Subliminal Modularity, a hypnotic immersion of modular techno that merges complex sonic textures, haunting rhythms and hidden connections, creating a dynamic composition where modularity becomes the ultimate language of musical expression.
Doing Waver better justice than in the last case with it here, using two oscillators to just push each other around with all sorts of cross patching. Cold mac takes a few CV sources in to act as a drifting macro controller. Now that I've started to patch it as such, I've started to identify a performance style I fall into, responding to said drift. The faders on Waver and Ikarie really lean into this - of course while any knob can be wiggled, some modes are more conducive to this than others.
Again on the performance side, I continue to use mutes on the Acid Rains to create breakdowns and builds. When I feel like more formally structuring a song, I need to create distinct A/B sections that I can switch around rather than fully cutting something out. Hopefully the next firmware update (allegedly in the works from the modwiggler thread) will include the multi-mute-dropping I've seen a handful of users suggest. Even without it though, banger modules.
Mycelio Tronics | The Analog Electronics of Archaic. Dive into the depths of 'Archaic' and discover their electronic music. A sonic tapestry woven with intricate textures and layers, inviting you to unravel its mysteries. Archaic'
Mycelio Tronics is a experimental release from The Netherlands. It is a bit Leftfield and complex, it hypnotises us with pulsing rhythmic progressions that evolve over time. Mycelio Tronics doesn't adhere to typical genre norms; it's outside the mainstreams usual sound. The EP needs exploring with intricate textures and sound complexity. Thats what makes this EP a hypnotising experience. 'Archaic's' music, is highlighting its experimental nature, complexity, and hypnotic rhythms in this four track EP.
Archaic - Mycelio Tronics EP | Electric Music Foundation Bandcamp
Music produced by 'Archaic' at the Willem Twee Studios
I've been working on making visualizations for my latest tracks, trying to keep it simple with looped images and lots of nice colors. Here's the first test for my track Quad Funk.
Using some unconventional sound sources to make something a bit anxious.
As I've been getting used to Traffic, the case I have set up only has Taiko and Daiko (and ABD) as voices. This was fine, but I found myself wanting an oscillator. Instead of restructuring, I got a little modular with it - the lead voice in this patch is actually Data Bender in micro mode with a frozen buffer, with time and repeats so high that it acts as a pseudo-wavetable oscillator, where modulation affects the waveshape.
The bass voice is Akemie's Taiko triggered by channel 3 of Traffic. Due to the way the channels choke each other, this creates novel riffs based on the first 2 channels being triggered, which makes Constellation's mutes an even more valuable performance feature.
My biggest gripe with Traffic, though, doesn't actually have to do with the module itself. But rather, how it interacts with Taiko. The drum samples the inputs as soon as it receives a trigger to synthesize the hit, but Traffic takes mere milliseconds to update its outputs, so using the two together leads to inconsistent drums - which can be good or bad. This is avoidable by programming a gate delay (in this case, I've been using uO_c Phazerville or Maestro), but it's a hassle nonethe less.
The world is utterly fucked at the moment, there's nothing to be offered that will solve any of the nightmares, but here's a little bit of something uptempo to perhaps tap some toes.