Intellijel Dual ADSR and Dr. Octature II Mashup

Intellijel Dual ADSR and Dr. Octature II Mashup from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

https://soundcloud.com/dudadius

bell sequence movie

bell sequence movie from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"creating a belly/metallic element for the track Jlorbs.

https://soundcloud.com/dudadius/jlorbs-russian-novel-mix"

Disk Is Full Sparkly Drone Sequence

Disk Is Full Sparkly Drone Sequence from dudadius on Vimeo.

"This is a sequence patch for a track I made call Disk Is Full, Is Not Full. This is the raw 'performance' for one element. I then searched for the best bits of this performance and chopped them into clips within Abelton Live. You can hear the finished product at:

http://soundcloud.com/dudadius/disk-is-full-is-not-full

This patch was my first use of the Intellijel Linix/Mutamix combo. I had a Makenoise Rene setup with a few different sequences driving a Rubicon, DPO, Modcan Triple and Dual Wave, and a Cyclebox. The MMG, Korgasmatron II, and Dr. Octature were filtering some of those.

Clock from Expert Sleepers ES3. An Intellijel Plog was sending some randomized clock to through the Y-axis off on the Rene. That same randomized, yet quantized, clock was driving the Mutamix; which was the heart of this monster.

All of the sound sources fed into 5 inputs on the Linix. Some of the Linix CV's being modulated by the 4MS PEG. On the Mutamix, I created a few Mute 'states', or combinations of the different sound sources, then the Plog was clocking it to shift through those combinations at random, but still on the beat.

Lastly, it all went through the Modcan Dual Delay, which was creating a lot of that resonate, distorted feedback. Into the Azimuth II, then straight to the Expert Sleepers ES6 back into Live.

Video doesn't show much detail, but I give you pretty lights instead, especially the last few seconds."

Intellijel Metropolis Sequencer Based on RYK Roland System 100m M-185

Metropolis Scrutineering from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"First go around with the Intelljel Metropolis. This is a pretty basic setup; I didn't get into using the aux inputs to modulate things within the Metropolis. I'll try that next! As you can see though, the Metropolis really lends itself to performing and improvising. Very hands-on and easy to go all sorts of crazy ways, melodically. Similar to the Rene, in that regard, but from a totally different point-of-view.

Patch notes. Pamela is sending clock to Metropolis, Trigger Riot, Modcan Dual Delay, and Sound of Shadows.

Metropolis is sending the same note info to three different oscillators. The third one going through a uScale first to create intervals. All going into the Dubmix. The Trigger Riot is controlling Tiptop drums, mixed through a VCA Matrix then an M277 for a little grit. That's into channel 2 on the Dubmix, where I add a little Spring Reverb at one point.
The kik and snare are ultimately doubled with the Cwejman BLD and DPO. Lastly, I dialed into some sustained notes on the Pressure Points and a Modcan Triple OSC. The uStep is advancing the Pressure Points.

I had some troubles with the Trigger Riot losing sync when I would change presets. I'll have to delve into that some more."

Note the RYK M-185 was a DIY sequencer from RYK, not Roland. See the RYK channel below for more.

Regarding the Intelijel Metropolis, the following is some info via PatchPierre.Net, via Pierre on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"One of the most interesting modules i have seen in a while has been sent out to various testers in the last few weeks. The Intellijel Metropolis is a Eurorack sequencer, based on the RYK M-185 sequencer from the early Roland M-100 series. This module has always intrigued me, and i was always hoping someone would bring this style of sequencing/programming to the Eurorack. Intellijel worked out an agreement with Ryk earlier this year to create this only official Eurorack adaptation of his brilliant sequencer design...

Some of the features :
-Sequencer modes:
Forward, Forward-fixed, Reverse, Reverse-fixed, PingPong, PingPong-Fixed, Random, Random-fixed, Brownian, Brownian-fixed
-TB-303 style slide (constant time portamento) with adjustable time
-Stage skipping (double click slide buttons)
- Internal quantizing with selectable scales and keys
-Can act as a master clk with BPM control or slave to an external (using clk src function)
-Save/load panel settings
-shuffle
-Internal clock divider
-Sync output (sets output pulse on last clock step of a sequence, used to slave other sequencers via reset)
-Two assignable AUX inputs which can control: gate length, transpose, key shift, root shift, sequence length, and step divisor.
-config menu to set slider pitch range, clock div type, clock offset
-tap tempo when in internal clock mode and tempo lock with bpm detect in external mode.

