Cynthia Zeroscillator

[AnalogDecay420]

this sounds pretty fucked! I'm trippin' balls and you're barely even riding this beast!

[mysticradio]

@ enemyindisguise........ yes they know what to do with them... WE PLAY CHOO CHOO

[FrankieBellani]

amazing

[jrichetta]

Not sure why this clip has attracted so many "this isn't my idea of music" comments, but for me, assuredly, this is music, and much more interesting than most other, often formulaic, music. I especially love complex, sonically interesting glurpy environments, where there are also large scale changes - I think this segment succeeds on all counts. And I'm not sure why people pursuing modular synth videos would expect "normal" music. (Obviously, though, it can be done.) Keep on glurping!

[genxtargetmarket]

I just posted 2 "musical" examples that are fully modular as Video Responses. If ig88sir will approve them you can link to them here. If not, just look at my Analogue Solutions beta-testing videos. Fully modular stuff.

[ig88sir]

you never sent any video responses. please send then and i will approve.

[genxtargetmarket]

I can see one of them above. I'll resubmit the other one.

[genxtargetmarket]

@ig88sir

Oh, missed this reply. I'm sending you something now then.

[mysticradio]

since the TOMITA FIREBIRD SUITE album was done one not at a time except for perhaps MELLOTRON........ i remember reading that the 2 inch tape was so stretched from rewinding and suck..... it snapped a few times and they almost lost the project........... can you imagine doing symphonic pieces one note at a time.......yikes.... who'd have patience for that these days

[mysticradio]

the problem is...... nobody wth a modular seems to demo anything in a real song situation. To this day all we have is SWITCHED ON BACK..... TOMITA....... etc.

Is it because people dont know what to do with them musically?

[ig88sir]

There is nothing on Switched on Back that can't be done with 1 minimoog and overdubbing. I have a few non-modular synths for my bread and butter sounds. Buying a modular system is so much more than just simple osc-filter-env. Why limit yourself to just that? I bought a Serge TKB since it doesn't conform to any diatonic or chromatic scale. Dissonance is great too. I enjoy both musical and dissonant styles and think they can be merged well. Listen to Skinny Puppy's 'Last Rights'.

[tapdat50]

You just haven't researched enough. Try searching YouTube for the following: "111108," "Modular synthesizer celtic melody," and "doepfer analog modular ribbon & mic percussion with juno-60."

That's just to name a few. There's plenty more on YouTube, Vimeo, and miscellaneous forums. You just need to look for them.

[enemyindisguise]

@mysticradio

RIGHT !

like the guys with modelltrains...

[mysticradio]

can someone make a video of a MUSICAL application of these modular toys.... instead of just making R2D2 sounds?

[ig88sir]

If I was to do something musical I would just use this patch to a scale and then record it in a track. This post was just to show what kind of textures you can get from modular gear rather than hard wired synths. The musical posibilities are up to you...It's a monophonic patch that can be used to any scale..via CV or MIDI.

I enjoy viewing youtube videos of knob tweaking. They are very useful. At least I can get an idea of the modulation and sonic possibilities.

[anoteoftruth]

I completely agree.. I would'nt sit in a chair and listen to this stuff.. but as a producer, it is the kind of demo I'm looking for.. to see what kind of capabilities the modules have, beyond my voyager or LP. It'd be easy for you to hook up a midi keyboard and start playing riffs, but it would'nt show us much out of the modules. This is great!

[Kohntarkosz]

Actually, I think this IS a musical application. You ever listen to Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, or Karlheinz Stockhausen? They were all making music like this back in the 60's!

[Envergure]

Those blue LEDs are downright obnoxious. I hope that's just your camera.

[bbow73]

Resistance is futile. Hope is irrelevant, all will be assimilated.

[darkvisionmedia]

Great tones