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W12 - bilfd

By ENC_ on March 23, 2024 8:06 am

I wanted to work with a modular system this week. Help to change the linear thinking I've been on. I tried working with VCV Rack but it wasn't panning out. Made a few patches with Cizzle and other ALM stuff. I realized that Ableton was showing some ipad apps as VSTs and the Model 15 was a different/fixed type of modular that I rarely played with. The limitations were fun to explore. Inspired by conversations I had with people from POW 13 after GDC. Talked with fellow old chiptuners from my past life about the evolution of the scene, life, techniques, visuals, lighting, installations. Reading Thinking Fast and Slow. Watched LOTR fellowship and tow towers. Burnt out on the previous explorations from the last several submissions. Enjoying something else for this week at least. Might extend that. Developing weekly feats concept. Apparently SSN may be compromised. Good week. A lot of people don't remember me. Chris did. Very kind. Partner sick. Return to work. Ordered Roadside Picnic. Revisiting scifi inspirations.

Software Used:
Ableton
Moog Model 15
Moog mf-102s Ring mod
Moog mf-103s Phaser
Nira Fractal bits
Tal-PHA
Izotope Ozone 10
Aberrnant DSP Digitalis
Fors Romb
Inphonik RX950
Tape (max)

Song made with with IPAD apps running on laptop with probability and generalized master sequencing. mixed with traditional VSTs. Mastering fully automated. No headphones or monitors used just laptop speakers. Focus was on quick automated results with more "lever pulling" ideology. Visual mixing. Rendered stems to solidify generative choices in single take. No post editing. might be shit. don't care this week.

File Name: Ableton "w12 - bilfd"

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this song feels like it's looking for something, it feels lost
- Ebrit

I really like those panning fx, with the weird percussive element using headphones it is feeling "difficult" to hear. My brain have difficulties to process that, It does get me a bit dizzy! lol

i like this a lot. the blippy percussion is very satisfying and the detuned pads give it a mixture of melancholy and somewhat uneasy feeling. "might be shit. don't care this week." - my exact philosophy about this week's submission as well lol smile (yours isn't shit at all btw) 

not shit, sounds nice to these ears  heart

it's freeing sometimes to not care whether the output is shit. I don't think this one is - I especially liked the fuzzy textures.

interesting to notice that you're reading Thinking: Fast and Slow. that's been on my tsundoku pile for years, lol. I think about it like once a week though. how is it?

Devieus wrote:

this song feels like it's looking for something, it feels lost
- Ebrit


I agree. Probably a by product of not having focused intention.


djippy wrote:

I really like those panning fx, with the weird percussive element using headphones it is feeling "difficult" to hear. My brain have difficulties to process that, It does get me a bit dizzy! lol

Maybe a bit too difficult now that I am listening back on headphones tongue I'd probably narrow the panning width on some these.


hhuwoa wrote:

i like this a lot. the blippy percussion is very satisfying and the detuned pads give it a mixture of melancholy and somewhat uneasy feeling. "might be shit. don't care this week." - my exact philosophy about this week's submission as well lol smile (yours isn't shit at all btw)

I am glad you enjoyed it. For what it is I don't think it was a total failure. Sometimes blindly slapping some stuff together is a good excersise in itself 🤷‍♂️



jwh wrote:

not shit, sounds nice to these ears  heart

I'll take that. Thanks for listening.




license wrote:

it's freeing sometimes to not care whether the output is shit. I don't think this one is - I especially liked the fuzzy textures.

interesting to notice that you're reading Thinking: Fast and Slow. that's been on my tsundoku pile for years, lol. I think about it like once a week though. how is it?

It was a good excesize to help ignore some of my perfectionist tendencies I've been developing while doing weekly beats this year.

The book is pretty good. I am caught between a few books right now but from what I have read, it's a pretty good break down on different cognitive functions and their strengths and weaknesses. I haven't gotten that far in but I am enjoying it.

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