Random Lights by Baghead

"Four S&H sources and the Benjolin cross connected to the Schlappi ANgle Grinder. A bit rough in spots but now you know how they interact."

via brian comnes:

"This is the simply a Benjolin feeding into a Schlappi Angle Grinder with 4 random S&H cvs

Also the H9 Nebula preset for 'ambience'

Some interesting sections, headphones are a big sub recommended"

Bastl Instruments SoftPop Sound Samples

"Sound samples of the SoftPop semi modular analog synthesiser. All recordings are live with no effects and no editing."

This one in via Baghead. You can find details on Bastl Instruments SoftPop here, and additional posts here.

Planks by Baghead

"Easel in to Adrenalinn III pedal and a good dollop of spring reverb"

Two Buchla Music Easel Arps by Baghead

"Two tracks arping the Buchla Easel. Arp 6 is using KIRNU CREAM arpeggiator VST and a DrumStaion

Arp 7 is a bass line loop from the Easel overlaid with the Easel own arpeggiator

Nothin serious, just fun"

MATRIXSYNTH-T at Cove Palisades State Park in Central Oregon

Two pics in via Brian Comnes aka Baghead.

Thank you Brian!

Click here for some previous posts contributed by Baghead.

Anyone note the difference between the Ts?

Don't read the following if you want to guess.

Aside from one being long sleeve and one being short, if you look closely you will see that the print is different. The bottom T is from Cafe Press when I first tried making Ts. The color and font size weren't quite to my liking so I switched to Gorilla Screen Printing which got them perfect. I believe Brian was the first person to ever order a MATRIXSYNTH T-Shirt. I'm pretty sure what's in the picture is actually the third and last try from Cafe Press before giving up with them. The first had small print and the green was off, the second was larger and the green was a bit aqua. The third, pictured, had more of a Full Sail green. The final with the correct green on top is from Gorilla.

Biscuit presets

Biscuit presets by Baghead
"Mopho synth through 16 OTO Biscuit presets as a test - sequenced by SugarBytes Thesys pushing notes to Mopho and CC controllers for filter frequency and resonance to Biscuit

Starts clean then 16 presets then back to clean - enjoy!!!"

Funkin Yellow

via brian c "OK a Metasonix tm3 oscillator pitched by jkj cv/midi then into Metasonix TM6 filter and then it gets envelope from Paia ADSR the output goes to Metasonix Tx1 Agonizer SE ....I added a funk drum beat from Novation DrumStation (808/909) a little CV help from a Moog cp251 too this is not a pretty piece but it does show that TM3 can be pitched and enveloped, not just a drone"

Baghead · Funkin yellow

Houndstooth - something moody for a change

Houndstooth - something moody for a change by Baghead
Mouse over the markers in the player for notes.

M-RGT psyBOX

"psyBOX is a space-atmospheric soundscape generator - made to produce sounds, which can be used to create ambient and space- music.This particular tool can be called "pilotless". When you press "Start" button, you will plunge into the boundless world of the drifting waves woven in amazing sound textures. Depths of the outer space and the touch of the strange worlds, earth and heaven, dark and light sides of the existence – all these are the shades of the sound palette of the psyBOX. The processes inside that instrument live and develop independently creating all those landscapes. I recommend psyBOX as a source for inspiration when you need new ideas.

psyBOX uses the samples as a source of spectra splitting them into multiple grains-micro waves and combining them in clusters. Those clusters are formed randomly and they flow from one into another forming infinite drifting morphing. The two-layer scheme allows to expand tool possibilities making the sound more condensed and multilayered, adding more volume to the panorama. You can familiarise yourself with the possibilities of psyBOX by listening to sound examples or by loading the demo version which is accessible here." You can find samples here.

The following is a demo via brian comnes:

Psyb 3 by Baghead

Wub me wub me never let me go

Wub me wub me never let me go by Baghead What your volume levels at 11 seconds and 2:32 (high resonance) "this is a remix of STG's homage to Eric Barbour - but run through an Assblaster to give it a yellower sound - enjoy!!!!!!" The original [previously posted here]:

suitandtieguy · Eric Says Fuck You

"this started out as a demo of sequencer summing and the Synthesizers.com quantiser but turned into a track honouring the vacuum tube synthesisers made by the American company Metasonix, which were not used to make this piece, and their colourful inventor Eric Barbour. instruments: STG Soundlabs/Synthesizers.com modular, Juno-60, Eventide H3000SE, Korg ESX-1 with Oberheim DX samples and onboard reverb."

