Audulus, Norns MLR, Aparillo, AUM

Published on Jun 7, 2019 junklight

"I've set myself the task of playing a set each day for a few weeks. Recording and videoing each one as part of practicing towards playing live. I know I said I wouldn't share every session but I really liked this segment. I wasn't expecting a lot from tonight - I'm tired after working all week and today has been kind of frustrating work wise (just code debugging nonsense). With not much left in the creative bank I made a patch in Audulus which is kind of stupid - 3 oscillators, random notes, S&H on the filter and a knob that controls the speed of the whole patch. It was interesting enough to start recording with and this is what came out! which I'm kind of pleased with - just goes to show......"

Slow Music - Eurorack: Teletype, Cursus Iteratas, Morphagene, Norns Loom , Ipad Zeeon

Published on Jun 12, 2019 junklight

"a slower paced piece. Getting to grips the small eurorack row I put together.

You also get to see how untidy my office is......."

Soundscapes - Microfreak 3 and MLR

video by junklight

"It's been a weekend of experimentation and play on the music front. I upgraded the microfreak to get the superb new Noise Engineering algorithms. As you may have noticed if you watched earlier videos on this channel I really like the NE stuff and these additions to the Microfreak are no exception

For these soundscapes i started with an init patch although for the video I edited the initial 20-30 seconds of getting a starting sound out"

Frippertronics with iPad Zeenon, Aparillo, Norns Otis & eurorack

Published on Jun 16, 2019 junklight

"More channeling Richard Pinhas than Robert Fripp this time around

I really ought to tidy up that pile of boxes - interestingly it's not rubbish it's all my nascent electronics hobby stuff - need to find it somewhere better to live AND I need to get around to building my 16n"

Sequencing Eurorack with the iOS Autony app - also with Norns/Islands & Digitakt

Published on Dec 9, 2018 junklight

"Using the Autony unreliable sequence generator modulated via Roseta LFO in AUM on the iPad sequencing Make Noise DPO and STO/MMG

The Norns script is a work in progress - FM based synth with sequencers - but needs a fair bit of work before I release it :-)

Sync'd with Ableton using Ableton link as well!"

Orchestral Colours - Kria MIDI for Norns, Spitfire Tundra, Diva and Roli Noise & Seaboard

Published on Nov 18, 2018 junklight

"I've just finished porting Monome Kria from the eurorack module onto the Norns platform so it can drive MIDI (& other Norns things). This is such a deep and powerful sequencer and I'm quite excited about exploring it outside of Eurorack - written by Tehn from Monome it provides 4 separate tracks - every part of it has its own clock divider and length , there is also an alternate note page and an octave. Each track can produce quite incredibly complex sequences and with 4 going together you can make an a lot of music!

Here I have three channels of Kria driving some instruments from the wonderful Spitfire Tundra, and the 4th channel driving Diva. I'm also playing Noise SWAM clarinet from the seaboard (which you will note irritatingly loses it's connection at one point) . It's all recorded into Ableton but that's just hosting the instruments - no sequencing going from that side at all.

I'm going to be submitting the PR in the next day or two so any Norns users will have access to this fantastic sequencer"

Simple Things - MLR, Skulpt, Mr Hensons Piano

junklight

"I'm sure the noisy modular stuff will return soon"

Haunted ballroom music with Norns & Ableton Wavetable

Published on Sep 29, 2018 junklight

"I've never seen strictly come dancing but ballrooms make me think of Hookland & M John Harrison short stories and ghosts....

The rhythm samples are all made from the fantastic Spitfire Audio Union Chapel organ (which I use a lot of things in case you hadn't noticed) and are sequenced with the fantastic Norns Foulplay

I've said it before and I'll say it again but I rather like the Ableton Wavetable synth - its got a certain something about it"

Sequencers & Synths: Polyend seq, iPad (AUM,Kronecker, Zeeon, Model D, Unique), keystep

Published on Jun 8, 2018 junklight

"knackered at the end of a long week just kicking back and having some fun.

The sequencing technique with the Seq occurred to me earlier in the week after looking at the monome grid and how people are using it.....

everything going into the iPad via USB3 adapter & a little powered hub"

Sequencers & Synths: Eurorack: Make Noise & Meadowphysics, Norns/Seaboard/MPE and Arturia Solina

Published on Oct 28, 2018 junklight

"Bit of escapism after a crappy week......"

4th world sessions july 2018 - Norns/Foulplay , U-he Repro 1 & Zebra

Published on Jul 23, 2018 junklight

"Using the fantastic Foulplay patch on the Norns"

ambient session with iPad and Norns MLR

Published on Jun 5, 2019 junklight

"Watching Hainbach's channel and listening to him talk about practicing improvisation to camera led me to sit down with this setup and see what happened.......

Inching closer to playing this kind of thing live (still need to find somewhere to actually play mind)"

Polyrhythms & synths - Pagefall Ioniarics, Eurorack, Microfreak Norns

Published on Jul 19, 2019 junklight

"The app is Ioniarics a polyrhythmic arpeggiator - coming out on Monday!"

improv for Wasp and XTk

video by junklight

"I'm not overly nostalgic but I've always had a soft spot for the Wasp and well.....

and yes I know how ropey the mix is but I recorded it straight to a stereo track so not much could be done."

beats & synths - Digitakt, Repro 1 & 2 , Morphagene

Published on Jan 24, 2018 junklight

"Not my usual stuff - I wanted to make something a little more straightforward - been thinking about 'pop music' recently.

The morphagene sample is from a youtube video featuring a rag and bone man in Nottingham - hence the title of the track"

Rhythm & horns - Eurorack, Enso, Zeenon, Less Concepts, Microfreak

Published on Jul 7, 2019 junklight

"Got everything sync'ing in my live rig and this little piece appeared while I was practicing. I love 16 horsepower and Wovenhand & was wanting to 'borrow' something of their aesthetic"

Structures & textures: Norns (Pisound/push2 version) , Organelle & Seaboard/Audio Damage Quanta

Published on Jul 19, 2018 junklight

"I got Monome Norns running on Pisound/Push2 (thank you Mark Harris aka thetechnobear) and it's absolutely wicked - so much potential. Here I'm using the 'wormhole' script - a variation on one of the Norns studies and then the Flin script (getting brave and switching patches/setup while I'm playing - working towards playing live all the time :-) )

I paired it with the Organelle and Audio Damages brand new Quanta and let it all take me where it wanted to go......."

Islands, microfreak , bit of eurorack

junklight

"Slowly finding my way back to music. Had a bit of an odd patch of late with very little music making or desire to make it but it seems to be returning a little."

Modular Music

Published on Mar 9, 2019 junklight

"Improvising on the Skulpt & NI Maverick piano with a generative patch I built. Main sound sources are Make Noise DPO and Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas - Teletype & branches doing the note selection

Video a bit ropey than usual - I'm trying to get the hang of Adobe Premiere"

Loops & tones - Otis on Norns & Argon8

video upload by junklight

"Just Matt from over on Lines has added grid support to his lovely Otis script (roughly based on the Cocaquantus from Ciat Lombarde) so had to give it a quick go with this noisy dirty patch I made last night for the Argon 8"