'Merry Jane' - ngarjuna

Published on May 15, 2017 ngarjuna

Modular Jam 76 - 'Merry Jane'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Drums
Arturia iSpark & Spark
Rayzoon Jamstix/Jamcussion

Acid Voice
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon
Proco Rat

Bass
Avalon

Modular Lead
Octocontroller S&H CV into o_C Quantermain
driving Rubicon PWM'd by Octocontroller LFO
dynamically FM'd by Pittsburgh Oscillator (enveloped by Sequencer One)
Sigmoid and Pulse into Omsonic RNF
modulated by Octocontroller LFO, PEG OR and Maths envelope triggered by Wogglebug BURST
Into uVCA enveloped by ADSR
Into Polaris Phaser modulated by Octocontroller LFO and ADSR

SMR
Octocontroller Gates into SMR
Custom scales
Rotation controlled by Sequencer One CV

'Throw Down' - Gist

Published on Jul 7, 2017 ngarjuna

"Modular Jam 21 - 'Throw Down'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Gist is
ngarjuna - bleeps and bloops
Rich Prewett - guitars

Most of the modular patches in this track are super old (notice the very old module arrangement in the gear shots) so I don't really have any patch notes for this one.

But I do have ninjas.

New Gist album coming soon!"

'Breakfast of Champions' - ngarjuna

Published on Apr 25, 2017 ngarjuna
What's your secret?

"Modular Jam 75 - 'Breakfast of Champions'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Live - the following were all put down live together
Drums
Olympia Noise Co. Patterning

SMR Patch
Two ten-step custom scales, one on each side of the ring
Sequencer One CV1 is providing the positional voltage which controls the rotation CV IN (and hence the main melody)
Into the Zvex Instant Lofi Junky modulated dynamically via uVCA (opened by SQR LFO from Octo) by PEG OR
*in this case I needed the SQR to turn on and off just before the beat divisions and learned what an AMAZING unquantized LFO the Octocontroller is as well

Modular Smooth Lead
Pitch CV and Gate from the Avalon sequencer
Pitch to Intellijel Rubicon and Pittsburgh Oscillator
PG VCO getting Octocontroller LFO to PWM and a bit of Rubicon TRI to FM
Rubicon getting sync modulation from Pittsburgh Oscillator
Rubicon Sigmoid and Pittsburgh Square Into the Omsonic RNF
Omsonic CV'd by Wogglebug STEPPED, Maths and an Octocontroller LFO (to V/oct)
Gate driving Make Noise Maths and AJH Minimod Contour Generator

Plucky Lead
2 channels of Ornament and Crime in Quantermain: Turing Mode
Handing out pitch to the STO and Sputnik 2
Sputnik2 going into Timbre modulated by PEG1 into Optomix1
STO shape modulated by Wogglebug SMOOTH into Optomix2
Maths ch4 triggered by Octo opening Optomix2
Dual ADSR ch1 triggered by a different Octo opening Optomix1
Octo gates also striking Optomix (both channels)

Bass
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon

Added later were:
Samples
Acid Voices
Other stuff"

'The Best Of Me' - ngarjuna

ngarjuna
Published on Aug 6, 2017

"'The Best Of Me'
I won't let 'em get the best of me
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Lead voice
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon modulated by Audio Damage Sequencer One LFO via STG Soundlabs .Mix

West Coast Plucker
Sequencer One driving
STO SHAPE modulated by Octocontroller LFO
FM'd by Rubicon
into Optomix enveloped by Maths
No strike on Optomix

Moto Mutters
Sequencer One driving
Rubicon SIGMOID and PULSE with PWM from Octocontroller LFO
Into RNF VCF lightly modulated by Octocontroller LFO
Into uVCF 2 enveloped by Maths
Into Motomouth VCF modulated by Sequencer One LFO
SNAP gates from Sequencer One ACC
Into uVCF 1 enveloped by other Maths

Drums
Rayzoon Jamstix & XLN Addictive Drums

Bass
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon"

'Jacket Like You Mean It' - Gist

Published on Aug 24, 2017 ngarjuna

"'Jacket Like You Mean It'
A good jacket never goes out of style
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Gist is
ngarjuna - talkbox, vocals, synthesizers, drums
Rich Prewett - guitars

New Gist album Halloween 2017!

http://tehgist.bandcamp.com
http://tehgist.wixsite.com/gist"

