Summer Chill - doctorvague ft. Peter D.B.

YouTube Uploaded by doctorvague on Aug 15, 2011

"This was a lot of fun! It was patched up very quickly and improvised in one take. My good friend Peter Dahl-Bredine is triggering samples in NI's Battery which I'm then filtering with a Megaohm Delta filter and a Rob Hordijk Dual Phaser. Everything: loops, samples, Korg Monopoly etc were all routed into and through the modular and mixed in real time to stereo track. Loops came from Stylus RMX and and were mixed at the modular with a custom MIDI controller I built (middle row far left with the 6 red buttons). Sync pulses were sent from MOTU's Volta and divided by a Moon Modular trigger sequencer. As usual, echo is from Modcan's fabulous stereo digital delay. Hope you all enjoy this. We want to do a lot more collaborating with real hand drums, guitar and... well, we have a lot of ideas.
© 2011 Phil Brown & Peter Dahl-Bredine."

doctorvague's disco balls

YouTube Uploaded by doctorvague on Jul 22, 2011

"I would have worn a disco ball headress but the labcoat will have to do."

Tele-Modo - Modular synth guitar experiment

YouTube Uploaded by doctorvague on Jul 8, 2011

"Fernandes Tele into HK Tubeman into El Capistan into STG Wavefolder into Hordijk Dual Phaser. Korg Monopoly arp plays the modular, I didn't use the Monopoly audio at all. Also used Modcan VCDO and DDL, Encore UEG, , MOTM 440 filter, Synthesizers.com EG, 2 Oscillators (one as LFO) and output mixer. Moon Modular 563 trigger sequencer as master of everything-- the arpeggiator, EG, UEG (used as voltage sequencer) and delay time. Mixed in real time with live effects, no edits, although maybe I should have.

Why "Experiment"? In this case it's a euphemism for "I'm pretty sure parts of this are pretty questionable but it took a whole day to render the got-dang thing so I'm posting it anyway." I thought the 2-camera overlap came out pretty cool though, especially with the all-you-can-eat cable spaghetti festival where they overlap. Oy vey I should be so lucky to have that many patch cables."

Barking Spiders - modular synth improv

YouTube Uploaded by doctorvague on Jun 24, 2011

"Modular being fed by 2 voices from Numerology software. MOTM 650 MIDI-CV converter and 440 filter, Hordijk Dual Phaser (featured heavily, lower right), Modcan VCDO and DDL, Moon Modular 563 trigger sequencer, DIY switcher, STG Wavefolder, Encore UEG, and Synthesizers.com 107 filter, slew limiter, 2 EG's, 2 osc (one as LFO) and mixer. All sounds originate from the Modcan VCDO and one synthesizers.com Q106 oscillator into a Suit and Tie Guy wavefolder. I'm using the wonderful Hordijk Dual Phaser in lowpass mode more than phaser mode as I find the sounds a lot more interesting."

STG Wavefolder oscilloscoped

YouTube via doctorvague | February 20, 2011 |

"Suit and Tie Guy Wavefolder with sine and triangle inputs from SynthesizerDOTcom oscillators"

Snapdragon - modular synth ambient music

YouTube via doctorvague | February 13, 2011 |

"4 melodies generated from Numerology software to a MOTM 650 MIDI-CV converter and selected with a DIY switcher. Mostly synthesizers.com system with Modcan VCDO and Digital Delay, MOTM 440 filter and MegaOhm Delta filter and Suit and Tie Guy Wavefolder. Music, including Drumaxx drums generated in real time, no edits or overdubs. Noisy sounds generated mostly by cross-FM'ing filters. This is my first HD video with new cameras and lights with some effects from Final Cut Pro all in a new bigger studio space. Thanks for watching!"

Spiff Diffey - knobtwist-ambient modular synth improv

YouTube via doctorvague | December 17, 2010 | 4 likes, 0 dislikes

"Space really is the place isn't it? 4 pre-conceived circular voices from Nodal feeding the modular and mixed for your pleasure in real time- nothing' fakey. Thanks for watching, you watchers! This is in Super-Locrian mode BTW and started as a demo of such. And so it turns and twists.
PS for synth listeners- this is why I like octave switches, for tonal stuff anyway."

Update:

Spiff Diffey Part 2 - modular synth jam

doctorvague | December 18, 2010 |

"In this episode we have 4 voices generated from Nodal (strange software sequencer) to a MOTM 650 MIDI-CV converter. The system is mostly synthesizers.com with 2 MegaOhm Delta filters, Suit and Tie Guy Post-Lawsuit (Arp) filter and wavefolder, Modcan VCDO and Digital Delay, Encore Electronics UEG, and MOTM 440 filter. Thanks for watching!"

TransOrganitude - analog synth organ jam

YouTube via doctorvague | November 08, 2010

"An arpeggiated real time improv, no edits, with drums added later. Korg Monopoly, Juno 60, Moon Modular Trigger sequencer as master, slaved to Volta, Synthesizers.com, MOTM, Modcan, MegaOhm, Suit and Tie Guy, Encore Electronics, and a ho-made switcher. Roland VK-7 organ. This was a first take playing organ so it's all off the cuff."

TransArpitude-live analog synth arp-jam

YouTube via doctorvague | November 04, 2010

"An arpeggiated real time improv, no edits, with drums added later. Korg Monopoly, Juno 60, Moon Modular Trigger sequencer as master, slaved to Volta, Synthesizers.com, MOTM, Modcan, MegaOhm, Suit and Tie Guy, Encore Electronics, MOTU Volta and a ho-made switcher."

