Radioactive Beats vol 3 preview: track 4 Easter Preacher Arpeggiator
By george bowles on March 31, 2024 4:17 pm
hey, it's easter! ishtar! or whatever. find some eggs! here's an easter egg preview of an upcoming album that i will be releasing at http://mixelated.bandcamp.com (vol 2 isn't even out yet!).
this is from a session that served both as prep for a show I had on Thursday of very similar material, and for editing into vol 3... but performed in a different way, which will probably end up becoming radioactive beats vol 4.
the idea is to use a drumbrute with two of its channels out into the mixer of a modular synth called the "Field Kit". one of its abilities is to create envelopes and send out into its radio tuner, so the beat channels are able to change radio stations (mostly fm until i get an antenna to do am and sw). so i run a main channel out of the drumbrute, a channel out from the field kit mixer (I send an aux out from the individual drum tracks and then run the radio tuner out into a non auxed channel.
I also am playing hydrasynth while running the drumbrute and field kit so this is all very performative with no overdubbing. one of the stereo hydrasynth channels is going into the recorder and one into the field kit, also switching radio channels. the hydrasynth has a latch function which is good for running arpeggios, or creating a drone sound, which you'll hear throughout radioactive beats vol 3.
tl;dr thank you for checking out my music, this was recorded earlier this week as prep for a live performance. it is all very improvised and in the moment, using three synths: arturia drumbrute, asm hydrasynth explorer, and the field kit modular synth for a very analog experience.
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