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This is the first thing I released using Bespoke Synth. It uses the built in synths but with a legion of LFOs. I created the general sound environment which was mostly unpredictable and then improvised with changing the melody/rhythm/harmony.

Dancing With LFOs (Life From Outer Space)

Dancing With LFOs (Life from Outer Space)

If you listen to a sound enough you start to hear different things. Uses native sounds from LMMS and one sample from Garage Band - Spanish Number 01 - in the Toy Box pack; it may not be distributed separately but may be used in songs you create; please see the license agreement https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201808

On Your Own No (Oh No)

On Your Own Now (Oh No)

Music that can be described in words is not the eternal music.

Square and Back Again

A Thousand Mile Walk in the Park

We are all in a big mess, myself included. We can get out of it together, but it won't be convenient or easy.

Dumb on Purpose

Just Relax and Be Happy

He Killed Me With a Sword

The valley spirit never dies;
It is the woman, primal mother.
Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth.
It is like a veil barely seen.
Use it; it will never fail.

From the Jane English and Gia-Fu Feng translation of the Tao Te Ching.

Also, Rivendell. I improvised the harp and added the strings later.

Welcome to the Valley

Erebor and also Tao Te Ching chapter 5:

Heaven and earth are ruthless
They see the ten thousand things as dummies
The wise are ruthless
They see the people as dummies

The space between heaven and earth is like a bellows
The shape changes but not the form
The more it moves the more it yields
More words count less
Hold fast to the center

https://www.wussu.com/laotzu/laotzu05.html

Image by Doug Knuth; available under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license at https://www.flickr.com/photos/94535251@N00/11498474746

Under the Mountain Dark and Tall

Surfer's Choice

Remember to Hope

The piano part was made in Sonic Pi and the synth progression was made in Bespoke Synth. Both are free tools. It is better if you listen in Spanish.


use_synth :piano
use_bpm 60
trigger = false
scales = [:minor, :major]
allnotes = []

scales.each do |sc|
scale_notes = (scale [:C, :D, :A, :G, :E].choose, sc)
puts (scale_notes)
pat1 = []
pat2 = []
pat3 = []
pat4 = []
pat5 = []
pats = [pat1,pat2,pat3,pat4,pat5]
lengths = [7,3,5,4,6]
sleeps = [[0.25,0.5/3,0.5/3,0.5/3,0.125,0.125,0.125,0.125,0.5/3,0.125,0.5/3,0.125,0.5/3],[1.0/3,1.0/3,1.0/3,0.5/3,0.5/3,0.5/3,0.25,0.125,0.125],[0.125,0.125,0.25,1.0/3,1.0/3,1.0/3,0.125,0.125,0.125]]
lencount = 0
while lencount < lengths.size do
j = 0
if one_in(3)
sub = 12
else
sub = 0
end

while j < lengths[lencount] do
newnote = scale_notes.choose - sub
while newnote == pats[lencount][-1]
newnote = scale_notes.choose
end
pats[lencount].append(newnote)
j += 1
end

puts(pats[lencount])
lencount+=1
end

sleep 4

z = 1
32.times do
if z % 4 == 0
mult = 2
else
mult = 1
end

j = [0,1,2,3,4].choose
k = [0,1,2,3,4].choose
while k == j
k = [0,1,2,3,4].choose
end
pat = [pats[j] + pats[k], pats[k] + pats[j], pats[j].reverse + pats[k], pats[k].reverse + pats[j]].choose
sp = sleeps[j]
k = 0
t = 0
buffer = []
buffersize = [6,12,18].choose
bufferi = 0
spat = sleeps.choose
pat.each do |n|
s = spat[k%spat.size]
while n == allnotes[-1]
n = scale_notes.choose
end
if one_in(8)
if one_in(2)
if n = 48
n = n - 12
end
end
if s == 0.25
sleep 0.25 * mult
else
sleep 0.125 * mult
end
end

if z == 32 or z == 16
if n = 48
m = m - 12
end
end

play m, release: [1,2].choose
sleep [0.5/3,0.5/3,0.5/3,0.125,0.125,0.25].tick * mult
allnotes.append(m)
end
buffer = []
bufferi = 0
buffersize = [6,12,18].choose
trigger = false
end
if z % 3 == 0
play scale_notes[0] - 12, release: 4
play scale_notes[0] + 7 - 12, release: 4
else
play scale_notes[0], release: 4
play scale_notes[0] + 7, release: 4
end
if z % 6 == 0
sleep 0.5
play scale_notes[0] + 12, release: 4
play scale_notes[0] + 7 - 12, release: 4
end
sleep 0.125
if one_in(z)
if t == 0.25
sleep 0.75 * mult
else
sleep 0.875 * mult
end
end
z += 1
end
play scale_notes[0] + 7 - 12, release: 4
play scale_notes[0] - 12, release: 4
sleep 0.5
play scale_notes[0] + 7 - 12, release: 4
play scale_notes[0] - 12, release: 4
end

On the Other Lake

This was made in Bitwig 5.2.1, but also uses two VSTs: Cardinal and ExaktLite. In Cardinal the primary modules used are Zefiro by AlgoritmArte, Magnets by CV funk, Blossom by DHE modules, Macro Oscillator and Macro Oscillator 2 by Audible Instruments, It's Good Cholesterol by Biset, and PolyGnome by Bacon Music. In Bitwig I recorded to audio various changes over time in two different Cardinal tracks. Exaktlite is used for the improvised synth lead, mostly with the Dreampad preset but with a few changes.

