Hydrasynth - first patch

Published on Feb 20, 2020 Brittle stR music

"Self-playing patch on the Hydrasynth, which arrived this week. The ratchet on the arpeggiator is something I can see myself overusing shamelessly! It's a surprise to find this feature on an arp. The patch uses just the one oscillator, with a free-running LFO modulating the wavescan. Strings pad is from the Virus C sequenced in Logic; solar wind FX is from the DSI Pro 2."

Virus C meets Octatrack, with Roland TR8S

Published on Jan 21, 2020 Brittle stR music

"The loops in the Octatrack are all sounds from Access Virus C. After all this time, it's still a top synth! Drums from the TR8S, with samples cooked up using various hard and soft synths, including the 'guiro' loop which is from Waldorf Nave on my iPad.

Both melodic sequences are Virus patches where random arpeggiator patterns are selected within the modulation matrix. This makes the arp sound like an improvisation in a way that a repeated single pattern never could."

Elektron Analog Four solo: Redrock

Published on Nov 22, 2019 Brittle stR music

"The next in a series of solos for this unique instrument."

Elektron Analog Four Solos

Published on Oct 5, 2019 Brittle stR music

Playlist at the time of this post:

Elektron Analog Four solo: Cloud Deck
Elektron Analog Four solo: Brittle Star
Elektron Analog Four solo: Soda Swarm 2