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Hello.
Although I’ve been on the disquiet mailing list for quite a while, this is the first time I’ve submitted anything. For me, limitations spark creativity, and making a piece with just 8 modules was just too good to pass up. We need more less in the world!

I started this patch the same way I usually start a new patch on my Buchla 200e system, with the random voltage generator, which, in this case, is the sample & hold module clocked by the LFO. The S&H triggers the OSC pitch, the VCA envelope, and SVF freq. These last two run parallel into the mixer so their levels can be controlled independently. The S&H and the LFO control various aspects of the 4Mod, and the 4Mod modulates the various timbre settings of the OSC & SVF, and modulates the shape of the LFO wave. The S&H also modulates the step direction on the 4Mod which creates an ever changing yet somewhat controllable mod sequence. A hardware knob midi controller is assigned to the most vital controls to make this patch more performative. All the events in this piece (triggers and timbre changes) are generated by the patch itself. Tweaking the knobs in real time create the different sections.

This recording is an edited down version of a longer performance. Three main chunks were left pretty much as is. Only the 8 Reaktor Bento Box modules are used, although the main outs are piped through an analog compressor (Bugbrand Stereo Compess) before hitting the recording software.

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