Fall (Piano and Modular Improvisation)

Fall is out in full force in germany. A good time to get cozy and play some piano.

Patch Notes:
For this one I used two EvenVCOs with their triangle output going into the BF-22 filter. This in turn is patched into the 4ms dual looping delay. The oscillators are also crossmodulated the amount of which is sequenced by pressure points (together with Brains) and the RYO VC Sequencer. The notes are coming from Pro Tools and I use Yarns as a MIDI interface. The microphones used are two Oktava Mk-12s through a SPL goldmike and the camera is a Lumix GH4.

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Anew (Piano And Modular Improvisation)

A soft piece for the hot days...

Experimenting with two interlocking phrases on this one. The sequence feels a bit more "concrete" and less open then usually but I think it's a direction I could explore more.

Patch Notes: The patch consists of two voices. The first voice is made up of a triangle wave from the EvenVCO going into the BF-22 filter into the hexmix then into the DLD and finally into clouds. The second voice is the same exept using a saw output on the second EvenVCO. The delay times are quite long almost as long as the phrases themselves leading to some nice minimal music effects. Clouds adds reverb and in the end granular processing. The filter is being modulated by two sequences coming from Pressure Points and the RYO VC Sequencer. The sequences are clocked and reset by different outputs on the 4ms Quad Clock Distributor.

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Wait (Piano And Modular Improvisation)

Another slow one...

Patch Notes:
This patch is fairly simple: Piano comes in via the Intellijel 1U I/O Module and into Clouds. Clouds is in granular mode. Clouds is patched into the 4ms DLD for some extra delay.

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Slowly (Piano and Modular Improvisation)

Practising playing and listening between the notes...

Patch Notes:
The piano comes in through the intelijel 1U in/out module. It is then patched into the 4ms Dual Looping Delay which is set to fairly long delay times: 7 beats on the left channel and 8 on the right. the output from the DLD is patched into clouds which is in granular mode with low density and high size settings. The grain direction is set to reverse and the pitch is set down one octave.

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Building (Piano and Modular Improvisation)

Coming back to the modular on a really hot day. This time connecting a quite minimal piano pad from Morphagene with two sequences on my usual Even VCO and BF22 combo. On this one I just sat down and played without really preparing something. I think it’s a good way to change up your flow a bit, switching between more prepared pieces and just total train of thought improvisation.

Patch notes:

For the synth voice Yarns is generating two sequences for my two Even VCOs. Those are going through the BF-22 into the Hexmix VCA and finally for some delay into the DLD. The piano pad sound is Morphagene going into Clouds. I was thinking about doing something more sophisticated but ended up just putting a bit of reverb on the sound.

The piano is recorded with two Oktava Mk-012s.

Drop Out (Tape Loop and Modular Improvisation)

Trying my luck with tape loops! It's still all very glitchy but I kind of like the unpredictability of it. What gives me the most resistance when writing and performing electronic music is breaking out of the predictability of electronics or algorithms working perfectly as intended. The tape loop does what it wants to an extend. Also the distortion. The distortion is also very nice.

The tape section consists of two piano loops one playing forward the other backward. The output of the cassette is patched into clouds and then mixed with the rest of the patch in the 4ms DLD. The synth section is made up of two Even-VCOs cross modulated and filtered by the BD-22. The output is patched into the DLD.