Holding a Feather | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Dec 21, 2017 Lightbath

How to Eurorack - Holding a Feather | The Lightbath Zone - Modular Synthesizer Tutorial

Published on Dec 21, 2017 Lightbath

"Get exclusive bonus content, patch notes, album downloads, monthly hangouts, and one-on-one lessons → http://patreon.com/lightbath

Watch the original modular piece 'Holding a Feather' → https://youtu.be/ESb-pNDmJnM

✶TABLE OF CONTENTS ✶

00:00 The Lightbath Zone
00:17 Welcome/Overview
00:55 Voice 1: STOs
04:04 Panning
04:37 Voice 2: Rings
06:57 Voice 3: Plonk
07:04 Story of Inspiration (r beny + Emily Sprague)
09:04 Back to Plonk
09:54 Voice 4: ER-301
10:37 Modulation
13:15 Demonstration (Improvisation + Insight)
18:29 Quantum High Five

Detailed patch notes archive available through Patreon rewards: https://patreon.com/lightbath"

Loom 4 (ft. Tides) | The Lightbath Zone - Modular Synthesizer Patch Walkthrough

Published on Sep 27, 2018 Lightbath

✶TABLE OF CONTENTS ✶

00:00 The Lightbath Zone
01:52 Part 1: The Patch
23:09 Part 2: The Performance
31:38 Loom music download

Detailed patch notes archive available through Patreon rewards: https://patreon.com/lightbath

Loom 4 (ft. Tides) | All Mutable Instruments Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Sep 23, 2018 Lightbath

"Download the music of the Loom series exclusively on Patreon → http://patreon.com/lightbath"

Lightbath's Synth's in the Catskills Event

The following are live performances in order for Lightbath's "Synth's in the Catskills" event. Lightbath's performance is last.

Buchla Music Easel Live in the Catskills

August 26, 2017 Published on Oct 24, 2017 sean julian

"A short live set on the BEMI music easel using a looper and delay pedal."

Synths in the Catskills

Published on Oct 24, 2017 Chris Penalosa

"Full set at the Beehouse with heavy use of the Field Kit's electroacoustic sounds and Landscape FM's AllFlesh into Rings string modeling. Part of Lightbath's Synth's in the Catskills event."

Emily A. Sprague - Live at Synths in the Catskills ~ Eurorack Ambient

Published on Oct 24, 2017 Emily Sprague

"This is my live set from August 26, 2017 at Synths in the Catskills."


catskills summer twenty seventeen from tehn on Vimeo.

"tehn, live improvisation.

synths in the woods, hosted and filmed by https://lightbath.com"

Eternal Function @ Synths in the Catskills August 26, 2017

Published on Oct 26, 2017 egnekn

"Gen Ken Montgomery & David B. Greenberg

Thank you Bryan Doll"

Holy Fire (live excerpt) | Synths in the Catskills - Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Oct 24, 2017 Lightbath

Synth Trek • Lightbath

"Synths: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Lightbath. Its eternal mission: to explore strange new sounds; to seek out new noise and new joy; to boldly go where no synth has gone before!"

Playlist:

1. Synth Trek, Ep 1 • Treats First, Then Pets | Beginner FM Modular Synthesizer Tutorial

Synths: the final frontier. Captain Lightbath investigates the planet FM where the inhabitants are rumoured to have a complex spoken language 🖖

Episode 1
Treats First, Then Pets

00:00​ - Opening Theme
00:39​ - First Encounter
01:10​ - Tutorial
04:56​ - Moar Treats
05:48​ - End Credits

2. Synth Trek, Ep 2 • Barton's Recipe | Beginner FM Modular Synthesizer Tutorial

Synths: the final frontier. Captain Lightbath seeks the help of Chief Engineer, Lt. Cmdr Barton and his Buchla synthesizer to cook up tastier FM treats to impress the furry lifeform known as Børk 🖖

Episode 2
Barton's Recipe
Guest Starring @Todd Barton → https://toddbarton.com​

00:00​ - Opening Theme
00:39​ - Barton's Buchla
01:16​ - Buchla Tutorial
03:11​ - Eurorack Tutorial
05:23​ - Tastier Treats
06:20​ - End Credits

Club Lightbath 🌟 private Discord community, patch notes, and lessons through my Creative Mentorship program → https://patreon.com/lightbath​

Novation Peak and Summit Patches by Lightbath

via @WeAreNovation

"Our latest patches’ update features composer, improviser and educator @lightbath with his ambient Baby Steps pack. Styled by planting musical seeds that through improvisation, develop and grow into pieces that unfold in the present moment. Access here >>>"

"Composer, improviser, and educator Bryan Noll explores time and space with his musical project, Lightbath. Taking inspiration from Brian Eno's view of composers as gardeners, Noll plants musical seeds with his synthesizers and, through improvisation, guides their development and growth into pieces that unfold in the present moment.

