Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Compoostions by Jay Frederick

Published on Apr 18, 2018 Jay Frederick

Playlist:

1. MASQUERADE ★ Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer ★ Elements, Rings, Plonk, Lo Fi Junkie
2. ORGONE PYRAMID ★ Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer ★ Elements, Rings, Plonk, Lo Fi Junkie
3. SHADOWS ★ Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer ★ Elements, Rings, Plonk, Lo Fi Junkie
4. STONES RIVER ★ Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer ★ Elements, Rings, Plonk, Lo Fi Junkie
5. DARK FOREST ★ Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer ★ Doepfer A100

Patch notes:

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NAMM2016 Introducing the New ZVEX Eurorack Module

Published on Jan 22, 2016 Analogue Zone Showroom / Synths and Studio

"NAMM2016 Introducing the New ZVEX Eurorack Module

Available soon from
http://www.analoguezone.com/"

Update:

NAMM 2016: ZVEX Goes Modular!

Published on Jan 22, 2016 sonicstate

"Well known pedal brand ZVEX has taken their first steps into the modular realm."

ZVEX Modular Lo-Fi Junky & Fuzz Factory Eurorack Modules at Superbooth 2017

Published on Apr 23, 2017 Ask.Audio

"ZVEX Modular demo the most visually appealing eurorack modules we saw at Superbooth 2017 (probably)."

ZVEX eurorack

FX Racks for Modular Synth Use in David Kronemyer's Sentience Studio

via David Kronemyer:

"We fully support repurposing guitar FX pedals for use with synths. For example, it now is common to find Eventides next to Moog 32's, and manufacturers like ZVex are transplanting their devices to Eurorack format. This makes sense, because there are a lot of additional colors and features they introduce, versus regular Eurorack FX modules. Impedance matching typically isn't a problem, and if it is, there are a lot of boxes to resolve it. Some time ago we took an assortment of ZVex, LGAL and other pedals we had that basically just were sitting around, and converted them for synth use. All of the inputs and outputs come up on the 1/4" patch bay at the bottom of each rack. Batteries have been removed, and all of the power connectors wired together for consistent, hum-free operation. We use combinations of these all the time in our various projects."

Modular Monthly: ZVEX Fuzz Factory and Instant Lo-Fi Junky Eurorack Modules

Published on Jan 11, 2018 Future Music Magazine

"ZVex have brought their gritty Fuzz Factory and Instant Lo-Fi Junky to Eurorack. Fuzz effects work great on synths, drums and acoustic instruments… With audio at the ready, let’s dive in!"

Modular Diary #Lullaby (EURORACK, Spectral Multiband Resonator, Zvex Lofi Junky)

Published on Oct 10, 2016 jericho2x2

"Modular live jam featuring the 4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator processed by Mutable Instruments Warps and Zvex Lofi Junky.
Some patch description in the video."

ambient session w/ eurorack; Plaits, Rainmaker, Morphagene and Clouds

Published on Jul 7, 2019 A l a n D e a r

"Mostly improvised eurorack jam, with some loops
1) Morphagene running a processed loop into Clouds

2) MI Plaits - MI Ripples - Zvex Instant Lofi Junky-Rainmaker (modulated by ALM Pamela's New Workout)

3) The cassette player in the backgrounds running a long loop made by a Rhodes sample in Teenage Engineering OP-1

4) 4MS Spherical Wavetable Navigator running a drone modulated manually direct into the output

reverb from OTO Machines BAM (not in the picture)


Everything mixed with Intellijel Mixup and into Ableton

also visit: instagram.com/dearalanmusic

thanks for listening :)"

Building A Track: MFB / Wurlitzer Drums & Eurorack Modular Synth

isvisible isinvisible

"Working on a track and thought I'd share the different elements as they're added to the track.

Featuring:
Various modular drum sounds - Strymon Magneto.
Wurlitzer Swingin' Rhythm - Intellijel Springray.
MFB 501.
Music Thing Chord Organ - Doepfer LPG & Frequency Shifter.
Livewire AFG - Doepfer LPG, Marshall Time Modulator.
Synthesis Technology E350 - Doepfer Vactrol Filter, ZVex Instant Lo-Fi Junky.
Neutron Sound Orgone Accumulator - Doepfer Vactrol Phaser, ZVex Fuzz Factory."

Brooklyn Synth Expo 2016 Set for November 12-13

via Delicious Audio where you'll find details on how to attend.

