Muff's Modules & More

tikkitembo · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:08 pm Post subject:

Check out Laurie Spiegel. She did the album Expanding Universe on the Groove System at Bell Labs

SodaPop · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:04 pm Post subject:

I've been listening to a lot of this guy's work recently. He does some pretty fantastic work.

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komyta · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:23 pm Post subject:

iamgoldman · Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject:

MrJenkem · Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:43 am Post subject:

I would have to say that most drones are too long. <<-HATER
(no but really, some of it's great)

Savage · Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:56 pm Post subject:

My wife's snoring. Not a loud obnoxious snore, but a quiet snore like a cat purring. Soft and rhythmic though still a drone, almost as if she were using circular breathing. Hearing it relaxes me enough to go to sleep. Hug

Oh! But you meant a drone as related to electronic music! Oh, well, two slightly detuned 200Hz pulse waves with PWM controlled by a 0.05Hz sine always works for me!

Refund · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:48 am Post subject:

Umcorps · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:12 pm Post subject:

Thank you! thumbs up

DrBerndtHoffmann · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:30 pm Post subject:

The only good drone is a dead drone...

Only joking, I like a good as much as the next wiggler.

I'm actually quite fond of drones that don't actually change much or at all; the only changes are produced by the listener either in perception or listening position. I saw an amazing installation by Ryoji Ikeda (?) in Berlin that involved two big speakers beaming out sine waves in a big all-white room that you could wander around.

Similarly, there are waves on the B bank of a Piston Honda that I really like in their pure, unmodulated form.

slovo · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject:

Damn, now I have to listen to +/- again... where did i put it >_<

DrBerndtHoffmann · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:04 am Post subject:

bellurypants · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:05 pm Post subject:

bellurypants · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:08 pm Post subject:

This is a drone that I've been really into lately.

thesnow · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:00 pm Post subject:

EARTH

shaft9000 · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:48 pm Post subject:

if you want to listen to it, it's good

simple. eye of the beholder and all

Monobass · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:33 pm Post subject:

spbaker · Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:19 am Post subject:

I'm pretty proud of this one:

I know it's low hanging fruit to promote myself.... oops

spbaker · Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject:

just to ensure I don't kill this thread with blatant self promotion, I've been reflecting on all the different thoughts and examples of stuff/drone/ambient posted, and it occurs to me that above all, a good drone depends upon the listener successfully engaging with the sound- the listener find the right time and place to listen - I find it impossible to listen to drone stuff in the car, too much background noise (plus the car itself is a good drone), I can't clean the house, or mow the lawn (another good drone) or jog listening to drone, it's something I need to make time for, a good pair of headphones, or loud dark room and make an experience of it.

Life is fast- so much so that most of us live on the edge of stress, or with stress in our daily lives, employers no longer offer stress leave, otherwise there would be no more employees.

That is partly my motivation for making this kind of music, it's meditative making and listening to it. Listening to a long evolving drone replaces a daily Simpsons episode, one less bit of clutter for my mind.

So what is a good drone? A good listener, a listener who can take that time out to sit still and immerse themselves in it. It's not an easy skill, because our life has been structured, and we've been taught to fill it with bright shiny things, and if you don't have enough bright shiny things, then go and buy some more- don't think, buy! (it's an issue on this forum too, gear lust, module envy is just our version of consumer worship, at least the cash is going to hardworking individuals instead of corporations and the items feed creativity, but I digress).

The creators of these drones put as much or even more thought into their creation as any composer/producer/writer/musician, so the journey they have created for you is one worth buying a ticket for with your time, the diversity of drone output is astounding!

My stuff as Abre Ojos, tries to wedge into that mentality by presenting something that our visually oriented brain can recognise and latch on to, but can then register differently as the interpretation is up to the viewer, no dialog, no plot, no love story in a 3 min pop song, the listener fills in the blanks, and if the blanks don't get filled, then just enjoy the blanks nanners

does any of that make sense?
I don't know if the original poster wanted production techniques, or approaches to this "genre" (thats a very VERY loose term), but this is my answer to this very good question.

phew, there is more, but I don't want to get too metaphysical in here, but if yr interested PM me or make another thread on the power of drone and we can chat there w00t

Umcorps · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:36 am Post subject:

Rogue Ai · Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:41 am Post subject:

Is it normal for your house's plumbing to make droning sounds? hihi