Muff's Modules & More

djangosfire · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:32 pm Post subject: patch inspiration?

OK, got up early today, had a nice 3 hours guitar practice . . . now it's time to patch up something new.

Always exciting and intimidating w/ a blank slate laid out. . . . where to start, maybe plug in a oscillator and just listen to sound, maybe modify - or start w/ a function patch an and add sonics later? How about an external sound source, yea that sounds cool - but which source? OK, I'll use a random Voice Memo from my iPhone . . .hmm found a cool radio sample here, already getting inspired smile

off to patch!!

cheers! Guinness ftw!

prototek · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: patch inspiration?

Hey django,
Sounds like you don't need much help in this department! smile

For me... I usually have a certain "sound aesthetic" in mind before I start. Of course, on my way to reaching the idea that I had in my head to start with I usually get side-tracked by some unexpected magic (or even mistake!) and I end up with something altogether different then what I set out for. In other cases I do actually end up nailing what I wanted in the first place. With the Buchla though, one never can tell what they're in for! It's peanut butter jelly time!

- John

P.S. Kudos for the guitar practice. Fellow fiddle player here and there's nothing quite like a good practice/work out on those strings! thumbs up

Badr0b0t · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:20 pm Post subject:

Yes. I love coming at things from different angles. I also love challenges. A friend of mine said one day "Can you make the ocean with that?" and I ended up with the buchla ocean video with seagulls.

Lately I've been way into space tunes and long drones. Not sure where I'm headed next.

I've been out in the garden all day and doing other chores. I can't wait to sit down in an hour and patch. I'm going to blend Jasuto with the Buchla!

See you on the other side...

Guinness ftw!

exeterdown · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:38 am Post subject:

I find thinking about the science behind the sound is a huge inspiration to music making. Probably one of the reasons I'm attracted to music making.

My girlfriend and I have been watching a lot of Cosmos lately. After an episode I always feel like running off into my studio.

Head-space is more important than ideas.

exeterdown · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:04 am Post subject:

Being really high helps.

PhineasFreak · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject:

djangosfire · Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:04 pm Post subject:

Great ideas here folks - be they inspired by the mind . . . altered or otherwise Rasta-nana

I agree Badrobot, patch challenges offered up are always a good angle!

And yes Prototek, sometimes the patch ideas set out ahead actually become reality w00t

. . . but it's the unexpected distractions along the way that yield well for me nanners

PhineasFreak · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:33 am Post subject:

Finally had my first proper session with the Buchla last night:

this was me trying to get 1.2v/oct from kenton to properly track pitch via cv in (much attenuation, banana->cv adapting etc needed)

i was so scared of knocking the 259e freq scaling knob of it's position i did 10 consecutive takes with different layers to get this:

[s]http://soundcloud.com/ylem-records/y013[/s]

and then i decided to figure out the wavetable select/morphing etc and this happened:

[s]http://soundcloud.com/ylem-records/y014-buchle-my-shoe[/s]

nothing like learning new gear to produce weirdnesses...

[no, the drums aren't buchla - just some trashed samples to carry things along...]

exeterdown · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:09 am Post subject:

These are both really great.
The second one's synth parts are amazing but the drums really let it down.
Hope that's not too harsh.

PhineasFreak · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 6:35 am Post subject:

it's a fair comment by all means - i greatly desire some hardware drum synthesis options, but since currently i would have to create each sound separately from basic pinged filters, noise etc then sequence one layer at a time, i just dont have the patience - henc i tend to run up quick loops of samples and rarely put more effort in - the result is i never officially 'finish' many tracks because satisfactory drums dont happen.

mind you, that's true for many parts of my tracks. my hd is an elephants graveyard of unfinished weirdnesses :p

collaborating with others is my solution to such things!

dougcl · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:14 am Post subject:

These sounds and drums sound great to me. Nice job. I love this kind of music.

sersch · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:42 am Post subject:

I really enjoyed opening both SC files in different windows and playing them simultaneously. Great!

PhineasFreak · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:21 am Post subject:

exeterdown · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:22 am Post subject:

PhineasFreak · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:00 am Post subject:

the patch i made is now in the wiki as a more general form for any modular:

http://wiki.muffwiggler.com/wiki/Wofl%27s_complex_%27liquid%27_acid_pa tch

to do with buchla you just need to replace the vc mixer with the wavetable morphing function of a 259e:

[s]http://soundcloud.com/ylem-records/005-buchlacid[/s]