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Been meaning to start putting up some videos of my WBs for a while. Is this something people like watching?
Can not speak for all the people but I enjoy it 
Here is mine this week. 4 phase shifted LFOs at the helm.
Kohlhofer wrote:This is great! I may have to come up with my own set of dice to direct my patches!
I'd love to hear what you come up with! the modular has always been an interesting instrument compositionally, as you're working a lot more on creating a 'system' to create a song moreso than doing traditional sequencing and songwriting
with that in mind, I would think that some sort of direction relating to the overall 'structure' of the patch would be the most potent form of inspiring new work
I once forked a project by Tom Whitwell and started customizing it to my needs. The idea is to describe an entire album worth of tracks with specific constraints and directions. I may need to revisit that and implement your suggestions. You can play with it here: https://codepen.io/kohlhofer/live/PmgwjB
Right now I have just enough time to make a track each week, though 
This is great! I may have to come up with my own set of dice to direct my patches!
I'm late <_<
Finally got around to doing a tutorial vid (my original intention) rather than just a music video
Featuring last weeks track!
Somehow messed up the recording this week and only got a mono version
Can't go back or re-record since the patch is already gone. Such is the nature of live recording...
Are you using the reface dx here or is it just backdrop? Love that keyboard!
This week:
It has been a while since I had time to record a video! Started a new job and all and performed for the first time (and second time within a week).
I performed this track at Arcana in Durham. Unfortunately I only got a few grainy videos to show for it. So here is a simplified studio recording.
Hey - i was performing last week's piece life on Sunday (deadline day!) and was planing to upload it but the recording did not work out
I recorded a studio version – can i have an upload link to not break my nice streak?
omg please subscribe I'm so close to 1000 subscribers
post your channels here and I'll subscribe back
Happy to be #965!
Made a super cut of my 29 Jamuary pieces just now. This was a fun project.
Great site. Signed up!
Experimented with analog frequency modulation this week:
Video of week 5 performance recording. All in the box.
@Kohlhofer
I like the track and the visuals (although minimal) gave me a sense of being there in the room, I got nostalgic sensations of putting on a tape which suited the music quite well, I especially like that you didn't cut it short and kept the unloading of the tape at the end...
This clip successfully sets out to do everything that (I think) was intended, so there is nothing to add or remove, good work!
Thank you very much! I was pleased with the result overall and the process. I think musically things could have been more interesting with more work at the very beginning of the process (before the various tape transformations). In any case I appreciate the kind words and feedback as always!
For once i got my track in early in the week which now seems a long time ago. Made a very analog sounding and mostly generative patch with some light improvisation on top. Time lag accumulation, variable delays, reverse tape, and more. Enjoy.
Video:
Three weeks, three tracks, three videos. This one won’t be the most exciting. In keeping with the music
@Kohlhofer
really like the (presumably plonk or rings?) plucking sounds and the polyrhythms, the detuned sounding quiet melody part in the background adds a lot to the emotional quality of the soundreminds me of:
the akira soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpDvtIt6LscPossible directions you could have taken:
I'm interested to know how you would have taken this into another completely different 'section' if you wanted to create a strongly contrasting alternate "side" to the song, to create juxtapositionSomething I would do near the end is open up all the decay envelopes to max and really let the melodic content grow into something huge, perhaps reverb could do the trick too but it'd be a shame to smear out those beautiful transients, I'm keen to know what you think as far as progressing this piece into other 'sections' since when I used modular, it was the primary thing I struggled with
Wow. Thank you for the elaborate critique. Very much appreciated! The "wood blocks" are indeed from the excellent Plonk. The Akira "feel" is no accident–I got a gorgeous Vinyl edition of the sound track the other day. The title of this track is made up but loosely derived from Akira, too.
I have experimented with drastic modular variations within a track but it is challenging. Especially on a small system. I am mostly interested in building the machine that makes the music on the modular. You see me in the video making only very minor adjustments while the piece meanders all by itself. Traditional composition seems better suited for other instruments.
I appreciate the feedback very much. I may attempt a more sectional piece in a future week!