-All menu actions are one level deep. i.e. press the menu button and spin the encoder.
There are no hidden levels or sub menus."

World's Most Elaborate Drum Machine!!!

World's Most Elaborate Drum Machine!!! from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"Tiptop Audio drum modules being doubled by various eurorack modular synth voices."

Notes @ 3am

Published on Apr 25, 2017 Dudadius

"Eurorack modular with Dave Smith Instruments Tempest and Elektron Analog Heat.

Tempest sends clock to Intellijel uMidi, which distributes cv around the system.

Bass voice is Atlantis played by Monome Ansible Kria.

Second voice is Dixie II+ and Polaris, from channel 2 of Kria.

Third voice is from B2 sequencer channel of the Tempest, playing Synth Tech E330 through a Cwejman MMF1s.

There are a couple of other melodic parts coming from the Tempest itself.

Orthogonal Devices ER-301 is playing some noise, ambient, and speech samples (from Synth Tech circuit bent module) that I created and recorded previously. Trigger from Malekko Varigate8/Voltage Block.

Tiptop One has some percussion loaded.

Audio Damage Neuron is doing the noisy hi-hat thing.

Intellijel Rainmaker and Audio Damage Eos are on the effects send of the WMD Performance Mixer. Eleketron Analog Heat is inserted into the master bus."

Monome Ansible First Encounter

Published on Sep 29, 2016 Dudadius

http://www.matrixsynth.com/2016/09/ansible-introduction.html

Chicago Patch

Chicago Patch from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"I did a presentation on modular synthesis for a Chicago Ideas Week Lab. I prepared this patch as an illustration.

Intro drone is Intellijel Shapeshifter with some Audio Damage dub delay.

Bassy chord is Pressure Points manually playing a Modcan Triple Osc (3 cv’s tuning chords). Korgasmatron II filter. Sub bass double from Makenoise STO.

Pamela’s Workout kicks in with master clock.

Monome White Whale channel B plays pulse bass on an Atlantis.

Another shifting drone is the Cloud Generator with a VCO-2RM playing harmonies, via a uScale. Frames is shifting through the notes, via a Wogglebug.

Lead synth thing is a Macbeth Dual Osc/Filter, from channel A of White While.

Kick drum is Basimilus Iteratis. Snare is DPO/Maths. Channels 3 and 4 of White Whale.

Vocals fx, via a Nebulae, being modulated by Monome Meadowphysics.

‘Hat’ synth is a Rubicon/Wavefolder.

Another sequence via Rene and FMDVO.

Metroplis is playing a sequence that plays the Mysteron. Some Erbeverb on that.

Everything sub mixed through Mutamix, VCA-4mx, Triatt…into Dubmix."

Cwejman Journey

Published on Nov 7, 2017 Dudadius

"All sounds from Cwejmam. Orthogonal Devices sequencing.

Patch Notes.

This patch was inspired by Maho Cwejman asking if anyone had some ADSR-VC2 or CTG-VC videos. I didn’t want to do a demo, but I had the idea that I would do a Cwejman-centric patch and use those modules as the back-bone.

All of the sound sources are from the Cwejman family. Just supplementing with the sequencers and some modulation sources.

Drone is Monome Ansible controlling the PH8 as an oscillator in the QMMF4. 2 of the Ansible channels are modulating the QMMF’s frequencies to create a shifting chord sequence. The whole shebang goes through one side of MMF2, the and FSH-1 for effects. Malekko Varigate-8 is running the rhythmic modulation on that.

Rhythm. Kick is the CTG hitting the MMF6. Release time is modulated by the CV out of the Eloquencer, which is programming all the of the rhythm tracks.