Noll developed his sound and process as Lightbath by making YouTube videos showing the physical act of coaxing music out of modular synthesizers. As Pitchfork puts it: “Once you have submitted to these videos, it can be hard to pull yourself away. The artfully unpretentious demonstrations… occupy a strange, sui-generis niche: Featuring balmy sounds, blinking LEDs, and low-key set-dressing, they are part performance, part tech tutorial, and part audio-visual wallpaper.”

Lightbath has releases on RVNG Intl and Seil Records as well as the self-released ‘Selected Public Works’ series which features remastered versions of the pieces on his YouTube channel.

The 33 zones in this patch bank were created on Peak and feature the use of Mod Wheel and Aftertouch, as well as the Animate buttons for deeper expressive control."

Moog Matriarch | Lightbath | Morphic Resonance

Published on Aug 18, 2019 Moog Music Inc

"As Lightbath, composer and improviser Bryan Noll invites listeners to enter a realm of infinite creation through the exploration of the subtleties of emotion, memory, and time. In this Moog Matriarch meditation from Moogfest 2019, Lightbath transports us to an alternate universe of musical experience.

“Selected Public Works Vol. 1-4,” a collection of four years of modular synthesizer performances conducted by Lightbath, is available September 27th, 2019. Listen to its first single, “Guardian Suite,” and pre-order the collection on cassette/digital here: http://lightbath.zone/guardian"

Novation AFX Station • Lightbath Patches + Overlays Demo

Lightbath

"I'm honored to be one of five sound designers selected by Novation and Richard D. James to create Patches + Overlays for the new AFX Station synth. I'm in good company with the others being Richard Devine, Noyzelab, Perplex On and ol' pal, r beny.

The AFX Station is a Bass Station II with a facelift that makes it easier to use the AFX Mode Overlays that are part of the new firmware. Plus, the thing looks great, now. More pro, less toy imo. It's a powerful synth that reminds me a lot of my Roland SH-101, but with patch-saving capabilities and some gnarly distortion and drive.

My patches parody a few choice sounds like BoC's Roygbiv and One Very Important Thought and some of the dirty sounds used by Tobacco and Black Moth Super Rainbow as well as a bunch of 'classic' Lightbath sounds and even a few jokes.

Lightbath Patches

082 - Audubon
083 - B3 Marimba
084 - Bass Racer
085 - Dandy Gum
086 - Formantable
087 - Gravity Error
088 - ImportantThought
089 - Mosquitohead
090 - Pluckbath
091 - Roy G. Biv
092 - SH-Gregorian
093 - The Fourth Below
094 - Threefold
095 - Tobacco Blessing
096 - Warm Chillbath

Lightbath Overlays

o5 - Gyil
o6 - Glitch
o7 - Flute"

Novation → https://novationmusic.com/en/synths/a..."

You can find additional Novation AFX Station posts here.

Immersive PlantWave Performance at SXSW 2023

video upload by Lightbath

"Revisit my immersive PlantWave performance at SXSW 2023 where I used real-time plant biodata to animate carefully designed musical systems in my modular synthesizer and computer. Held in Data Garden's Plant Music Lounge, this concert of guided generative music was an interspecies collaboration between myself and four houseplants.

✶ PATCH NOTES ✶

Get detailed patch notes of the Eurorack and computer/controllers setup I used for the performance on Patreon. A Patreon membership gives you access to my private Club Lightbath Discord community, educational resources archive, plus optional group and one-on-one lessons through my Creative Mentorship program → https://patreon.com/lightbath

✶ THANK YOU ✶

Thanks to Data Garden and @PlantWave for making this event a reality. Thanks to Robbie Tharp for the beautiful cinematography.