'Forever Or Tomorrow' - ngarjuna

Published on Jul 17, 2017 ngarjuna

"'Forever Or Tomorrow'
Whichever comes first!
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Acid Voices and Bass
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon

Stereo Hash
Sputnik FM'ing Sputnik
Sputnik 2 SIN into Nonlinear Circuits Timbre
Into Optomix enveloped by AJH Minimod AD
Sputnik 1 SIN into Optomix
Wogglebug STEPPED and Octocontroller S&H to O&C feeding Sputniks
Dynamic FM (triggered by Seq1) through uVCA enveloped by Maths
Octocontroller providing GATES and modulating EXP FM on the Sputniks

Pluck Voice
STO VARI into Optomix enveloped by Maths
SHAPE modulated by Wogglebug Smooth
Sequenced by Rene

Drums in Rayzoon Jamxtix
With intervention from Sinevibes Fraction"

Pas Vrai

Published on Mar 21, 2018 ngarjuna

"'Pas Vrai'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2018 Acid Coast

Wherein we introduced the tweed case to the Doepfer A-196 and great mayhem ensued...

New ngarjuna album...soon (late spring early summer 2018)"

'Cthulhu's Love Theme' - ngarjuna

ngarjuna
Published on Aug 1, 2017

'Cthulhu's Love Theme'
Sweet nothings from the edge of madness
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Stereo West Coast Lead
Shuffled clock from Sequencer One to Rene
Rene sending PITCH to STO and Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 SHAPE modulation from Octocontroller LFO
STO SHAPE modulation from Sequencer 1 LFO and dynamic FM from Sputnik 1 via uVCA
Sputnik 2 SHAPE into Optomix 1 enveloped by Maths
STO VAR into Optomix 2 enveloped by Maths
Selective STRIKE from Sequencer One

Motomouth Lead
PITCH from Sequencer One GATE from Rene getting shuffled clock from S1
Rubicon SIGMOID to Omsonic RNF
RNF getting pitch tracking and envelope from Dual ADSR 2
4-pole into uVCA 2 enveloped by Dual ADSR 1
Into Motomouth modulated by Octocontroller S&H SNAP gated by Sequencer One
Motomouth into uVCA 1 enveloped by Maths

Avalon Hybrid Lead
Avalon putting out PITCH and SAW
SAW to the .Mix
PITCH to the Cranial Saw VCO2 MOD from ACC Sweep to the .Mix
.Mix into STG Soundlabs Post Lawsuit Filter
Enveloped by both AJH Minimod Contour Generators and TRI from Pittsburgh Oscillator via AJH Minimod VCF
PLF into Classic VCA enveloped by Minimod CG

Drums
Rayzoon Jamstix & XLN Addictive Drums

Bass
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon

'Cold Joint' - Ngarjuna

Published on Dec 29, 2017 ngarjuna

''Cold'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes

Initial “Deaf” Patch
I was setting up a patch or two with no power for a photo shoot and decided to listen to what I had made; so most of the main patches in this track were setup with no monitoring. There were some minor tweaks to a modulation depth or two to make things audible and I tuned a Pittsburgh VCO by ear to match the Cranial Saw. The main sequence (from the Sequencer One) was the sequence loaded into A1. Rene was left at its prior setting knob-wise but it was in full default reset so all semitones and gates on.

Avalon
Blank pattern with a fully randomized pattern (full disclosure: I moved one note value that was not working out) using the R:OTA filter cart
Some manual wiggling on the cutoff

East Coast One
Pitch to Cranial Saw VCO
SAW + SQR and a bit of SUB out to STG Post Lawsuit Filter
Pittsburgh Oscillator SAW to PLF
PLF enveloped by AJH Minimod Contour Generator
And modulated by PEG to Right side
Into the AJH Minimod VCA enveloped by Minimod CG

West Coast One
Sputnik2 FM’d by Sputnik1 SIN into NLC Timbre
Modulated by Wogglebug WOGGLE CV
Into Optomix1 enveloped by Maths1
Rene QCV to STO striking Optomix2
LIN FM’d by Sputnik1
SHAPE modulated by Wogglebug STEPPED
VAR into Optomix2 enveloped by Maths1

East Coast Two
Sequencer One driving Rubicon
SAW out to Polaris 3-pole LPF
Enveloped by DualADSR1 and modulated by Octocontroller S&H
Out to uVCA1 enveloped by DualADSR2