‘Snare’ is the BLD. Hat is the RG6 going into the VCA-2P, which has it’s panning being modulated by a Batumi.

All of the percussion goes into a MX4S. One side goes to the main mixer, WMD Performance mixer, and one side goes into the side-chain input of the DP2.

Melodics.

Still wrapping my head around the Orthogonal Devices ER-101/102, but they are driving three voices.

Bass is a VCO6 into the MMF1s.

Middle and upper voices are the two sides of a VCO-2RM into a DMF2. They both go to the VCA_4MX into the input of the DP2. The percussion is side-chaining all of the melodics there.


Then they all go through the SPH2 for a little stereo fun.

I’m using Intellijel Rainmaker and Audio Damage EOS reverb for effects.

There is a slight amount of Electron Analog Heat on the whole thing. Mastered with Izotope Ozone 8, Vertigo VSM2 and Fab Filter Limiter.

Whew…."

Cwejman MMF-1S revised Tweak Demo

Published on Oct 19, 2016 Dudadius

"This version explores the Saturation output and runs through the different filter modes as well."

Original demo & details on the module here.

Capacitance: An Oberheim OBXA Love Letter

Published on Dec 6, 2017 Dudadius

"I’m a child of the 80’s and the Oberheim synths were always a favorite. From the Police to Van Halen, it held a mythical place in my musical mind. A few years ago I stumbled on an OBXA for a really great price. It was more or less functional, but needed some love.

I installed a Kenton midi kit early on, but then the project sat dormant for a few years. I did use the synth quite a lot, including in a favorite track of mine called Heavy.

Recently, I discovered a website called Synthchaser.com that sells various rebuild kits for some classic synths, including this one. Let’s do this!

I rebuilt the clacky keyboard, replacing the bushings. Then I rebuilt the power supply. Lastly, I undertook an overhaul of all eight voice cards. There are about 20 components on each card which need replacing. It was laborious, but I actually find working with it soothing in a meditative way. Maybe it’s the solder fumes.

I just finished the rebuild and performed a very detailed calibration yesterday. I was so inspired by the new sounds this puppy was making that I realized it was time for a youtube jam!

The first sound out of the gate is the classic massive OB resonant filter sweep bass. In unison this is a sound that could start WW III. Amazing.

Next is a new sound I discovered while calibrating. No oscillators are on for this, just the resonate, tuned filters with some noise. It’s a haunting tone.

Then at :27 that sound is joined by a patch I made as an homage to Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny’s longtime keyboardist. It’s a flutey tone with the second oscillator sliding into tune via envelope modulation.

A typical string patch then sneaks in.

All of that was played ‘live’. I did program the pulsing bass that comes in, and the hi hat. Kick, snare, and hi hat are all from the OBXA as well.

The little game music bridge features a square wave-modulated lead and the standard gigantic, Prince-style brass, with over-the-top pitch bend and modulation.

I think that’s about it. Every single sound is from the OBXA!

Special thanks to Synthchaser.com for answering my numerous questions and to Old Crow for helping me troubleshoot a bum envelope chip."

Heavy: a modular synth performance

Published on Sep 11, 2018 Dudadius

"Heavy is a Track from my album The Kindness of Circuits You Meet

https://open.spotify.com/track/2oTX9r...

I laid off quite a few elements as 12 and 21 bar loops from the original track. That track was in two movements; the front half made with an OBXA, Minimoog, Jupiter 8, and Tempest and the back half comprised of mainly modular sounds (Cwejman and Macbeth). I loaded these samples into the ER-301 and sliced on the bars.

I then recreated as much as I could (minus the polyphonic pads, mainly) on the Teletype/Kria controlling the E370, Atlantis, etc. Doubling the percussion with the Varigate (not as tight as I want yet, with the sampled loops…still playing with the offsets).

The Teletype is again the brains of the operation. Spitting out triggers and slice selection to the ER301 based on counters, while at the same time selecting the pattern to be played on the Kria.

