It is often said of modular synthesis that you are entering a rabbit hole, something I did not understand when I bought my first eurorack modules but most certainly do now!

So inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I wrote a short story titled Alan's Adventures in Modularland and performed it at a ModCaf meet in Aldershot in August.  This playlist comprises that performance and also three further tracks representing Alan's adventures in Modular land.

Alan's Adventures in Modularland

When I bought my first eurorack modules, I was warned that I was at risk of going down a rabbit hole.  At that time, I did not understand what this meant but I certainly do now!

So when you think of a rabbit hole you almost certainly are reminded of Lewis Carroll's story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. And that is the inspiration for this track, a story based on Alan's Adventures in Modularland.  I wrote the story and recorded it as a sample that plays whilst I improvise with various eurorack modules over the top to create an electronic soundscape.

The modules used include logic and random probability as a tribute to Carroll's mathematical interest.  Central to the control of the track is After Later Audio's version of the Turing Machine aptly named Alan.

Alan's Adventures In Modularland (Part 1)

Alans Adventures In Modularland Adventure 3

Alans Adventures In Modularland Adventure 2

Alans Adventures In Modularland Adventure 1

I am a retiree who has caught the modular synthesiser bug.  The tracks I upload whether experiments or finished tracks are inspired from taking the Sarah Belle Reid "Learning Sound and Synthesis" and "From Patch To Polished" courses over 2020-2022 that have opened my ears to alternative approaches to composition, sound and music.  I am not a traditional musician but an electronic musician and describe my work as electronic sound art.

Alans Adventures In Modularland Adventure 1

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