"Did small jam in the middle of a day, inspired by the recent aquisition of a Makenoise René and a lot of coffee. Everything was done in one take. Loads of stuff going on, really enjoying René."
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
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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
"Analogue percussion performance patch experimenting with tripping the clock input to get different polyrhythms on the MakeNoise René. The MakeNoise Brains, K4815 Pattern Generator, Z8000, 4ms RCD, SCM and Pressure points are also being clocked with René from a single LFO.
Note: This patch was created entirely on the modular (No drum machines or computers used here).
Sound sources for the drums. One noise source from the Cwejman S1 mkII to make the long clap percussion sounds. Kickdrum made on the Cwejman BLD, and snare drum made from the Synthesis Technology E350. High hats courtesy of the Malekko NoiseRing.
"MakeNoise René prototype running Stored Quantized Voltage Function. Simple patch with René quantized CV driving Doepfer A-110 VCO. René's Gate-X and Gate-Y outputs are driving two different VCA envelopes from MakeNoise MATHS to Doepfer A-130 VCA. MakeNoise Wogglebug generating clocks to Doepfer A-160 Clock Divider which patched to René's X-Clk and Y-Clk inputs."
"The Select Bus is a new standard for inter-module communication that utilizes the Doepfer CV bus on the Eurorack power rails to let digital modules with State Selection control each other without any patching needed. If one module is set to Lead on the Select Bus, and another to Follow, the follower will always automatically go to the same State the Leader is on. With René and TEMPI (with latest firmware), this means we can potentially have a unique clocking arrangement for each of René’s States. Also in the case of René and TEMPI, it is possible to use René’s Multi-Paste, Mesh, Store, and other commands to tell TEMPI to do the same.
You must have the latest TEMPI firmware to fully utilize the Select Bus with TEMPI."
In the first two movements, we dream the dream then use our will to burn all obstacles on the path to manifestation. We complete the second stage exhausted, only to reemerge from the ashes in the third stage, reborn and ready to expand. The dream seed fuels our expansion as we flourish and learn how to let go.
"Here's an example of a one of the more popular Eurorack sequencers, Make Noise René, modulating the pattern position using stepped random voltages.
Tempi is routed to the X-clock input on René, as well as a 16th note triplet division clocking the Wogglebug. The stepped random output from the Wogglebug is routed to the Y-CV input on the René.
When the Chaos knob on the Wogglebug is set to zero, the longer notes play back the root position, bass line notes along the X axis (left to right). As the Chaos knob rises, the 16th note triplet stepped random voltages begin to effect the Y axis position, creating the effect of arpeggiation.
Tempi is also routed to the Ornament & Crime, which is generating 24-step Euclidean rhythms to both the hihat and the snare-ish sound (a noise-based hihat from Scooper, and a snare from the Basimilus Iteritas.
Tempi is also clocking the Varigate which is driving a kick drum from Braids. All of the sound generating modules are routed to the Mix4, and then through Warps running a delay from the Parasite firmware.
The 0-Coast is receiving a clock from Tempi as well. The internal stepped random function is mult-ed, then sent to the Overtone and Multiply section inputs. The Oscillator square wave is routed to trigger the Slope section, which is tuned to generate sub-oscillator tones, then Slope output to balance input so the signal can be mixed between the sub tone and the overtone signal.
"This video introduces the third dimension of René programming: the Z Axis.
Please note: This video is deep. If you’re not already pretty familiar with the Program Pages of René, go watch the earlier videos in the René playlist [below], use them to make some music, and come back to this one later. You can have endless fun with three channels of X and Y axes before you move onto the Z Axis."
"Just plugged in my René. Have not read the manual yet. Figure I would see what I could do without knowing what I was doing... ~Cogito Ergo Sum
A-145 LFO providing clock to RCD/SCM plus multed to various portions of René. QCV to SubCon Model 15 w/ xgate to A143-1. 2nd CV to Modcan FMVDO w/ ygate to Envelator. Modcan filtered by MFB 24db and M15 running through MA ma35. Too much other modulation happening from previous patch but will try again after I RTFM."
Descartes Teknoise
Published on Jul 8, 2012 by kuxaansum
"Cartesian Techno? No idea how to use René so I thought I would let coordinates speak for themselves..."