"On the heels of the last year’s third edition, attended by more almost 1200 musicians – The Deli Magazine NYC is proud to announce the Brooklyn Synth Expo 2016, a free event hosted at Williamsburg’s instrument store Main Drag Music, and scheduled for the weekend of November 12-13.

This year’s event is particularly exciting because some major manufacturers (including KORG, Dave Smith Instruments, Arturia and Elektron) will use it to launch or unveil for the first time some of their new models.

Visitors will be able to play with large format synths, tabletop and mini synths, gadget synths, Eruorack modules and effects by these manufacturers and more:

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New Album: video recordings 24​/​07​/​17​-​24​/​08​/​18 by elinch

A new release from supporting MATRIXSYNTH member, elinch.

"video recordings is a selection of modular pieces recorded by elinch for his video channel from 2017-2018.

released September 5, 2018

elinch made all sounds using a eurorack modular synthesizer (orthagonal devices, mutable instruments, malekko, alm busy circuits, make noise, intellijel, 4ms, xaoc, zvex modular, verbos electronics).
track 03 & 04 voice by sofie klein.
bonustrack was made with the cotk modell 15 + cotk c 1680, c 1670, c 928."

https://elinch.bandcamp.com

Modular Superbooth 5000 Gets Ready for NAMM

via Analogue Zone

"Eurorack Modular Booth building in progress at the @thenammshow"

The list:

4ms Company
Abstract Data
Art For The Ears Limited
Audio Damage, Inc.
Black Market Modular
Delptronics
Detachment 3
Expert Sleepers Ltd
Hexinverter Electronics Inc.
KOMA Elektronik
Macro Machines
Mordax Systems
Noise Engineering
Qu-Bit Electronix
Rossum Electro-Music LLC
Soulsby Synthesizers
Steady State Fate
Tiptop Audio
Toppobrillo Music Electronics
Verbos Electronics
WMD
ZVEX Modular

Klang Stadt - Fumana - Magneto & More Eurorack

Published on Apr 9, 2020 isvisible isinvisible

"A drone from the Frequency Central 'Klang Stadt' filtered through the Frap Tools 'Fumana', which is having a few frequencies modulated by the Modcan 'Quad LFO' and the two LFO's in S&H mode from the Erica Synths 'Drum Sequencer'.

The ODD and EVEN outs from the 'Fumana' are feeding the Strymon 'Magneto'.

The ALL output from the 'Fumana' is feeding the Q-Bit 'Prism'.

An arpeggio from the Synthesis Technology E350 'Morphing Terrarium' fed through the Modcan 'Dual Delay' and the Doepfer 'A-101-3 Vactoral Phaser'.

Bass drum is the Mutable Instrument 'Peaks'. Snare is the Dave Smith 'DSM03 Feedback'. Added percussion is the Mutable 'Braids' in Cymbal mode feeding the Mutable 'Elements'.

Big low pad sound is the Sum output from the WMD 'PDO', the sub and saw out from the Livewire 'AFG' mixed then thrown through the ZVEX 'Instant Lo-Fi Junky' and a Tiptop 'Z-DSP' with the 'Halls of Valhalla' card installed."

ZVex Instant Lo-fi Junky Eurorack module

Published on Sep 12, 2016 Leslie Rollins

"Demos are not my strong suit but as I got this a bit early and there is some curiosity built up around it I've tried to do my basic best. This is a simple drum loop taken from a Radio Music module. I try to make my finger movements on the knobs pretty obvious and also tried to keep my hand out of the way as best I could. This is only exploring manual knob and switch adjustments of the module. I might do one with CV manipulation from other modules if there's interest. If there's something you'd REALLY like to see feel free to let me know and I'll try to accommodate your request. I'm planning to do a similar video for the Fuzz Factory, and then probably a short one of both of them working at once to create magic.

Please recall, this is not my sweet spot. There's no real creativity in this. Yes I know the loop is boring. But I was trying to cover the basics so folks can get some sense of the pallette available. Cheers!"

Winter on the Plains

Published on Nov 17, 2016 davidryle

"Roland D50 used for the piece.

Additional support modules from the Eurorack are used for coloration and a loop drone at the end. Modules include Zvex Instant Lo Fi Junky, Mutable Instruments Clouds, The Harvestman Piston Honda, Makenoise Maths, Phonogene & Echophon, TipTop Z-DSP (Valhalla Shimmer), and Music Thing Turing Machine.