You Are The Bleakness Destroyer

Just a quirky rhythmic something that makes me smile.

Where Did I Put My Sense of Humor?

It sounds kind of like a spiral and I had this weird image of a zebra spiral sitting around.

Zebra Spiral

This was made in Sonic Pi and then finished in Bitwig Studio 5.2.1 and Audacity.

use_random_seed 314

use_synth :pretty_bell
notes = [62, 69, 65, 72, 71, 67, 64, 60, 74]
sleeps = [1.0,0.5,0.5,0.25,0.125,0.125,0.125,0.125,0.125]
allnotes = []
noteseq = []
sequences = []

totalloops = 13
noteindex = 0
sizeseqindex = 0
outerloopcount = 0
sleepsindex = 0
sizeseq = [3,7]
while outerloopcount < totalloops do
  note = notes[noteindex%notes.size]
  if noteseq.size < sizeseq[sizeseqindex%sizeseq.size] then
    noteseq.append(note)
    sleeps.append(sleeps[sleepsindex%sleeps.size])
    sleepsindex += 1
  else
    if one_in(4)
      noteseq = noteseq.reverse
    end
    if one_in(32)
      noteseq = noteseq.shuffle
    end
    sequences.append(noteseq)
    if one_in(8)
      noteseq = sequences.choose
    end
    factor = [1,1,1,1,2].choose
    if outerloopcount != totalloops
      noteseq.each do |n|
        play n
        allnotes.append(n)
        sleep ([0.125,0.125,0.25,0.5].choose)*factor
        if one_in(8)
          if one_in(2) then
            if n < 73
              n += 12
              if (notes[noteindex] != notes[noteindex-1]) and n != notes[noteindex]
                notes.append(n)
                sleeps.append(sleeps[sleepsindex%sleeps.size])
                sleepsindex += 1
              end
            end
          else
            if n > 59
              n -= 12
              if (notes[noteindex] != notes[noteindex-1]) and n != notes[noteindex]
                notes.append(n)
                sleeps.append(sleeps[sleepsindex%sleeps.size])
                sleepsindex += 1
              end
            end
          end
          puts('notes:',notes.size)
        end
      end
    end
    if sizeseq.size % 2 == 0
      sizeseq.append([3,5].choose)
    else
      sizeseq.append([7,8].choose)
    end
    noteseq = []
    sizeseqindex+=1
  end
  play note
  allnotes.append(note)
  sleep sleeps[noteindex%sleeps.size]
  if notes.size > 25 and one_in(16)
    notes.delete(notes[[6,12,18,24].choose])
    noteindex+=1
  end
  
  if outerloopcount != totalloops
    noteindex+=1
    if one_in(8+(16-outerloopcount)) and noteindex > notes.size/2
      noteindex-=[3,5,7].choose
    end
    puts(noteindex)
    if noteindex > notes.size
      if one_in(4)
        notes = notes.reverse
      end
      if outerloopcount > 4 and notes.size > 16
        noteindex = rand_i(notes.size)
        sizeseq[sizeseqindex%sizeseq.size].times do
          play notes[noteindex%notes.size]
          sleep [0.125,0.25].choose
          noteindex+=1
        end
      end
      noteindex = 0
      outerloopcount += 1
      puts('loop:',outerloopcount)
    end
  end
end
play 69
sleep 0.5
play 62
sleep 1
play 50, sustain: 6, release: 2
allnotes.append(69,62,50)
puts(allnotes)

Bells on Winter's Shore

This is a minimal electronic piece with a lot of notes that were first created in Bespoke Synth with various note sequencers, which I then recorded in note canvas, and manually edited some of the notes in Bitwig Studio 5.2.1. The only instrument is the Cute preset by A.Liv in Surge with some changes.

"You're Cute", She Said

There are those who said they did, but it was shown that they were mistaken.

Tim's Teeth Do Not Rattle

A warm welcome in Lake-town and also Tao Te Ching chapter 35:

All men will come to him who keeps to the one,
For there lie rest and happiness and peace.

Passers by may stop for music and good food,
But a description of the Tao seems without substance or flavor.
It cannot be seen, it cannot be heard,
And yet it cannot be exhausted.

This was made with a single patch in Cardinal with additional processing in Bitwig 5.2.1.

All Sorrow Fail

A study in emergence. This consists of various samples of single guitar notes played in various patterns and then selectively sequenced, along with some randomness towards the end. It was made initially in Bespoke Synth and then mastered in Bitwig 5.2.1.

Ant Colony Guitar

It’s how you stand up to bullies.

This uses a single Cardinal patch based on Ouros by CV funk, with additional effects and improvised and composed strings in Bitwig 5.2.1. The voice that led to this title just emerged from some of the effects.

Doubleplus Unhate

One Day, Backbone

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