Miriam & Carrol | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Dec 27, 2016 Lightbath

"Our deepest gratitude, Mimi & Petie.

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Simply said, this patch is three voices, two of which are generative and one, which is a sequence. The generative voices are two STOs into Optomix (shaped by Just Friends), into 4MS DLD. The sequence is Tides into Belgrad, into a secret (I'll talk once it's released), into Clouds into H9. Ableton Live provides the MIDI for all voices and also a touch of Convolution Reverb and Multiband Compression."

The Magic Light of Tomorrow | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Jan 11, 2017 Lightbath

"Sometimes it's music
https://lightbath.com

This is an experiment using the Squarp Pyramid to sequence and perform four parts: bells = Rings into Belgrad into H9, lead synth = Tides into Clouds, mid synth = STO into DLD, bass = STO into DLD. The STOs are shaped by Just Friends and the lead voice is shaped by Peaks."

Hybrid Modular Ep 1 • Hardware + Software | Eurorack + Computer Synthesizer

Published on Mar 26, 2020 Lightbath

"Up until the global travel situation abruptly changed I was preparing for a European tour. My focus was building an entirely new hybrid hardware + software modular system to travel light and enter some new sonic zones. I had begun to document the process with the aim to create a short series of videos following my progress and covering the design and implementation of this new instrument. This series is still happening, it’ll just be spread out in time a bit more—which is a relief, actually.

And I'm hopeful that the EU tour can be rescheduled for later in the year (or next year). But for now, please join me on the internets, starting with Episode 1, which was shot just before the global situation changed, but somehow seems quite relevant in honor of The Fool on this first day of April.

Please subscribe and ring the bell to be notified of future episodes and, please—stay safe out there (in there)!

Your pal,
Lightbath

✶ THANKS ✶

Thanks to MDR.modular, Expert Sleepers, Qu-Bit Electronix and 2hp for sending gear to help me build this new instrument. Also, thanks to Native Instruments, Soundiron, Hosa, Xaoc Devices, Noise Engineering, ADDAC, and DivKid for your continued support. I appreciate you all being a part of this journey!"

Loom 1 (ft. Plaits) | All Mutable Instruments Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Mar 19, 2018 Lightbath

"Download Loom 1 EP exclusively on Patreon → http://patreon.com/lightbath

Everything you hear in this video was performed live with the Mutable Instruments modules you see on screen, plus some other Mutable surprises to be revealed in upcoming Loom videos."

Guardian Suite - ft. Alright Devices T-Wrex & Chronoblob | Eurorack Ambient

Published on Jun 15, 2017 Lightbath

"Guardians of Space and Time. An exploration of Alright Devices T-Wrex (Decimator & Bit Crusher) and Chronoblob (Digital Delay)

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

https://soundcloud.com/lightbath/guar...

Brief patch notes:

Voices:

1. STO (x2) + Tides → Optomix (x2) → Belgrad → Chronoblob (delay filtered by Sisters). Played by René through Shifty, shaped by Just Friends, which is modulated by Flame C3. Belgrad shaped by Planar.
2. Rings → T-Wrex → DiOD → Clouds → Morphagene. Played by O_C Quantermain through Boss Bow Tie, parameters manually adjusted with Voltage Block.

ALM Pamela's New Workout is the master clock source. OTO BIM & BAM applied liberally to both voices via mixer sends."

Loom 2 (ft. Marbles) | All Mutable Instruments Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Mar 30, 2018 Lightbath

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

Everything you hear in this video was performed live with the Mutable Instruments modules you see on screen, plus some other Mutable surprises to be revealed in upcoming Loom videos."

Orange Is the New

Orange Is the New from Bryan Noll on Vimeo.

"Performed on a modular synthesizer using Ableton Live for mixing.

http://soundcloud.com/fourhexagons/orange-is-the-new

PATCH NOTES

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For the greater part of this past year, I had intended on growing my 6U 208hp system into a 12U 416hp system. I had been hearing about the forthcoming Elite Modular ‘conversion top’ that adds a top section to the 6U 208 case to make a 12U system. Therefore my modular selection was always done with the future expansion in mind. But now, inspired by an upcoming month of travel and flights, I’ve decided to stay with the 208 for a little while.

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The Curve of Time | Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Dec 28, 2018 Lightbath Lightbath

"Live performance multitracked to Zoom F8, mixed in Logic with additional processing.

This configuration is a variation on my Moogfest case but it’s patched differently and most notably uses Stages as a sequencer into Marbles as a quantizer."

Synthesizer Speaks • Modular on the Spot @ Moogfest 2019

video upload by Lightbath

"This is an edit of my Moogfest 2019 Modular on the Spot set.

Moogfest 2019
Modular on the Spot
Durham, NC
April 27, 2019

Thanks to Jerry Kaba for the b-cam footage and thanks to everyone for playing the game at the end!

