#2165

A new song, #1

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#2166

in a goofy lil’ Rhythm Roulette at work today, the sample was a live version of Andrew Bird’s ‘Plasticities’. mine was a few iterations of a two second whistle, which made up the primary lines that weren’t the drums and the bandpassed vox. feelin’ vulnerable, but it was fun and here we go…

(also, a whistle slowed down makes for a weiiiiird warbly bass):

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#2167

I made 2 tracks this weekend, more ambient than my usual work :slight_smile:

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#2168

Recorded this last night – more proof of concept for a project I’m working on than an actual track.

Leap Motion >> Processing >> Wekinator >> Max >> ES-8.

Hand height modulating Sisters span and uVCF fm, hand tilt switching the position of the voices in the stereo field, index finger controlling delay feedback on first Mangrove, middle finger controlling delay feedback on second Mangrove. Sequence from Kria, bass from JF, Valhalla Vintage Verb at end of chain.

Aiming to post a more complex, more developed vid using similar techniques in the coming weeks.

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#2169

Latest patch:

Sleeping and dreaming from mountains.
#mountainsthroughmusic

#2170

Thanks @bmoren!

Sure no problem:

////Patch Notes/////

Rings (main melody at start) and Mangrove (‘brassy’ voice that comes in later) are the main melody voices.

Plaits (chord mode) provides the chord drone in the background. I was modulating the inversion control (I absolutely love this feature!)

Picovoice (harmonic oscillator) is providing the higher melody that appears every now and then. This also had MI Clouds in looping delay mode (modulating the texture control).

Mangrove and PicoVoice sequenced from Mutable Instruments Marbles (set to ~11 on deja vu to allow for some randomisation). Rings sequenced from Korg SQ1 (set to random mode).

Modulation provided by Intellijel Quadra (envelopes) and Abstract Data Octocontroller (LFO’s). Marbles was the master clock source clocking SQ1 and the Octocontroller.

Tracked to DAW using my new K-Mix. Reverb (Valhalla vintageverb), eq and compression (stock Ableton) added in DAW. Volume automation also added in Ableton.

Think that covers everything :sunglasses:

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#2171

A new little tune. I made a quick patch and thought that something was missing. I contacted my dear friend Ludvig Kennberg and he just made it fly. “Do what you want” and he chosen to play it like this:

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#2172

My patch from yesterday. It’s a little rough, but I thought I would share anyway :slight_smile:

The ER-301 was responsible for the drums, field recording, and processing the drone and percussion. One Just Friends acted as the primary modulator, and another played in the drone. The drone was something like… JF > Rings > 3 Sisters > ER-301. Plaits did the percussive bits.

All the sequencing was done with Ansibles Kria, and Earthsea.

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#2173

Excited to share a series of videos created by Britt King to accompany the 6 tracks from the new Bell Mountain EP - Tertiary Colors. We’ve also added more cassettes available on the Bell Mountain bandcamp: bellmountain.bandcamp.com

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#2174

This thread is suuuuch a rush of inspiration. Every time. Y’all are the best.

to contribute, here are some videos of me jamming. Octatrack live sampling Aalto over some folk / spiritual jazz samples.

And one of me jamming with Aalto and the octatrack. A lot of count to five pedal too.

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#2175

Exploring Just Friends’ Plume mode in my latest patch. Just Friends is the only sound source. This really shows how much you can do with very little. Just Friends, Ansible, Clouds and just one little fragment of the 0-coast. Also some interesting FX patching in Ableton - see the video description for more on that. Love love love the sound of JF!! Just picked up a Mangrove. The announcement of Norns put me in awe, so I haven’t got to mount it into the case just yet.

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#2176

i always get excited when you post a new one, this whole series of videos/patches has really blown my mind. thanks!!

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#2177

Very nice. Thanks. One question: What is 6V (“TR1 goes to 6V”)?

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#2178

Beautiful, as ever. Also, 20 characters of YAY!

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#2179

Thanks a lot @barnjazz - that really means a bunch. Thank you thank you thank you : - )

Oh shit, it should say 6N! Which is one of the outputs of Just Friends. Don’t know what the letter N means though - half of the time I don’t really know what I’m even doing, but I’m having a blast at every knob twist.

Thanks @Justmat! Your extensive use of the Mannequins modules has actually really pushed me towards these little bad boys. A lot of inspiration from your sounds : - ) Thanks!

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#2180

http://soundcloud.com/bmoren/sketch-no01

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#2181

Beginning attempt to combine electric taishogoto as control + sound source w/ modular synthesizer.

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#2182

Neat project. I have a taishogoto which needs some repairs and I keep putting it off… but I figured the most I’d do with it is sample it or use it to drive Rings.

#2183

Greetings to a fellow taishogoto-ist!

I am surprised more people do not taishogoto. The combination of lap-steel and type-writer rules hard. I am a much better typist than lap-steel player and therefore suited to taishogoto. Truly, it is a powerful instrument as easy to learn as it is difficult to master. I have only attained the rank of 級 but hope one day to reach 段.

Fun tip: If you run taishogoto thru a gnarly fuzz and play the keys quickly you can become instantaneously death metal. The devil holds me back.

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#2184

I never heard of them until last year. An acquaintance in St. Louis Osuwa Taiko (which I used to perform with) also plays shamisen in an amateur group, and I got curious about the instruments.

When I was a kid, my grandma had a beat-up Autoharp that always fascinated me and I never got around to picking one up for myself. I bought a used taishogoto on eBay to mess around with, and the bridge unfortunately came unglued in transit.