-CALC- Les daims aux bois III - Atrium study- Whimsical Raps,

video upload by -CALC-

"I've been sitting with this piece for a good few weeks.
It was originally recorded on holiday as audio in a forest in France but I wanted to capture the patch in video form too. The original audio take has more magic than this version to me (perhaps it was the time and place) but the core is still there in this take.

Atrium is using a sub-selection of 31EDO notes with 5 clusters forming the harmonic basis and freqs is also mapped to notes to give another 5 subset of offset chords based on the clusters. These subsets are controlled by a sustain lower limit control to give an easy access performance control. The voice is mostly exploring simple use of the Form synth and the overtones/multiphonics give several other harmonies to explore.

Initially the LFO is muted but creeps in mapped to voicing to add movement.

There is some additional reverb from a TX-6 mixer but other than that its all Atrium.

I find this patch incredibly meditative and love journeying through the consonant world it inhabits. Atrium is capable of so much more sonically but this is a place that feels safe and content and I keep returning.

The patch is shared in the Atrium Discord for those interested to try it out."