music - tm

"Scheduled Appointment 3" [.mp3 removed -- please listen on Bandcamp]

Minimo-classical-style music made with the modular synth (Tiptop Audio Z3000 oscillators, arranged in a chord), then edited and enhanced in Tracktion's Waveform DAW. Kindergarten melodies are deployed so as not to distract from the main point, timbre changes of the Z3000 -- primarily modifications of triangle waves via the oscillators' "waveshaper" inputs. Bubblesound's uLFO module is feeding sine and triangle waves into those inputs.

Underlying crunchy beats (and bass notes?) are borrowed from previous "Scheduled Appointment" versions.

"Organleggers" [.mp3 removed -- please listen on Bandcamp]

More minimo-classical-style music made with Carla, a Linux plugin host, and the Ardour DAW. Midi sequencers play a variety of LV2 (Linux) software synths I can't get to work in Tracktion's Waveform DAW as plugins. The audio is streamed via JACK directly into Waveform and recorded/edited into loops. The loops are then arranged in Waveform.

Underlying crunchy beats are from the Moody Wav Collection.

hat tip Larry Niven for title

"Short Carla Piece" [.mp3 removed -- please listen on Bandcamp]

Some classical-style music made with Carla, a Linux plugin host. A midi sequencer plays a variety of LV2 (Linux) software synths I can't get to work in Tracktion's Waveform DAW as plugins. The audio is streamed via JACK directly into Waveform and recorded/edited into loops. The loops are then arranged in Waveform.

Some of the underlying crunchy beats were made with a Eurorack (analog) sequencer, ADDAC Systems' Wav and Ultra Wav sample players, and a Doepfer digital effects module.

"The Curious" [6 MB .mp3]

Heavy on the white noise with no softsynth "little melodies." Made with low-res synth beats, vocal samples, and semi-ambient noise triggered by a Eurorack (analog) sequencer, then recorded, timestretched, and further edited in Tracktion's Waveform DAW running on a Linux PC. Vocal samples include a gritty Streets of Rage soundbite (hat tip kiptok) and some random kid on my block (whose parents signed a release - jk).

Most of the audio comes from ADDAC Systems' Wav and Ultra Wav sample players, which handle beats with reasonable timing as well as random blorts triggered by cv inputs. Other Eurorack devices used are Doepfer's A-154/155 sequencer and VC-DSP effects module (for reverb and chorus). A "found" drum loop provides additional rhythm.

"The Hidden Masterpiece" [.mp3 removed -- please listen on Bandcamp]

Made with modular synth beats, notes, and semi-ambient noise triggered and synchronized in Tracktion's Waveform DAW (using MIDI clock out), then recorded and edited in Waveform.

Most of the audio comes from ADDAC Systems' Wav and Ultra Wav sample players, which handle beats with reasonable timing as well as random blorts triggered by cv inputs. Other Eurorack devices used are Doepfer's A-154/155 sequencer, MIDI sync, and VC-DSP effects modules (for reverb and chorus). Some melodic riffs were added using the Helm softsynth and Waveform's Collective sampler/synth (gotta have those little tunes) and a "found" 909 drum loop provides additional rhythm.

The title comes from Balzac's famous story of the master painter whose never-before-revealed life project, a portrait of a beautiful woman, turns out to be a morass of vague, indecisive swirls with a single perfectly rendered foot. This has no bearing on this song but it's a good title.