I made a Grid scene with the Grid ops that basically functions like Ableton Live with Push. Trigger both samples and Kria Pattern changes. Varying brightness of the buttons shows me which section is where. I can then blend and crossfade between samples from the track and live sounds coming from the modular in realtime. I’d say it’s a pretty even split between the two in this performance."

PPG Wave 2.2 on the side.

02Bang

Published on Oct 25, 2015 Dudadius

"Electronic improvisation, featuring Monome White Whale playing @makenoise DPO and STO. DSI Tempest on rhythm. All Ableton Live clips created by me on the modular and a Jupiter 8."

Monome Meadowphysics Percussion

Monome Meadowphysics Percussion from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"Patch notes:
Kick and Snare coming from Ableton Live. Meadowphysics clocked via ES3.

Basimilus Iteratus is row 3 of MP.

Cyclebox II is row 5, being trigger via Maths. Maths channel four 'cycle' is being turned on and off via some of the other rows and Intellijel Plog, from the Data out. Falls of both channels also being modulated as is Cyclebox ratio (mostly from Modcan Quad LFO).

Makenoise Mysteron is row 7. A Cwejman RG6 modulating the generation parameter.

Cwejman MMF6 on most of this, and the Mysteron is also going through an Intellijel Korgasmatron II.

Intellijel Mutamix is mixing, into an Azimuth II (doing some panning) and finally Audio Interface II back to the computer."

Let's Make Some Noise!

Published on May 5, 2016 Dudadius

"Creating some dark elements. Three components: Shapeshifter noise pulse, Synth Tech morphing drone, Akemies Castle rising pitch noise."

Teletype Sketch in the Key of 231hz

Published on Dec 10, 2015 Dudadius

"Wrapping my head around the Monome Teletype module."

Modular Chord via Monome Meadowphysics

Modular Chord via Monome Meadowphysics from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"creating an ambient chordal element. plenty of modulation."

Haymaker from the Rainmaker

Published on Oct 22, 2016 Dudadius

"Intellijel Rainmaker"

Chicago Ideas Week 2014 Modular Synthesis Lab scenes.

Chicago Ideas Week 2014 Modular Synthesis Lab scenes. from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"Here are some outtakes from our discussion on modular and analog synthesis.

Track is 'The Moon Delicately Hangs'."

Also see Chicago Patch.

Macbeth Elements vs MI Elements

Published on Mar 3, 2016 Dudadius

"Patch Notes:

In reality, this video is more an exploration of the Macbeth Elements than a head-to-head smackdown. The Mutable Instruments Elements is just used as a counter melody, really. But as the naming controversy was brewing right as I ordered the Macbeth two years ago (worth the wait!), I knew that once I received it, a patch featuring the two Elements would be the first thing I do.

This patch is driven by the Monome Teletype, being triggered by Monome Meadowphysics. There are two sequence rows in the tracker, one for sending note data to each Elements. Other scripts are altering the length and some of the notes of each sequence at counted intervals, triggered by other rows of MP (Scripts are shown at 11:06, if you’re interested).

Monome White Whale is triggering the percussion. Things get a little wobbly at one point, as Meadowphysics starts dividing outside of the beat, but never mind… Audio Damage Neuron is going through a Mutable Instruments Clouds (sorry, Chris, hehe) for a little granular beat variety. And the hat is Noise Engineering Ataraxic Translatron through an Intellijel Polaris. There’s a touch of Modcan Dual Delay on the latter. All mixed through Cwejman MX4S and Intellijel Dubmix.

The Macbeth really is special. It of course has the ‘sound’ many of you know and love of Ken’s instruments (to me, big and organic) but it’s the arrangement of controls that turns it into a real instrument that begs to be played. That’s what I tried to feature here. I switch from filter mode B to A at 8:36, so you can hear the difference. I can’t recall the difference between the two modes now, because I know Ken played with a lot of variations, but they each have their own sweet spots, with the A mode have a more gradual cutoff slope. The interaction of the spring reverb and the tape delay simulator brings a ton of vibe to the table, for sure.

Anyway, fantastic work Ken, I feel lucky to have an Elements! Of course, I always love Olivier’s devilishly clever and deep modules as well. Enjoy!"