The D50 was run into a synthesizers.com Q118 Instrument Interface for gain prior to the modular and the final stereo output from the Z-DSP was sent through a dotcom Q113 Mixer.

Seven tracks recorded in Cubase, video edited in Final Cut Pro."

Everything Ends Here (Alessandro Cortini) // Eurorack, Rings, Mangrove, Bermuda, Plaits, Hermod

Published on Apr 9, 2018 Lost For Words

"I love the video of Alessandro Cortini, who wrote this track, and Don Buchla (modular father) playing this live. See link below. A simple 3 part melody loop with great feeling. I hope I did it a little justice.

In my take on the piece, played on a Keystep and recorded and sequenced by Hermod, Rings goes to ZVEX Instant LoFi Junky. Mangrove and Bermuda play the other two pieces. I use the Erica Polivoks filter and the Ripples filter to bring in distortion with a careful resonance/cutoff balance. Mangrove goes to Ripples then to Pico DSP for additional distortion and crunchiness.

Some sound effects from Plaits are bounced around in the Tapographic Delay.

Recorded to cassette. Mastered with Ozone etc. in Reaper.

Cortini and Buchla :"

Everything Ends Here

Published on Nov 18, 2011 Alessandro Cortini

"San Francisco Electronic Music Festival 2010

Alessandro Cortini + Don Buchla, performing the piece "everything ends here", from Blindoldfreak's 1st EP, 1.

available on iTunes:

itunes.apple.com/us/album//id304187276

and Amazon:

amazon.com/1/dp/B001RK05OS/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1235173416&sr=8-1"

Ambient generative music on a modular synth: 'Dizzy Dreams' by POB

Published on Nov 2, 2016 Patrick OBrien

"This ambient modular synthesizer patch is an attempt at creating generative music - music that is ever-different & changing, as created by a system. The patch could go on and on with very little or no repetition or interaction. As you see in this video, I powered up the case and walked away, letting it run by itself.

Generative Music revolves around the idea that music, or sounds may be "generated" by a musician selecting parameters within an ecology, such that the ecology will perpetually produce different variations based on the parameters and algorithms used.

I chose to record a long video for those who want background music, music to fall asleep to, or to find the best music to listen to while studying, or for those wanting to hear dreamy yet spooky cinematic analog sound progressions.

My original thought on this piece: imagining someone who's in a deep dream state but experiences subtle interruptions, as if they are getting knocked in and out of consciousness because they are dizzy or hungover.

Only using 2 oscillators (Make Noise's STO and Pittsburgh Modular's Oscillator) and a lot of effects, this one even surprised me! Some of the deep tones sound like brass instruments blaring, while others formed melodies that sound like French Horns.

While some reverb is coming from the Mutable Instruments Clouds, the entire mix is sent through an Eventide H9 Harmonizer Effects Processor.

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Slow Lake | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Mar 9, 2017 r beny

"Exploring the melodic side of the Malekko Varigate 8+ and the Malekko Voltage Block.

::Patch notes::
Varigate 8+ (song mode) gate 1 out -- Mult -.- Voltage Block clock in / ER-301 a1 in (triggering white noise w/vca and asdr) -- Rings ext. in
Varigate 8+ gate 2 out -- Elements gate in
Varigate 8+ clock out -- DLD ping in -- Tempi tempo in

Voltage Block cv out 1 -- Rings v/oct in
Voltage Block cv out 2 -- Elements v/oct in

Rings left out -- DLD in a -- Analog Manhattan Mixer x2 (for stereo mix) -- Clouds 1 (looping delay mode) -- stackable 1 -- Clouds 2 (granular mode) / outboard mixer

Elements stereo out -- Analog Mahattan Mixer x2 -- Clouds 1 (looping delay mode) -- stackable 1 -- Clouds 2 (granular mode) / outboard mixer

Clouds 1 -- stackable 2 -- Doepfer A-189-1 -- Three Sisters -- Zvex Junky -- ER-301 input 2 (stereo variable delay, ladder filter, 3-band eq) -- outboard mixer

Tempi out 4 -- Maths ch. 4 trig in -- Maths ch. 4 variable out -- Clouds 2 blend (reverb)

Tempi out 5 -- Maths ch. 1 trig in -- Maths ch. 4 variable out -- Clouds 2 size

Tempi out 6 -- Nano Rand clock in -- Nano Rand stepped random output -- Clouds 2 position