Continued thanks to @BlackmagicDesignOfficial for the 6K Pro we used as well as @HosaTechnology for the cables that connect all the things and @djtechtools for the MIDI Twister that gave me such fine knobs for interacting with the computer 🙏

All modules + music gear in this video → https://lightbath.zone/sxsw-pw
Audio + Video gear → https://lightbath.zone/new-video-kit"

Strega + Ø-CTRL Alchemy • Make Noise Synthesizer Exploration

video by Lightbath



"Download my Strega Patchbook → https://patreon.com/lightbath

A Patreon membership also gives you access to my private Club Lightbath Discord community, patch notes and educational resources archive, plus optional group and one-on-one lessons through my Creative Mentorship program.

✶ TABLE OF CONTENTS ✶

00:00​​ - Let's get alchemical ⚗️
00:03​​ - AIR 🌬 Activation, Tones, and Modulation
02:11​​ - EARTH 🌳 Ø-CTRL (Keybath), Interference Bridge
04:10​​ - WATER 🌊 External Substance Deepzones
06:14​ - FIRE 🔥 Dynamic Envelope (Twelve Kay, The Fire)
07:48​ - Moar Patch, Much Love 🎛
07:57​ - Find the magic ✨

✶ PATCH NOTES ✶

Strega is a mono instrument, so for this video I ran it through an SSL SiX for dynamics processing followed by OTO BAM for spatialization.

Full patch notes are available through Patreon → https://patreon.com/lightbath

✶ THANKS ✶

Thanks to Make Noise for sponsoring this video and sending Strega and Ø-CTRL to explore. I had previously overlooked their standalone instruments and now I'm hooked and sort of want to check out the Ø-COAST.

Make Noise → https://makenoisemusic.com"

Eclipse Preparation | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Aug 21, 2017 Lightbath

"Eclipse Preparation – The Path Of Totality

Let this darkness be the catalyst for awakening so we may rise in consciousness for an inclusive humanity.

August 21, 2017 • Total Solar Eclipse • New Moon in Leo

https://lightbath.com
https://soundcloud.com/lightbath/ecli...

Patch Notes:

All hardware performance/improvisation recorded straight to 2-track.

Voices:

1. Monome Grid / Ansible Kria plays Rings → T-Wrex → Sisters → Clouds. Sisters FM modulated by Monome Arc / Ansible Cycles.
2. Morphagene recontextualizes pre-recorded loop.

Effects:

OTO Machines BIM + BAM on mixer sends."

Forgiveness | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer | Chance, Plonk, Rainmaker, Rings, T-Wrex, Clouds

Published on Sep 20, 2017 Lightbath

"Forgiveness

September 20, 2017 • New Moon in Virgo • Lunar Occultation

As we approach the Autumnal Equinox let us harness the discerning energy of the Virgo New Moon to aid in refreshing old habits and making the needed change.

https://lightbath.com
https://soundcloud.com/lightbath/forg...

Patch Notes:

Live performance multitracked in Logic with compression, eq, and effects.

This is my first exploration of Chance, Plonk and Rainmaker. And wow, I got such a natural sounding percussion with those three, almost like a doumbek.

Voices:

1. LOW MELODY: Kria #1 plays ER-301 sines → Optomix (shaped by Just Friends) → Belgrad → ER-301
2. PERCUSSION: Plonk (played by Chance Rhythm) → Rainmaker
3. HIGH MELODY: Kria #2 plays Rings → T-Wrex → ER-301 → Clouds"

Spider Medicine | OP-1 Ambient

Published on Mar 18, 2017 Lightbath

Betsy LeFae x Lightbath
http://lightbath.com

Local Nature Spirits Earth Mandala 003

March 18, 2017
Austin, TX

The Return of the Light | OP-1 Ambient

Published on Dec 25, 2016 Lightbath

Betsy LeFae x Lightbath
http://lightbath.com

Local Nature Spirits Earth Mandala 002

December 25, 2016
Austin, TX

How We Remember | The Lightbath Zone - Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Masterclass

Published on Dec 20, 2018 Lightbath

"Watch the original modular piece 'How We Remember' →"

How We Remember (Friends cassette) | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Premiered Dec 6, 2018 Lightbath

"Available on cassette + digital download: http://bit.ly/seil-friends"

ll.ll.ll (live excerpt) | Lampeo + Lightbath - Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Nov 11, 2017 Lightbath

"ll.ll.ll
Lampeo + Lightbath
October 12, 2017 @ Clatter Coffee

All hardware performance/improvisation recorded straight to 2-track and mastered in Logic with compression and eq.

