I live in a small one-room apartment. I recently rearranged things and found a way to maximise the small space I have — the improvement being that I now have a dedicated place for the modular and guitar. It’s much more inciting to play now. I only wish I could do the same with the cello. Being a student, I know I am extremely fortunate to be able to access these instruments and I am very grateful for it.
The way the set up works is pretty simple. The modular is connected via en ES-8, and every so often I rent one of my university’s handheld recorders (an H6) to record guitar or cello. Eventually I want to get a piezo for the cello and send that into the modular for looping and processing via morphagene. Output is either via a surprisingly great pair of old JBL speakers through a tube amp, or through B&O H6 headphones (as the stereo system lacks in the bass department), both from my Mac’s integrated output (most likely not ideal, but still sounds great to me).
I wish I had some music to show, but that’s still in the works. I haven’t quite found the way to express my voice on the modular yet, although I’ve had a great time exploring sound, and I’ve got a lot technical learning to do on the acoustic instruments. But it’s a fun adventure!