Twinkle Star 2 - ambient electronic music

YouTube via doctorvague — May 05, 2010 — "Modular synth and Alesis Andromeda using Nodal software to generate the notes. This might be 'progressive ambient' if you want to split hairs. Part one is audio only on Soundcloud using a major scale. This one uses the Lydian mode."

StereoPhonic Presto-Now! - modular synth D'n'B 171 BPM

YouTube via doctorvague — April 29, 2010 —

"Completely dry as a bone right off the modular in true StereoPhonic Presto-Now Sound! Drum loops created in Numerology using Drumaxx and BFD for the sound sources. Loops triggered with an Akai APC40 just below view with Ableton Live. Then the loop audio is piped through the modular for full mangle-ation and vague-rifying.. The Korg Monopoly arpeggiator is being triggered from a Moon Modular trigger sequencer and sends pitch out to Synthesizers.com oscillators with much secret inter-patchology we cannot divulge at this time. The moon triggers are also sent to dotcom EG's, VCA's etc. MOTM440, MegaOhm Delta and Suit and Tie guy Post-Lawsuit filters are also implicated in this incident. This is the last half of the first take. Thanks to MUFFWIGGLER for pushing a bit. I LOVE fast music so expect a few of these... fast is the new medium."

Am To Be Part 3 modular synth improv

YouTube via doctorvague — April 21, 2010 —

"By request - one for Barefoot - 3 Numerology voices with randomness improvised upon into MOTM 650 MIDI to CV converter to synthesizer.com oscillators. Encore UEG and synth.com EG's into Megaohm and dotcom VCF's. The Numerology gates were fed into a Moon Modular trigger sequencer for further rhythmic exploration."

Am To Be Part 4 - modular synth improv

YouTube via doctorvague — April 16, 2010 — "A little noisier one this time. I left the dynamics in so low parts are actually quieter and loud notes are louder. It's this new thing I just figured out. Using an Akai APC40 below camera firing Numerology presets created previously to a MOTM 650 Midi2CV converter for pitch. For triggers MOTU Volta to a DIY switcher upper right supplying different division rhythmic triggers to a Moon Modular trigger sequencer and a Modcan Digital delay. MegaOhm Delta Filter, Synthesizers.com State Variable Filter and MOTM 440 filter. Encore Electronics UEG, Synthesizers.com oscillators, envelope generators, mixer, VCA etc. Lots of partial cross-mod and partial soft-sync between the oscillators to get it to balance between notes and noise. Synthesizers.com excel at that stuff, especially the soft sync on the oscillator aid."

Am To Be Part 2 - Modular synth improv

YouTube via doctorvague — April 04, 2010 — 3

"Numerology voices with randomness into MOTM 650 MIDI to CV converter to synthesizer.com oscillators. Encore UEG and synth.com EG's into Megaohm and dotcom VCF's. The Numerology gates were fed into a Moon Modular trigger sequencer for further rhythmic exploration. The bottom row determines the very jagged delay times on this one."

To Online friends I'll Never Meet - Numerology + Modular synth

YouTube via doctorvague

"Very simple Numerology stack with lots of randomity supplying 3 voices to 6 Synthesizer.com oscillators, 3 Envelope generators a State variable Filter and MOTM 440 Filter. The title says the inspiration!"

MegaOhm Delta VCF modular synth demo

YouTube via doctorvague
"Also features the Encore Electronics Universal Event Generator. The only sound source is a Modcan VCDO into the MegaOhm filter into a Modcan DDL. The Rhythms are from the Moon Modular 563 Trigger sequencer using a Synthesizers.com envelope generator. Pretty simple patch trying to show of the Delta filter which I am really enjoying very much. It's very expressive- and responsive like a good sports car."
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http://blacet.com/
http://encoreelectronics.com/

Percy Hammersledge - modular synth improv

YouTube via doctorvague
"This was a fun one- I hope you enjoy it. The modular is a live stereo mix unedited. I jammed to a Bossa Nova drum loop and then mixed and mashed some loops after the fact to make it a bit more interesting. Used SynthesizersDOTcom, Modcan, Suit and Tie Guy, Moon Modular, MOTM, MOTU Volta and a DIY switcher in the upper right. I'm sending various rhythmic trigger pulse streams, including off-beats from Volta and switching them at the matrix switcher. The bottom row controls the delay time for example. I managed to hit the right combination of switches a couple of times and got lucky with some cool syncopations like at 2:29. This is the last section of a much longer jam."

Sky Squids in the Sky Part 3 - modular analog synth improv

YouTube via doctorvague

"Synthesizers dot com
Modcan
Suit and Tie Guy
MOTM
Numerology
Five12"

Perspicacity - modular analog synth improv

YouTube via doctorvague
"Tags: music electronic synth synthesizer doctorvague symthesizers.com Modcan Moon Modular Suit and Tie Guy STG"

A smooth theme

YouTube via attorks
"Kind of inspired by DoctorVague and Ian Boddy (when in Red Shift), I am experimenting with Ableton Live to see if it can be a help in analog sequencing. And tonight this lovely sequence came up so I thought, lets make a video. I have 2 MIDI tracks and 1 track with a drum loop. One MIDI track controls the self-built Modular and the 2nd MIDI track the Creamware MiniMax ASB. I couldn't connect the DotCom because I have only 1 MIDI/CV converter. Both MIDI tracks have several clips with looping 8 step sequence in different keys. But I have not found out how to change the clip of the 2 MIDI track at the same time and at the right bar so I click the clip on each track which causes the odd discrepancy in clips/keys and changing too soon; sorry for that. The melody is performed on the Roland XP-80 with a Mellotron voice. The Waldorf is doing what a Waldorf is good at; making these Waldorf sounds. The soloing is done on the Clavia Nord Lead 1 with an organ-type voice."