Maths ch. 3 variable out -- ER-301 b1 input (bass freq on 3-band eq)"

Slow and Atmospheric-ish: Orgone Accumulator - Elements - Sid Guts Deluxe etc

Published on Apr 3, 2018 isvisible isinvisible

Sound sources:
Doepfer - A-110 x 3
WMD - PDO
Neutron Sound - Orgone Accumulator
ALM - Sid Guts Deluxe
ALM - Akemie's Taiko
Mutable Instruments - Elements
Mutable Instruments - Braids
Mutable Instruments - Edges
Mutable Instruments - Rings

Eurorack Processing:
Doepfer - A-101-3 Phaser, A-188-2 Tapped BBD, lots of filters.
Intellijel - Springray
Modcan - Dual Delay
ZVEX - Lo-Fi Junky
Mungo - d0
SDS - Reflex Liveloop
Tiptop Audio - ZDSP (Shimmer card installed)

External Processing:
Oakley - Arp Omni Ensemble
Bandive Accessit - Stereo Spring Reverb
Korg - DRV 1000 (reverb)
Ibanez - AD-202 (delay)
Powertran - DDL (delay)

Eurorack Modular Videos by rustyjaw

Dusk Published on Jun 12, 2017

Two videos recommended and sent my way via John L Rice. The second is further below.

"A simple ambient jam for the summer.

Some quick patch notes:

First (plucked string) voice:
Rings and STO sequenced by Copper Traces Seek

Bassline and "lead":
Pittsburgh Modular Synth Box (bassline) and Industrial Music Electronics Piston Honda MkII (slow lead) both sequenced by Stillson Hammer Mk II

Background melodies:
Synthesis Tehcnology E330 - sequenced by Stillson Hammer Mk II
Intellijel Dixie II (and multed copy of Dixie II melody recorded into Morphagene) sequenced by Make Noise Rene (Rene X input from Zularic Repetitor)

Fiters:
Three Sisters - plucked string voice and background melodies
AJH MiniMod VCF - bassline
AJH Sonic XV - lead

Effects:
Mutable Instruments Clouds x2 (looping delay mode on both)
Make Noise Erbe Verb (plucked strings sound, and background melodies)
Make Noise Echophon - background melodies
Dual Looping Delay (plucked strings)
Zvex Instant Lo-fi Junky (lead)"


Colloidal Flow

Published on Sep 3, 2017

"A reworking of the last patch I posted. This is a significantly different take, focusing on the ambient and drone with the sequenced parts blended in more.

PADS:
VCOs: E330 Multimode VCO (in Wavetable mode) into Clouds looping delay

PADS 2:
Direct outs from STO (sine) and Dixie II into clouds reverb

PLUCKY SYNTHS:
VCOs: STO and Dixie II
Sequencer: Turing Machine into uScale II, uScale A and B outs going to each VCO
Envelopes: Quadra
Envelope Triggers: Zularic Repetitor
Delay: Dual Looping Delay

16th NOTE SEQ:
VCO: Piston Honda MkII
Sequencer: Stillson Hammer Mk II
Filter: MiniMod VCF
Envelope (VCA and filter): Quadra

Variations in the bassline are from the Assignable A and B inputs on the SHMkII, they are being fed random S&H from the Ultra Random Analog, a multed copy of the S&H feeds into the shift input on the uScale, so both sets of sequences change at the same time.

KICK:
VCO: the sub bass out from STO into Pittsburgh Synth Box LPG in, triggered by output 4 from Zularic Repetitor"

HOUNFORT ★ Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer ★ Elements, Rings, Plonk, Lo Fi Junky

Published on Aug 6, 2018 Jay Frederick

"A Hounfort or Hounfour is a Vodou temple where the leader of the ceremony, either a male priest called a Houngan or a female priest called a Mambo, contacts the spirits in front of a highly decorated altar.

The patch features Mutable Instruments Elements and Rings, Plonk and Rainmaker from Intellijel, with the Zvex Instant Lo Fi Junky, 'Mannequins' by Whimsical Raps Musical instruments Three Sisters and Just Friends, Malekko Voltage Block, and Squarp Instruments Hermod.


All selectively sent via aux sends on the Allen & Heath GSR-24M console through Strymon Big Sky reverb and Pitchfactor in Crystals mode. Recorded in Protools 2018.4 on Windows 10.

www.jayfrederick.com"