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Just pulled a string ...

Oh my … oh my … oh my … It’s been over 9 months now, since my last creation and commit onto these pages. It is traditionally enough time for a gestation in the human realm, isn’t it? However, rather than someone was born, I have had to face a fairly painful disappearance, the passing of my dad Georges in November 2022. May he rest in peace, God might bless his cotton socks! So you can call it a…

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#chaotica #pixelmator #processing

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Transcendo!

QD130 – Transcendo! – Static SD version No times on my hands, but still an urge to get creative, every now and then. My Native Instrument hardware has been momentarily shelved and is collecting dust, to free up space on my working desks, so I am short in options to get musical …. but then I remember that DeadMau5, in his master class, was saying that he was composing his music loops only with…

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#captainplugins #pixelmator #whitecap

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Home and centre

wiTHOut any kNOwN warning …alTHOugh we tried hard to imagiNe a life of our OwN,THOugh NO oNe told us otherwise … here we are … in THONON! my ancestors grew up in auTHON, near bayONs.and she was born in NOTHingham …shall we go ON?faTe it is, tHat brOught us oN thOse Northern shores THONON it is: Home and centre. Techniques: Processing, Pixelmator Another of this amazing sunset on Lake Leman,…

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#pixelmator #processing

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Thank you for ... nothing?

Thank you for … nothing?

The year is 2022 … The month? … Summer … The state of mind? … Hazy, to say the least. It’s been a fucking 30 months. And lovely at the same time! But the voice rings in the back of my mind: “Wake up!” Don’t you worry: I am going to wake the hell up. Thanks, by the way, thank you for … nothing?

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Strange-At-Traktor

Moving countries again And another 6 months go by … like that … with a snap of your fingers! In my last post, I was rejoicing about a great audio setup in my new Sydney home, and I was ready to crack on with some Midi and Wav fun. But life is a back of tricks, innit? And it pulled a nice one for me, a rare card that says “go back home and do not get 20 grands”. My dad nearly died in January and…

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#audio #DJing

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Let the music play!

First steps writing the music for "Still I rise" from Maya Angelou.

It has been another very long break for Quad Damage, courtesy of Covid-19. Life has been packed as a result, but surprisingly rich and fun at the same time. It probably has something to do with this newfound love in my life, Rebecca aka BB76. We met on NYE in 2019/20, she moved in on Valentines Day, and inadvertently we became the happiest COVIF couple on the planet. Lockdown has been a blessing…

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#logicpro #songwriting

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Komplete Kontrol

Today’s a blessed day: The Komplete Kontrol was finally delivered, after some mishaps with Fedex. And it is … big! I went for the full piano size 88 keys version of it I have to say, so … No surprise the package is as tall as I am.

Komplete Kontrol is a MIDI keyboard range from Native Instruments, and it is said to be on the high end. It is supplemented by an incredibly rich array of software…

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#audio #kompletekontrol

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Going Audio

Going Audio! First experiments in Ableton Live

Quad Damage has been a visual blog for the last 5 years or so, and it’s been an elating journey, no regrets. However, it’s been going through a drought for over 6 months now, and time has come for me to try and understand why … what does it mean … and where to next?

http://quad-damage.com/hello-world/ My first post, 5 years ago …

A lot has happened in my personal life, and there’s no doubt…

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#abletonlive #logicpro

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The Hive

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#123 – The Hive (Static)

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#123 – The Hive (Panimating)

Man! Seriously, it sounds pretty swag, this career I drive: A corporate butcher, lenient with those, scathing with these, Brokering threats and rewards, bringing some to their knees, Blowing pipes and trading tricks all day, from nine to five.

Power is mine to exert, either to endow or at times to deprive. Gliding in the…

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#cogevj #finalcutpro #processing

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The void

#122 - The void

#122 – The Void (Static) #122 – The Void (Panimating)

They’ll say the sun is dying And the fragile can’t be saved And the cold, it will devour us And we won’t rise up and slay giants It takes a leap of faith To awake from these delusions You are the coder and avatar A star They’ll say, no one will find us That we’re estranged and all…

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#g-force #soundspectrum

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The theorem of everything

The theorem of everything

#121 – The theorem of everything (Static) #121 – The theorem of everything (Panimating)

Techniques: Magic Music Visualisations, Interactive Shaders, Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator

They say that our knowledge of Creation will only be truly unified once we manage to define a theorem of everything. This was the topic of an…

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#finalcutpro #fractal #magicmusicvisualisation #pixelmator #shaders

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Le Voyage

118 – Le Voyage (Static)

VIII – Ô Mort, vieux capitaine, il est temps! levons l’ancre! Ce pays nous ennuie, ô Mort! Appareillons! Si le ciel et la mer sont noirs comme de l’encre, Nos coeurs que tu connais sont remplis de rayons! – Verse-nous ton poison pour qu’il nous réconforte! Nous voulons, tant ce feu nous brûle le cerveau, Plonger au fond du gouffre, Enfer ou Ciel, qu’importe? Au fond de…

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Bittersweet seventeen

#117 - Bittersweet seventeen

#117 – Bittersweet Seventeen (Static)

#117 – Bittersweet Seventeen (Making Of)

The valentines I never knew, The Friday night charades of youth, Were spent on one more beautiful. At seventeen I learned the truth.

Janis Ian

To my daughter Théa, turning Seventeen today, and making me a proud dad! It takes so long to grow…

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Entangoed

#116 - Entangoed

#116 – Entangoed (Static)

#116 – Entangoed (Panimating)

The Living Torch

They march before me, filled with light divine Those eyes turned magnets by some angel wise; They lead, my Heavenly Twins, good brothers mine, Whose jewelled fires hold my gazing eyes.

They guard from every sin and error grave, They show my feet the…

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The call of Gaïa

The call of Gaïa

#115 – The call of Gaïa (Static)

#115 – The call of Gaïa (Panimating)

Techniques: Frax, Pixelmator, FX Photo Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro

For once I had my iPad mini loaded on the bedside table, and after a few random taps, I ended up firing up the amazing Frax.

Frax is the perfect dream starter …

And…

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The Fearless & the Fabulous

The Fearless & the Fabulous

#114 – The fearless & fabulous (Static)

#114 – The fearless & fabulous (Panimating)

The hour is past midnight, when reality turns nebulous. I am walking down the metro, with early signs of sickness. The how and the why? It’s really none of your business. Price to pay to haunt this urban hive, warm and populous.

G…

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Why dark matters

#113 – Why dark matters … (Static)

#113 – Why dark matters … (Panimating)

Techniques: Synesthesia, Morphyre Visualizer, Shadertoy, Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator

They say that dark matter might finally not exit?!?! The news is coming from Southern Denmark. Seriously, is Denmark that big a country that you can…

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