This friday was another pretty mellow day on the set.
Afterwards, at home I was feeling a little un-creative. Once Jenny was off to bed I didn’t have much of a spark to be adventurous. Even a patch on the modular felt a little too complex for me.
Fortunately, I devised a plan that would simplify my goal in front of the modular. I decided I’d just go in there with the idea of creating a simple beat. That’s all. Patch in a kick drum, patch in a snare, patch in some hi-hats and there you go.
Well, I’m glad I decided to simplify because through the process of creation the avenues of complexity were less of a bother. Opportunities arise as you patch and by the end you’ve created something better than you expected. That’s how this evening went.
I set the rotating clock divider as the heart of the rhythm. As I recorded my beat I tried to switch up small variations such as muting a single drum or adjusting the decay of the snare. When I felt I recorded all of the variations I would switch patch cables on either the rotating clock divider or the envelope generators creating new beats.
I enjoyed the way the beat was transforming. I brought it into Ableton and cut it down to the best of the best. You can play the results below.
Enjoy!