Update:
Slow Mods
Published on Jul 8, 2012 by kuxaansum
"SubCon Model 15 and Modcan FMVDO quantized and modulated (Z8000, uLFO, Model 37 and ViLFO) through MA35 VCF/A and MFB 24dB VCF & loped via A-143-1 and Envelator."
Voices:
Rings, sequenced by Hermod, brightness modulated by Make Noise Maths - - Pico DSP
Plaits, played live - - Pico DSP
Morphagene, splice & morph modulated by Mutable Instruments Marbles
Neutron sequenced by Hermod
The continuous pad is a sample granulated into QuBit Nebulae 2
Sequencers: Hermod & Make Noise René 2
Clocks:
Hermod - - 4MS Rotating Clock Divider and dispatched to René X, Y, Marbles and Strymon Magneto
Drums:
Rossum Assimil8or. 3 tracks sequenced and modulated by Hermod and 2 tracks in stereo mode are sequenced and modulated by René.
1010 Music Bitbox for extra percs & loops
Effects: Strymon Magneto + Erica Black Hole DSP 2
Mixers:
Lifeforms System Interface (Plaits, Rings, Morphagene. Strymon Magneto in send effect)
WMD Performance Mixer (Assimil8r, aux output from Plaits, even output from Rings, Bitbox)
"Performed live on a modular synthesizer with Electro Harmonix 45000 looper.
Patch Notes:
Ableton Live feeds notes to Yarns. Yarns in 4M, clocked by Ableton plays Tides > Clouds, triggers René, triggers Peaks and modulates Elements, clocks Electro Harmonix 45000 playing two loops (SH-101 > Eventide H9).
René triggers Maths Ch. 4 which Gates Elements.
René QCV to Elements VOCT, CV to Elements Mallet.
Maths modulates Elements and Tides:
Elements – EOR > Position, OR > Geometry, SUM > Space
Tides – Ch. 1 env to Tides Level and Smooth, INV to Shape
Additional reverb, delay, sidechain compression in Ableton Live.
100bpm"
"Our first patch example using an expanded version of the routing used in our previous tutorial exploring Euclidean Rhythms and envelopes in the Ornament & Crime eurorack module.
All 4 Euclidean Rhythm generators in Ornament & Crime are clocked by the Make Noise Tempi, which is also clocking the Wogglebug and the René X and Y clock inputs (at different rates). René is in snake mode, modulating the X CV in with the Wogglebug S&H output, Y CV by the slowly cycling Malekko ADLFO. Four channels from MN Pressure Points/Analog Memory routed to the Ornament & Crime channels modulating Euclidean Fill values on each respective channel.
The 4 channels of Euclidean Rhythms are routed to: Mutable Instruments Braids in Meta mode modulated by René; the Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas in a skin/bass mode playing a short, noisy snare; the Roland Scooper which has a noise-based hihat sound whose length is being modulated by another slow ADLFO cycle; the Malekko Envelator which is triggering/modulating a resonant filter Kick in the Malekko Dual Borg. All mixed through a Malekko Mix 4 and then patched through Mutable Warps running Parasites in ping-pong delay mode.
Rhythm control is almost entirely controlled by the 4 channels of Pressure Points, changing the number of filled steps in the generated rhythms from off up to 32 steps.
"Using the MPC outputs to clock the Make Noise René Cartesian Sequencer to create a bassline, building on the concepts in "Controlling the Make Noise System with an MPC": [posted here]
"Challenged myself to attempt recreating the Stranger Thing's opening Theme song
Arp
Beatstep Pro's SEQ 1 Pitch out to DPO. DPO is outputting Saw on Osc 1 and Square on Osc 2, slightly detuned, both going to Ripples Filter and then into an MST Dual VCA Channel 2 and finally out to Reaktor. VCA's CV is controled by Maths Channel 4 which is being triggered by the Gate out from BeatStep Pro's SEQ1.
Bass
Beatstep Pro Drum Sequence is triggering René X-Gate to advance the sequence. René's Pitch out is going to both the Rubicon and z3000. Saw out from Rubicon and Saw out from z3000 slightly detuned, both going into a MST LP Filter and then to MST Dual VCA Channel 1 and finally out to Reaktor. VCA's CV is coming from Maths Channel 1 which is being triggered by the X-Gate out from René.
Reaktor was used to catch the audio. In retrospect, should have added some light chorus/vibrato."