✶ PATCH NOTES ✶

Full patch notes are in the archive on Patreon. Join our Discord community, get lossless downloads, attend group classes, and meet with me one-on-one through my Creative Mentorship program → https://patreon.com/lightbath"

The Spectraphon Zone • Make Noise x SoundHack Dual Spectral Oscillator

video upload by Lightbath

"Thanks to @MAKEN0ISEMUSIC for sponsoring this video and getting me into The Spectraphon Zone 🌈🌟

Continued thanks to @BlackmagicDesignOfficial for the pocket cinema cameras used to shoot this video and to @HosaTechnology for the cables that connect all the things 🙏

✶ TABLE OF CONTENTS ✶

00:00​ - The Spectraphon Zone
00:26​ - The Lightbath Zone
00:42​ - What is Spectraphon?
01:09​ - SAM: Spectral Amplitude Modulation
01:34 - SAM: Slide + Focus w/ Birds
02:59​ - SAM: Harp Into Spectraphon
04:07​ - SAM: Patching the Sines
06:17​ - SAO: Spectral Array Oscillation
07:36 - Have Patience
08:00 - Opening the Doors of Creativity*"

Moogfest 2018 (live edit) - Modular on the Spot, Moogfest | Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on May 26, 2018 Lightbath

Moogfest 2018 (live edit)
Modular on the Spot
Durham, NC
May 19, 2018

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

All hardware performance/improvisation recorded straight to 2-track and mastered Premiere with compression and eq. This performance is an edit of the full 36-minute set available exclusively on Patreon.

I'm so grateful to have been a part of Moogfest 2018. It was great to hang a bit with lightbeams Emily Sprague, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Sean Hellfritsch and to see some cats—like Waajeed and Jamire Williams—from my 'past life' as a guitarist in NYC. Thank you to Yoga After Dark and Modular on the Spot for having me.

It was an honor to play another MotS event, this time alongside Rodent, Peter Speer, Sarah Belle Reid, Jake Pugh, Jerry Kaba, and Lee Coleman. As with my first MotS experience, the vibe was one of immense support. It was so much fun to lead the audience through some air guitar moves. Truthfully, I don't know how that happened, but I'm glad it did. Thanks to all who participated!

And lastly, it was great to meet some of you IRL after my set. I also finally got to meet Richard Devine and talk shop (thanks to his wife and family for giving us some time to do so). Many thanks to Iain Smith for helping to cart my gear up the hill to the car.

First Norns | OP-1 + Monome Grid + Norns

Published on Sep 6, 2018 Lightbath

"This is my first try at using Norns with mlr. I played OP-1 into it and created four loops that I then animated using the pattern record function. I play directly with the speed mod parameter of REC 4 (the sustained note) to pitch it up and down and waver it a bit."

Xaoc Exploration | Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Aug 22, 2017 Lightbath

"This video is break from the norm. It was recorded before the eclipse and presents a glimpse into a process of exploration.

The basic idea of this patch is to use Drezno & Lipsk to mangle the audio coming from two ER-301 synth voices (the percussive sounds), which is shaped by Maths envelopes shaped by Batumi and Voltage Block. The bass is Tides, and the lead is another ER-301 synth voice. All voices played by Voltage Block. Praga mixes all three voices and sends to Chronoblob delay, which outputs to Kamieniec. Tirana II handles some panning.

Audio recorded straight to camera."

Novation Releases Over 1,000 Free Artist Patches for Peak and Summit

via Novation:

"To celebrate the launch of Summit, throughout August, September and October, Novation are going to be releasing 1000 presets suitable for both Peak and their new flagship synth from artists including Legowelt, Craig Williams, Lightbath, Hinako Omori, Emily Sprague and Shawn Rudiman, amongst many others.

Give Peak to different people and they will always produce dramatically different sounds.Playing to Peak and Summit’s particular architectural strengths – like the multiple simultaneous synthesis types, analogue filters, VCA and distortion, the high-quality onboard effects, and so on – these patches can be of huge educational value, too, giving you insight and inspiration around the varied approaches to programming Peak and Summit to find your own sounds.

Ultimately, these 1000 artist presets comprise a vast and diverse library of basses, leads, pads, arps, FX and more that showcases the synth itself, as well as the skill and talent of some incredible sound designers – and they’re free.

At the same time, Novation have also completely redesigned the Components application from the ground up, so that you can really take advantage of the librarian and the variety of presets offered by all these inspiring artists.

The new Components browser puts the Bank Editor and content side by side, and enables content to be dragged directly into the Bank Editor patch list. Presets can also be filtered in the browser, and you now have the option of showing the Novation and User banks together. Mandatory login is no longer a requirement, either, as you can now use site-wide features without logging in (although you do still need to make an account and log in to store user content in the cloud).

