This is monday but feels more like wednesday due to the film shoot. I got off set around 7pm and hit wonderful hour and a half long traffic home.
Funny thing about this creative thing was that I spent most of the night putting together the video for Day 266 / Runners & Chasers but I didn’t want to post it as my creative thing. So, I opened up Arturia’s Moog Modular V and made a quickie patch.
Moog Modular V is a software emulator of the classic Moog Modular synthesizer. Before I had any kind of physical or tangible analog synth in front of me, I had this. It’s a pretty great alternative for those interested in learning the methods of patch-making. It sounds sweet too. It’s a very realistic emulator of that analog warmth that everyone hopes for.
I basically created a quick patch using three oscillators going through a multi-mode filter with the pitch being controlled by the sequencer on top. I recorded the sequence multiple times on multiple tracks in Ableton. I over-dubbed the sequence at higher pitches and different rates and recorded that to another track. Then I just messed around with a bunch of stuff, changed the sequence, adjusted the envelopes, added delay, added a some bode frequency shifting.
Ultimately I recorded myself playing all of these loops in sequence and then cut it down to a more listenable running time. Lastly, I sequenced a simple beat using drum samples I’d created a long time ago using my real modular.
I hope you enjoy. You can play the results below. Just a simple synth tune.
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4 responses to “Day 268 / A Quickie Patch”
that was nice!
I love this song. We gotta jam soon. And then we have to form a band. And then we have to take over the world.
Loving this. And just in time – just picked up Madrona Labs’ Aalto. Never played with the modular concept before!
Really? I felt so self-consciousness about this track. I didn’t really feel like I was doing anything special on it but your comments have made me feel so much better.
Thanks and yes, Jeff, I completely agree.