nbor Live In Studio 6 22

pt 1 HD 1080 video upload by nbor

"A live performance, prepared for a livestream for Piqued program #33. The initial seed was a sequence I wrote on the Model:Cycles, which I then built around with some melodies on a MeeBlip Geode, and improvisations on the Korg Minologue and Buchla Easel Command. Additional guitar work was overdubbed."

Live In Studio 6 22 pt 2 HD 1080p

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"A live performance, prepared for a livestream for Piqued program #33. This was built around some sound designs in Bitwig, and a simple drum beat. The beat was expanded and made more complex with note modifiers and randomness. Additional layers from guitar solo and Buchla improvisations round out the composition. Video feedback effects were created using a 19" CRT and some image modifications in Max/Jitter."

A Bass Moment with meeblip geode

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"I recorded this to demo on a FB group, but goddamn, I love the sound of this thing, so it's in my catalog here. Sending a simple MIDI bass line to the Geode and playing with the knobs is so satisfying. There's a very odd transient in the attack on this synth that sounds almost mechanical, like there some spring loaded mechanism in this box that triggers the sound. I love it.
No compression or eq on this, just raw crud from the synth."

Dissolve

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"Working things out with some new material in Bitwig Studio, Newfangled Pendulate and Generate, Madrona Labs Kaivo, and ASM Hydrasynth.The mix is rough, but there's a start, middle and end, so here you go!

More Music: http://nbor.us​
Gear:
https://www.newfangledaudio.com​
http://bitwig.com​
https://madronalabs.com/products/kaivo​
https://www.ashunsoundmachines.com/hy...​
https://morph.sensel.com​"

Macro Temporal (official video)

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"Macro Temporal from '3', available on Bandcamp. https://nbor.bandcamp.com/album/3
A single take through a single looper...but I augmented the performance by taking large chunks of the 'unlooped' audio from the synthesizer and and re-arranging it in time against the looped audio."

A Window In Felton

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"There's a lovely spot in a funny little cabin in Felton CA that lends itself to ambient music. Very slow, possibly even boring, but it certainly fit the vibe I had, not far from ancient redwoods.

I have been trying out super portable setups, and this is about as portable as it gets: battery power for 1010 Blackbox and Sensel Morph, filmed with phone. Sounds are from a variety of sources - a couple stock sounds from 1010, some recordings I did with my son, some sounds from the NASA archive, etc.

More Music: http://nbor.us

Gear:
https://1010music.com/product/blackbox
https://morph.sensel.com"

The Chase

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"I got a cool pattern going on the Microbrute and had to get it out of my system. A cheap re-cut from the amazing 'Poliziotto Sprint' (aka Highway Racer) adds some context and fun."

Hallowtone

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"I've been slowing making a sampler instrument using a chromatically sampled acoustic guitar, activated with an ebow. After some major editing work, I loaded the notes into a sampler and did a bit of sweetening. I use MPE in the Bitwig sampler to tame the sounds and mix them in stereo. Sweetened with a bit of Newfangled Elevate."

Mr Morning

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"Something to wake up to. Testing out the overhead with a pre-production Buchla Music Easel and lovely Meris LVX delay pedal. Getting ready to shoot some tutorials, but playtime gets in the way!"

Analog Fume

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"One of those things that happens when you start trying out the new drum machine (MFB Tanzbar Lite) and then you need a bass line, and then you need a lead, and then you need to quickly mix it up. So here's a mouse-mixing session, bringing these simple loops into something more than a few bars. All recorded and mixed in Bitwig. Other instruments are the Korg Minilogue and Arturia Microbrute."

Mechanics of the Perfect Gas

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"I had a title, so I just needed to jam."

Side by Side

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"Finding the music in a new granular synth, Granular III in Ableton Live 12. I created several presets for this synth and chose two that played well together to create this ambient piece."

Thanks Radio

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"Precipitous placement of a glass of pinot notwithstanding, I've been working with loopers and the @buchlausa Easel command. After struggling with some less desirable results, I listened to the magic of KFJC radio and it gave me some new direction. Drum sounds created on the Buchla, sampled into the @bitwig drum machine, sequenced with the Hawtin script for the Fire. I'm controlling four instances of @AudioDamageInc Enso with a Livid Minim (off screen)."

Yet Another Big Sound

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"Another sampling of the Meeblip Geode yields some really luscious soundscape. I just want to float on this stuff."

Rainy Day

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"Rain is falling outside. It made for a mood on the Buchla Music Easel."

The Modular Lives!

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"I designed and built a couple eurorack case from scratch. It now lives! This is the first audio from this wonderful new adventure."

Not Exactly Crochet: Needlepoint + Buchla Easel Synthesizer. Generative Sounds.

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"I have been playing with the Unfiltered Audio Needlepoint plugin on a free trial, which emulates the effects of distressed vinyl LPs. You can use this as an audio source, or use to process incoming audio to make it sound like it's on a messed up record.
In this clip, I'm using one instance of Needlepoint to generate pops and clicks, which I use as an envelop for the incoming audio from a Buchla Music Easel. The other instance is processing the incoming audio from the Easel. Some semi-random modulations on the loop for the envelope follower ("Broken" parameter) and the Spindown for the other give this a generative, never-ending feeling.
I fucking love this.


Needlepoint: https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/pr..."

Earth Fruit

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"Syncing up the Buchla Music Easel with the @WeAreElektron Model Cycles, precarious techno ensues. Recorded in mono, so I dropped it into @bitwig Studio to add some stereo effects with simple multi-band separations."

Cicada Conundrum

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"Late night in the studio, and I find the Easel Command is alive."

Manifold

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"Exploring a chaotic system with @buchlausa 200 reissue modules. Assistance from a @MerisUs LVX looper delay pedal and @1010music blackbox. Three angels shot live with Logitech Mevo cameras."

Shredding Not Guitar Solo

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"Buchla synth turned glitch guitar."