More Rings in the Clouds (TX Wiggles 42)

Published on Apr 14, 2019 poorness studios

"This is a follow up to TX Wiggles 10. I again used just Rings and Clouds to make a patch which ends up sounding pretty awesome. A random gate generated by Nano Rand triggers Rings and Batumi provides 7 parameters of modulation."

Generating Rings In The Clouds (TX Wiggles 10)

Published on Jan 11, 2017 poorness studios

"This is a simple generative patch featuring Mutable Instruments Rings and Clouds. ALM Pamela's Workout and the Doepfer A-151 also play a critical role."

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Cassette Soundscape 2 (TX Wiggles 48)

Published on Sep 2, 2019 poorness studios

"This is my second attempt at making a video with the circuit bent tape player. I used the Eurorack and my Roland Juno Gi to create something really weird.

This first cassette soundscape video is here: [embedded below]

You can find the tape player mod here: [posted here]

Check out all my TX Wiggles videos here: [poorness studios TX Wiggles]"

Cassette Soundscape 1 (TX Wiggles 47)

Published on Jul 28, 2019 poorness studios

"This is a first take, so it's not perfect... but I like the way it came out. I was messing around with the cassette player I modified and my Roland Juno Gi. It's a definitely moody soundscape. The wow and flutter of the deck adds a lot."

Coffee Bytes (TX Wiggles 52)

Published on Dec 15, 2019 poorness studios

"This is a little Sunday morning jam with my modular synthesizer and the Roland Juno Gi keyboard. Some simple percussive sounds and some drones can add up to something really moody."

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The Spoon Soundscape (TX Wiggles 58)

Published on Apr 18, 2020 poorness studios

"I took my latest DIY Project, the Diddley Spoon, and plugged it into the modular synthesizer. This video features the Make Noise Phonogene. The soundscape was made from a single note played on a spoon."

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Guitar Bits (TX Wiggles 62)

Published on May 18, 2020 poorness studios

"I was just messing around with Eurorack and guitar this morning and came up with this glitchy combination of sounds. It uses the Dave Smith Mopho & Korg Volca Beats along with the modular and the guitar. The guitar goes into the Pittsburgh InOut and then into the Dwarfcraft Hax and finally through MI Clouds. Both are heavily modulated by various CV sources."

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Dreams of Feedback (TX Wiggles 64)

Published on May 25, 2020 poorness studios

"This is a fun little patch. The Pittsburgh oscillator's triangle wave is fed into MI Rings (as a resonator), then into the Chronoblob delay, on to the Aion 107A fixed filter bank, and finally into MI Clouds. The delay repeats are clocked by Pamela's Workout and every 8 cycles, a new random voltage is sent to the FM input of the oscillator. This creates a faux melody even though its only 1 note droning the entire time. Additionally, the output of the fixed filter bank is multed to the mixer and then mixed back with itself to create a feedback loop. Add a little bit of modulation from Batumi... and this is the result."

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Sunday Drone Part II (TX Wiggles 43) & an Electric Whisk

Published on Apr 21, 2019 poorness studios

"I just sat down this morning and came up with this moody drone patch. Its basically a morphing digital oscillator with an arpeggiated pattern on top. I used the modular, a Volca Beats, and the Microbrute.

you can see the first Sunday Drone video here:" [posted here]

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And the electric whisk:

DIY Project #21: Electric Whisk

Published on Apr 20, 2019 poorness studios

"Kind of a random project... I made an electric whisk. In the demo, I use a couple of my previous DIY projects.

Here is the Jarmaggeddon video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjLjf...

Here is the 3PDT Fuzz video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7DC3...

Check out all my DIY projects here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list..."

Eurorack & Microbrute Jam (TX Wiggles 55)

Published on Feb 26, 2020 poorness studios

"This is nothing special, it's just a little jam I did with Microbrute and Eurorack one morning before work. It is really simple but I liked the way the various timbres sounded together, so I decided to share it."

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Angry Drone Patch (TX Wiggles 57)

Published on Mar 31, 2020 poorness studios

"Here's another musical experiment derived from self-isolation. In this video, I patch an angry drone and then explore each of the 4 voices used to create it. In case you're wondering, it's in the key of Bb. The four sound sources are: 1) Pittsburgh Waveforms thru Dwarfcraft HAX, 2) Erica Black Wavetable VCO with wavetable morphing, 3) MI Rings thru Pittsburgh Crush & Chronoblob, 4) Basimilus Iteritas Alter. The mix goes to the Doepfer Wasp filter and then to Boss RV-6. Most of the modulation comes from Batumi."