Lampeo and I go way back. Like middle school jazz band way back. In those days he played drums in a punk band and I played guitar in a jam band before people called those bands jam bands. Nowadays we make music with the knobs and the wires.

Lately, we've been playing monthly sets at Clatter in Frostburg, MD. No rehearsal, no preparation, just glorious improvisation."

IBEAM (ft. Aaron Shragge) | Shakuhachi, Trumpet + Modular Synthesizer

Lightbath

"Duo improvisation with Aaron Shragge, recorded in Brooklyn on August 2, 2018. Aaron plays Shakuhachi and Dragon Mouth Trumpet—the latter of which is equipped with a slide enabling microtonality—with electronics: https://www.aaronshragge.com

✶ PATCH NOTES ✶

This session was recorded just after the live set at Commend that became the split release with Emily A. Sprague, 'full/new' available on RVNG Intl. I'm using the same patch, so you might recognize some similar zones → http://smarturl.it/here004

Written Patch Notes are on Patreon along with the Discord community and lessons through my Creative Mentorship program → https://patreon.com/lightbath

✶ GEAR ✶

All the things → https://bit.ly/lightbathmall
Audio + Video gear → https://lightbath.zone/video-kit"

elektron gravy. thx pals. Show less

video upload by Lightbath

Written patch notes → https://patreon.com/lightbath

✶ PERFORMANCE NOTES ✶

North Sister
October 30, 2022
Sisters, OR

North Sister | The Lightbath Zone • BTS commentary

video upload by

✶ TABLE OF CONTENTS ✶

00:00 Introduction
00:38 Commentary
04:16 Assignment

Local Nature Spirits Earth Mandala | OP-1 Ambient

Published on Dec 17, 2016 Lightbath

Betsy LeFae x Lightbath
http://lightbath.com

Anywhere in Nature • Renfrew | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Nov 28, 2019 Lightbath

"Live performance multi-tracked to MixPre-10T and mixed in Logic with additional processing and effects.

With the addition of two Polyend Anywhere modules and two Intellijel Palette cases to my setup, I can now fit a powerful, fully-battery-powered system into my backpack and make music anywhere in nature. I almost called this first piece 'Trio for Friends, Rings, and Sparrow' because it uses three voices: Just Friends played by Monome Norns (via Crow), a micro version of Rings into Clouds, and a live field recording that features a sparrow that flew directly overhead as it sang. Listen closely and you'll notice that the sparrow also called the exact moment the piece ended. Magic. Sparrow Totem.

Full patch notes available on Patreon → https://patreon.com/lightbath"

All Creatures Festival

Published on Dec 9, 2016 Lightbath

"All Creatures Festival

4-part suite performed live on a modular synthesizer and mixed in Ableton Live.

1. While Everyone Sleeps, Tiny Creatures Decorate (Extended)
2. Arise for Celebration! (Extended)
3. Welcome the Larger Beasts (Extended)
4. And They All Rejoice ‘Til Dawn (Extended)

Visit http://lightbath.bandcamp.com to download a studio edit of the suite along with the four extended versions featured in the videos.

PATCH NOTES
============

This suite explores four variations within a single modular synthesizer patch.

René generates the initial pitch and rhythm. Ornament + Crime’s Quantermain app re-quantizes (and re-re-quantizes) pitch from René while Just Friends modulates the rhythmic triggers from René and creates envelopes with those triggers. Ornament + Crime is also running a Turing Machine as CV source in Quantermain to generate pitches for Rings, which is being heavily processed by Kamieniec and Belgrad.

Detailed patch notes can be found here: https://goo.gl/fSvQbU

GEAR USED
==========

XAOC devices, O_C, Ornament + Crime, Kamieniec, Belgrad, Batumi, Mutable Instruments, Yarns, Tides, Rings, Clouds, Shades, Make Noise, STO, René, Optomix, Rosie, Whimsical Raps, Mannequins, Just Friends, Three Sisters, Expert Sleepers, Disting, WMD, SSF, SPO, ALM, Tangle Quartet, 4MS, Dual Looping Delay, Black Market Modular, Intellijel, modular synthesizer, synthesizer, Eurorack, fourhexagons"