Some obligatory LPG bongos with the Make Noise LxD

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Chris Blaubac

I finally picked up a Make Noise LxD to see how it compared to my trusty Optomix. What better way to test it than some traditional Low Pass Gate Bongos? The sound source is a pair of sine waves ring modulated by a Make Noise modDemix and then distorted and wave folded by the Random Source Serge Wave Multipliers. This is then high pass filtered by a randomly modulated Tip Top Forbidden Planet. The LxD has a lovely organic response and I think it sounds much better as a LPG than my Optomix.

Generative Quantussy Cells

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Chris Blaubac

An early experiment with Quantussy Cells to create purely generative music. There are 3 cells in this patch, which requires 6 Sample and Holds. I have a long way to go to tame this sort of structure, but it’s a promising line of research. It’s the first time I’ve really felt the need for some stackable cables, as it takes a lot of patching, and tapping of outputs at various points.

Information on Quantussy cells can be found here: http://pugix.com/synth/eurorack-quantussy-cells/

Logistic Canon

Posted on November 10, 2018 by Chris Blaubac

A patch which realises the logistic equation: Xn+1 = k*(Xn – Xn2), with k between 3.57 and 4.00. The resulting ‘chaotic’ CV is quantised to a Pentatonic Minor scale and then run through the Intellijel Shifty to create a three-part canon.

The logistic equation is slightly fiddly to patch, and is very sensitive to the value of k, but the resulting output seems to have a more musical quality than a random signal.

Phonogene fun

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Chris Blaubac

It doesn’t turn up in my tracks that often, I’m still exploring analogue too much, but whenever I spend some time with the Make Noise Phonogene, I end up having a lot of fun. Here’s some 70s Miles Davis sliced and diced.

Work in progress: cybernetic cinematics

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Chris Blaubac

The most beautiful oscillator in Eurorack

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Chris Blaubac

I’m simply in love with The Verbos Complex Oscillator. Surely the most beautiful sounding VCO in all of Eurorack… and probably the best looking too. Why on earth did I wait so long? Its sound is so far beyond anything else I’ve used, and unlike many other complex VCOs it just seems to be one huge sweet spot; it’s hard to make it sound bad. Gorgeous in every way.

Here is a simple test of Amplitude Modulation, with Timbre, Harmonics, Mod Index, and Mod Osc Frequency all modulated via slow LFOs. Reverb is from a Make Noise Erbeverb

The joys of limitations

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Chris Blaubac

“I’ve never been able to subscribe to the mentality of, “I have it in my mind, I just need the tools.” To me that’s bullshit. The reason why I have ideas is because I sit in front of something that challenges me.”

Alessandro Cortini

Benge: Tone Flow

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Chris Blaubac

Loving this release from Benge. Created with various items from his outrageous, in fact disgraceful, collection of rare and beautiful synthesisers, it sounds simply lovely.