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Eurorack / Guitar Jam 7 (TX Wiggles 65)

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"It's been a while since I did one of these Eurorack/guitar jams. I sent the guitar through 2 delay pedals running at different rates and then a reverb pedal. It gives a very unique sound that blends well with the synth textures."

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Space Drums: The Sequel (TX Wiggles Part 19)

Published on May 22, 2017 poorness studios

"I expand upon the idea I came up with in the TX Wiggles 17 vid. Mutable Peaks in hidden mode supplies the bass/snare and the TipTop CB808 does the rhythm. Rings gives some melody and Chronoblob does the rest."

Ukulele Meets Modular Synth (TX Wiggles 45)

Published on Jun 16, 2019 poorness studios

"I combined the ukulele I just built with my modular synthesizer and tried to make some sci-fi music. This was the result.

See a video of the ukulele build here:"

DIY Project #24: Cigar Box Ukulele

Published on Jun 15, 2019 poorness studios

"I decided to build a Ukulele from a cigar box using one of the neck blanks from CB Gitty. I'm very pleased with the way it came out. I also added a cover of Bananas & Blow by Ween."

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Cigar Box Guitar + Modular Synth (TX Wiggles 35)

Published on Sep 22, 2018 poorness studios

"This was kinda fun. I decided to plug my CBG into the modular synth. It goes thru a homemade fuzz pedal, into the Pittsburgh InOut, then thru a Harvestman Polivoks VCF, and finally into MI Clouds. It doesn't really sound like a CBG after all that."

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Gregorian Glitch 2 (TX Wiggles 44)

Published on Jun 3, 2019 poorness studios

"I did another video where I put glitchy synth sounds under a Gregorian chant. The chant is coming off a record player so you can hear the static and clicks. It's really chaotic but somewhat relaxing at the same time. The first Gregorian Glitch video can be found here:" [posted here]

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Sunday Drone (TX Wiggles 36)

Published on Dec 9, 2018 poorness studios

"I woke up this morning and decided to do a jam with an odd collection of instruments. This was the result.

Here is the link for the drone box I use in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFKmb...

Check out all my TX Wiggles videos here:"

Shelter in Place (TX Wiggles 56)

Published on Mar 24, 2020 poorness studios

"Since we're all homebound, I started trying out combinations of different instruments. Here's a little jam using the Jarmaggeddon (glitch generator), Volca Beats, Volca Bass, Microbrute, and my trust ol' Les Paul. I like the way it came out. Oh... and not just one, but two cats managed to sneak into the video. Sheesh!"

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Cigar Box Guitar + Modular Synth: Part II (TX Wiggles 50)

Published on Nov 3, 2019 poorness studios

"I woke up this morning with this cigar box guitar riff in my head so I decided to build a piece around it. The audio comes straight out of the modular synth with no additional processing.

You can find Part I here:"

Cigar Box Guitar + Modular Synth: Part I (TX Wiggles 35)

Published on Sep 22, 2018 poorness studios

"This was kinda fun. I decided to plug my CBG into the modular synth. It goes thru a homemade fuzz pedal, into the Pittsburgh InOut, then thru a Harvestman Polivoks VCF, and finally into MI Clouds. It doesn't really sound like a CBG after all that... but the twang still comes thru.

Fuzz pedal build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7DC3..."

The Big Feast (TX Wiggles 51)

Published on Nov 28, 2019 poorness studios

"Happy Thanksgiving all. I wanted to do a video for Thanksgiving so I came up with this. It's mainly just a morphing digital oscillator on top of a looping sequence with an Thanksgiving-themed audio track playing off my old iPod. It sounded pretty cool though."

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Photographic Sound (TX Wiggles 40)

Published on Feb 16, 2019 poorness studios

"Instruments used: Arturia Microbrute, Korg Volca Beats, Eurorack modular (for processing), & Danelectro Bass. The audio sample came from a 1950s informational film about photographic sound tracks. I thought it was cool so I did a jam around it."

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Electric Washboard + Modular Synth (TX Wiggles 49)

Published on Oct 3, 2019 poorness studios

"Just for fun I decided to plug my homemade electric washboard into my modular synthesizer. Holy crap! It sounds pretty awesome. This is just a little clip of me messin' around with the two.

See the electric washboard build here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAlh5..."

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