- Drums programmed in EZ Drummer
- Percussion from VPME QD driven by Grids
- Deep formant bass line from Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave
- Dual arpeggio by PPG W 2.2x4 (upper) and Plaits (lower) w/ alternating gates driven by Marbles and notes sequences driven by Rene 2
- Single arpeggio performed on Moog Matriarch
- Rhythm and lead guitars  played on a vintage Kramer Stagemaster Deluxe I through a Boss GT-100 - recorded direct
- Synth leads played on ExpressiveE Osmose controlling Deckard's Dream in MPE mode.
- Recorded and mixed in Studio One v6

Just a Jolly Jam

Dirt tour (2025)

This sketch is based on some field recordings that I made during a recent hike. Noisy frogs make up the bulk of the track with some poorly played, heavily processed glockenspiel featured as well. This was a bit of a quick, "improv" arrangement and this is essentially the first take of the arrangement with some very light EQ and volume adjustments but little else beyond my initial layers. I like the immediacy of it, and it certainly captures the feel of my walk. I will probably revisit it at some point, but until then, enjoy.

Field Recording Drone Sketch 5/20/17

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.

Just a Jolly Jam

Tumeni Knobs

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