Orange Is the New

Orange Is the New from Bryan Noll on Vimeo.

"Performed on a modular synthesizer using Ableton Live for mixing.

http://soundcloud.com/fourhexagons/orange-is-the-new

PATCH NOTES

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For the greater part of this past year, I had intended on growing my 6U 208hp system into a 12U 416hp system. I had been hearing about the forthcoming Elite Modular ‘conversion top’ that adds a top section to the 6U 208 case to make a 12U system. Therefore my modular selection was always done with the future expansion in mind. But now, inspired by an upcoming month of travel and flights, I’ve decided to stay with the 208 for a little while.


In the midst of reconfiguring my case and selling off some modules that won’t fit (https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=154500) I made this piece. It’s an improvisation based around a shifting time base using Tempi’s shift function. I really like using Euclidean and other rhythm generators like the Zularic Repetitor, but I wanted to see if I could get nice results out of just Tempi. The piece, however, doesn’t have a constant groove, and I also take the shifting a step further by manually shifting the O/ clock from Yarns (a trick I used in Lampeo + Lightbath (https://vimeo.com/fourhexagons/lampeo-lightbath).

The color inspiration is from the new orange cables I just received from Black Market Modular (http://blackmarketmodular.com). I absolutely love BMM cables, and the new orange color completes the 6-color rainbow I had so very much desired to pair with Tempi & Just Friends’ 6 channels.

VOICES
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1. QuNexus ~ Yarns ~ Tides ~ Disting Ping Pong (melody)
2. Rings ~ Sisters (bass)
3. Rings ~ Clouds (granular perc)


YARNS
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Master clock mult to TEMPI
Ch1
- CV ~ Rings V/Oct
Ch 2
- CV ~ Batumi Ch3 DIV
- Trig ~ OR Ch 2

LA – 2M
SW – 25
O/ – 12 (manually wiggle)
PA – 2
C/ – 32
AD – RA
E- – 7
EF – 5

TEMPI
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Channels 1 2 4 5 mod-enabled

Ch 1 – René XCLK
Ch 2 – Clouds Trig
Ch 3 – Batumi Ch1 Sync
Ch 4 – Function Trig
Ch 5 – Disting Y (Ping Pong Sync)
Ch 6 – Tempi Mod

RENÉ
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4 presets:
A – C D F G
B – C D F Bb
C – C Eb F Bb
D – C Eb Ab Bb

XCLK – from Tempi Ch 1
Y-CV – from Batumi Ch 2 random
QCV – Tides V/Oct
G-X – Just Friends 2N
G-Y – Just Friends 5N

BATUMI
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Using M. Puech’s 'Expert Firmware':
http://xaocdevices.com/main/batumi

Verhulst Random
Ch 1
- Master Clock, Div Mode
- Sine ~ OR Ch 2
- Random ~ Just Friends FM

Ch 2
- Sine ~ Just Friends Curve
- Random ~ René YCV
- Square ~ Clouds Freeze

Ch 3
- Sine ~ Just Friends Intone
- Random ~ Sisters Freq
- Square ~ Erbe Tilt

Ch 4
- Sine ~ Tangle Ch 2 CV
- Random ~ Tides Shape
- Square ~ Rings Strum

JUST FRIENDS
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Cycle mode
Identity – Rings Damping
2N – Erbe Depth (Trig from René G-X)
3N – Tangle Ch1 CV
4N – SPO Ch 1 ~ Tides Smoothness
5N – Just Friends Ramp (Trig from René G-Y)
6N – Rings Position
MIX – Rings Brightness

THREE SISTERS
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Formant Mode
Low receives Rings Odd through Optomix Ch 1 (Struck by OR)
Centre Received Rings Even through Optomix Ch 2
Low + Centre are sent to Ch 5 + 6 of audio interface
High + All are sent to Clouds L + R inputs

TIDES
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Level shaped by Function +
UNI ~ Tangle Ch 1 ~ Erbe-Verb input
BI ~ Disting X (input)

RINGS
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Duophonic Inharmonic String
Outputs to Optomix Ch 1 + 2

PEAKS
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Tap Expert on both channels (slow manually set pulse)
Ch 1 – Function Fall
Ch 2 – SPO Ch 2 ~ mult to Erbe Size + Decay

CLOUDS
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16k stereo mode, standard granular function
pitched up Oct
subtle density adjustment
touch of reverb

FUNCTION
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Shapes Tides
Fall modulated by Peaks Ch 1

DISTING
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Z modulated by Batumi Ch 4 sine
(whose amplitude is modulated by Erbe CV out)
outputs to Ch 1 + 2 of audio interface

ERBE-VERB
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Large Size
Reverse on
Outputs to Ch 3 + 4 of audio interface

Mutable Instruments, Yarns, Tides, Rings, Clouds, Peaks, Make Noise, Tempi, René, Function, Optomix, Erbe-Verb, Rosie, Whimsical Raps, Mannequins, Just Friends, Three Sisters, Batumi, Expert Sleepers, Disting, XAOC devices, Batumi, WMD, SPO, modular synthesizer, synthesizer, Eurorack"