1000 artist presets for Peak and Summit will be released in weekly sets via the new-look Components between the end of July and the end of October."

Additional details at Novation here: https://novationmusic.com/peak-summit-presets

Playing a Modular Synth at a Wedding

video upload by Lightbath

A little bit of synth history? Curious if this is the first modular perfomed at a wedding.

"I'm so grateful to Shelby (Frogi) and David (VAAAL) for having me improvise with cellist, Chris Votek at their wedding in Ojai, CA back in 2021. This video is a brief edit of the music Chris and I played that day. Despite having played for hours, only some of it was recorded. A longer edit of this performance is available on Patreon, complete with bloopers, in what I like to call a 'comedy cut'.

Shelby & David's Wedding
Ojai, CA
September 10, 2021

✶ THANKS ✶

Chris Votek → https://chrisvotek.com
VAAAL → https://www.instagram.com/vaaalsongs
Frogi → https://www.instagram.com/frogimakesm...
The Shalom Imaginative → https://theshalomimaginative.com
Art & Soul Events → https://www.artandsouleventsla.com"

Make Noise Strega | Episode 05 | Patches from the Manual

video by Cinematic Laboratory

"For this episode, I wanted to let you hear the numerous patches which are documented in Strega's manual. There are patches from Alessandro C, Tony Rolando, Peter Speer, Walker Farrell, Sarah Belle Reid, LightBath, Jake (Pugh?) and Tim Held. I realized I didn't leave much space for 'Bare Strega' in my previous videos, so this was a very cool way to let you hear it 'as intended'."

A Handful Of Notes | Mbira, Ciat-Lonbarde, OP1, D1000

Published on Sep 20, 2017 HAINBACH

"New album out now on Opal Tapes: http://opaltapes.com/album/no-need-fo...

Trying out simpler patching and improvisation yielded this care-free piece of music. Cheers to Lightbath for making me finish this and upload it"

Mutable Instruments Plaits, Marbles & Stages Self-Patched Modular Beta Testing Beats

Published on Apr 14, 2018 mylarmelodies

"This is a little weird sound experiment (light on melodies, high on mylar - skip to 6:10 for more melodicness) I recorded while beta-testing the new Mutable Instruments Plaits, Marbles and Stages, which I received all at once. When I put them all together in the case, I was struck by something: These three new modules, perhaps with the addition of a Clouds for effects and some utilities/VCAs like Blinds and Veils, are in effect like having a complete little Mutable 'Music Easel', in just three core modules.

This is especially because of the way that Plaits makes it so easy to switch modes, so that on a per-step basis it'll make a different sound - it can fill out the sound spectrum far more than it seems it has any right to. The ensemble is incredibly capable and flexible, and an amazing thing to have if you're interested in the whole 'generative' thing.

I was very struck by the elegance of what Olivier has achieved, especially with Stages, and look forward to getting to know these better. I'm going to be using them in my live system, but I wish in a way I had another set I could just put in a small system, something self-contained and fixed, to focus on and explore.

For more, I recommend Lightbath's Loom series which explores these (and the idea of building a system out of them!)"

Mutable Instruments Loom


Loom 3 (ft. Stages) | All Mutable Instruments Eurorack Modular Synthesizer
Loom 2 (ft. Marbles) | All Mutable Instruments Eurorack Modular Synthesizer
Loom 1 (ft. Plaits) | All Mutable Instruments Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Arcology | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

Published on Nov 20, 2017 Lightbath

"✶ PERFORMANCE NOTES ✶

Arcology
October 31, 2017
Arcosanti, AZ

I had the fortune of visiting Arcosanti for a few days and meeting some wonderful souls while learning about architect Paolo Soleri's vision of the city as an organism for the transformation of the individual and evolution of the species. It's an inspiring place, and while there, I took the opportunity to create a mandala piece (https://youtu.be/rFeHbZPXUd4) and this modular piece shot on top of The Vaults at sunset.

Learn more about Arcosanti → http://arcosanti.org

✶ PATCH NOTES ✶

Live performance multitracked on Zoom F8 and mixed in Logic with compression, eq, and effects.

This patch is my current performance patch, sans effects. After completing the mandala piece I had less than an hour before sunset and the light was already fading. So I packed up, grabbed my synth and camera gear and headed to the highest point at Arcosanti—the roof of The Vaults. To save time I decided to go Eurorack-only, no external effects. Compositionally, I had zero prep. I just turned the system on, quickly tuned, and went for it.

Voices:

1. STOs → Opto → Belgrad → Rainmaker → F8 Ch 1-2
2. Rings → T-Wrex → Sisters → Clouds → Morphagene → F8 Ch 3-4"

Force Ghost (Synth Cat Excerpt)

Published on May 20, 2017 Lightbath

"My synth cat asked if he could show everyone how he feels about this new patch."