shokolad

via Baghead's sounds channel
"5 Puremagnetik Modular Pattern clips tweeked with the ususal Audio Damage Tools most interesting is the lack of a drum track, yet it still had percussive qualities"

3_Martinis

via Baghead's sounds channel
"this is a Novation Bass station rack thru EH Bi-filter, backed up by MoPho Direful preset,then around 2 minutes a Oberheim Matrix 1000 comes in ....drums by SoncCharge microtinic. this starts off great but around 3 minutes with just the M1k and the drums it thins out a bit too much for my tast, it then ends on the mopho fading out"

mopho_t_res

"starts with Novation Drumstation into spring reverb, adds some Track Team Aetherweave for ambiance, then the mopho shows up , at the 1 minute mark the t-resonator is turned on and the LFO in that starts to do its work, hence the volume ups and downs on the mopho then I twist t-resonator knobs, which is the source of the squelches, near barks, etc. the t-resonator is really touchy and goes crappy way too fast unless you move knobs real slow and very little at a time, at the 3 minute mark, the T-res is turned off and its fade out time"
a note from baghead on this:
"this turned out tamer than I expected, I thought the mopho and the t-resonator might get a ltlle more edgy ...maybe its the drums ...borders on boring ....... sigh ....but its late and its what will happen for tonight ....everything is one take at this house"
If you don't like the piece, focus on the sounds. You can really hear the drumstation on this one. I like it.

flurries

via Baghead's sounds channel

"This is good example of Noatikl software driving 4 soft synth instances with some ER-1 drums, I never touched the keyboard, just sat back and let the robot do it...

There are 2 instances of TrackTeam Audio's Aetherwave (presets too, I was lazy) and 2 of SonicCharge Synplant...sorry of for that Kenny G like sax lead , and that big steamboat whistle oh well, got to work on my synplant patches I guess

Also between 1:57 and 2:51 it gets a little put of hand drum wise"

See this post for more info on Noatikl. In short: Noatikl (or noatikl) is a powerful yet easy to use generative music tool that will help you generate new musical ideas.

It uses techniques developed over the last 17 years through our work on the award-winning Koan generative music system, techniques now used in the all-new and superior 'Noatikl'... Many years ago, Brian Eno popularised the term "generative music" to describe music that is ever-different and changing, and that is created by a system."

dirtbag

via Baghead's sounds channel
"starts off with Novation Bass station preset 09 with a touch of spring reverb , then around 30 seconds I add the ElectroHarmonix Bi-Filter with triangle CV sweeps from the Moog MP201 , then at 55 seconds it gets really dirty with a Frostwave Sonic Alienator in the FX loop of the Bi_FIlter and at that point it makes the Bass station rack a righteous bass machine ....dirrrrrtyyyyyyyyy!! - then at 2:12 backwards to the preset and ends with drums which is a very basic Microtonic preset. - enjoy!"

soniccharge drums and synth

via Baghead's sounds channel
"two synplant presets, and a microtoninc drum set up - simple safe & quick"
BTW, see brian c's mini review of synplant in the update of this post.

obama angst

via Baghead's sounds channel
"two Kjaerhaus Spectra soft synths one with AD replicant the other woth AD Dubstation against arturia moog modular low end woth Ableton reverb , all with a military drumbeat from Puremagnetik purplekit tweked with audio damage Automaton - not a finished song more of a mood for some one to add on to"

"I kind of thought it has a Twin Peaks feel to it of you remember that show , oh Lara where is the Log Lady???? if you can't tell I'm worried that sleeze McCain is gonna win, what a tragedy if that occurs... also because of the abrupt ending it works better as a loop , but then maybe that is part of the angst, i.e an abrupt ending"
BTW, what's up with Texas?

funky novation

via brian c
"Novation Bass station in to Electro Harmonix Bi FIlter with Moog MP201 LFOs and EBS Octaver effects send, the EBS synthesizes an aoctave down ....drums are ER-1 into Alesis Bitrman"

Update: funky 2 via Baghead's sounds channel

pluto calls

"TrackTeam Audio Aetherwave Live PAck - a Live Sampler preset, 36 bars straight then 36 bars with Audio Damge Dubstation to fatten it up - enjoy" via Baghead's sounds channel http://www.trackteamaudio.com/

rabbit ears

via Baghead's sounds channel
"starts with simple drum loop , then all changes to drum loop are due to AudioDamage Automaton, the synth is the DSI desktop evolver, same patch but through 6 octaves. I really like how the lower octaves deconstruct the sound, almost struggling to get out"