"A super cool unit, straight out of Berlin. Used by loads of well known electronic artists. Great for anything from clicks and glitches to deep bass tones and anything in between. This unit is playable via MIDI (no triggers) but has the Deluxe Silver Knobs."
"In this one, I'm using the envelope follower on the Morphagene to generate notes in VCV so the higher the amplitude of the sample, the higher the notes. I'm also recording a loop with the MicroFreak and a looper in VCV. With the Midilar I'm bringing the voices in and out, and also adding distortion to the opening sequence.
"I think I've seen the handle VICMOD bouncing around the internet forever. I've also been listening to the music of Cray for a while, too. But only recently did I actually put 2 and 2 together to realize that this was the same person!
I've always like the Cray music for its breadth and honesty - it really sounded like a person's inner voice, rather than whatever a synth might naturally produce. And in talking with him, it is clear that this is his primary objective: heartfelt improvisation and sound design.
From his earliest work with a janky 486 computer to his current obsession with Omnisphere (with Buchla, Serge and Eurorack in-between), Ross has exercised almost any machine you can imagine. The result is a person that is looking to be surprised by his environment - and is constantly searching for those surprises.
After our chat, Ross was apparently spurred into digging into the archives, and has release the following for the listeners:
"I am not into synth nostalgia and I never really liked the original Juno. But the JU-06A is interesting for reasons beyond being a 'replication' of the Juno-60. If you enjoy this review consider supporting on http://www.patreon.com/bobeats
Published on Sep 8, 2019 Electra One MIDI Controller
"Electra One in control of Yamaha DX7. For more information and pre-orders visit https://www.electra.one/
The video demonstrates modifying a patch that Electra downloaded fom TX7 tone generator. Operator frequencies and envelopes are being modified in real time. The sequence is run by Roland TB 3 connected to the USB host port of Electra."