Formant One
Rene Y Gate to O&C TRIG IN
Octocontroller S&H to O&C CV IN
PITCH out to Pittsburgh Oscillator
SAW out to Limaflo Motomouth Filter
CV from Octocontroller S&H
SNAP gates from Sequencer One
Out to Omsonic RNF Filter enveloped by Maths4
4-pole LPF out to uVCA2 enveloped by PEG OR

Resonator One
Firmware default scale/settings with some RES, MORPH and SPREAD dialed in
Rene CV (unquantized) to ROTATE CV IN
Out to Zvex Instant Lofi Junky

After capturing the above (that was a one take patch) I added the poly (which are Avalons using the R:OTA filter) and the dirty 303 lead (Avalon with the standard filter) and the pads (U-he Diva) and

Drums in Spark"

Clickbate by ngarjuna

Published on Jan 16, 2017 ngarjuna

"ngarjuna returns with new songs, new sounds and fresh inspiration. 'Clickbate' continues to push the envelope in combining traditional-ish east coast lines with his fresh, musical take on west coast synthesis. Infused with topical, wry political sarcasm the narrative displays a sincere love for the twisted and the absurd.​ Available Valentine's Day, 2017 iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube [above], Bandcamp and wherever else new music is sold."

Slight NSFW warning: the album art features elephants in looooove. ;)

'Square Dance' - Ngarjuna

Published on Jan 4, 2020 ngarjuna

"Ohai it's been a while! After a long hiatus Ngarjuna is here with some fresh acid for your earholes"

'IKI' - Ngarjuna

Published on Dec 9, 2018 ngarjuna

'IKI'
Produced by Ngarjuna
© 2018 Acid Coast

Avalon, Patterning 2 and Eurorack modular

Visuals from (the now color adjustable!) Patterning 2

'Get Dirty' - ngarjuna

Published on Oct 24, 2016 ngarjuna

"Modular Jam 61 - 'Get Dirty'
Produced by ngarjuna and Deborah Sherman
© 2016 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
All Seeing Drums in Patterning (composited)

SMR Pips
Sequencer 1 Gate, Accent, Clock, CV1, CV2, Wogglebug Burst
are each hitting one of the six channels of the SMR
Left and Right inputs being fed by Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 respectively each cross FM’ing one another with Maths SUM (double cycling) adding to the EXP input on Sputnik 2, Wogglebug Stepped modulating CV input on Sputnik 1 with a Rubicon LFO further hitting the EXP input on Sputnik 1
CV3 on Seq1 is what’s moving the rotation along the dial

Lead Voice
Sequencer 1 pushing the Cranial Saw (Saw/Square/Sub mix) into the Polaris VCF in Bandpass A
FM1 is being fed by Maths SUM getting signal from Minimod Envelope and Rene (CV sequence to Unquantized OUT)
FM2 full positive fed by uVCA 2 which is dynamically sending Rubicon audio rate triangle wave modulated by a mixture of a Seq1 LFO, some random from the Wogglebug Stepped and OR out from PEG
Much of the movement including the longer sweeps is accomplished via manual wiggling on the Polaris cutoff

Bass
STO VARI OUT to Optomix
FM’d by its own SIN OUT (tuned to a pretty low octave)
Sputnik VARI OUT (Square) to Optomix
Maths enveloping Optomix and Sputnik VARI CV (ch1) and providing Accent (ch4)

Zaps
Pittsburgh Oscillators into STG Soundlabs Post Lawsuit Filter
Modulated by Sequencer 1 LFO

All Acid lines in Audiorealism ABL3

Male vocals made with the TransVocal Discombobulator (Uhe Diva/Zynaptiq Morph/Cytomic The Drop)

Female robot vocals processed with Audio Damage Replicant"

'Captain Smartypants' - ngarjuna

Published on Jan 29, 2017 ngarjuna

"Modular Jam 68 - 'Captain Smartypants'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
First Acid Voice
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon VCA out to
DinSync.info VCF-303 with help from AD Sequencer 1
modulated a smidge by Octocontroller LFO
Into uVCA enveloped by the VCF-303 ENV out
The LFOs is my fingers (on both cutoffs)
This was piped into the Synthrotek Eko RATE modulated by Sequencer 1 LFO

Subsequent Acid Voices
Avalon
Same LFO setup

Drums
Olympia Noise Co. Patterning
You can see some of the poly-rhythm happening in the video (different step lengths for different instruments)

Samples and Scratches
Samplr

Modular Yellow Lead
Stereo patch (more or less the same on each side with 2 different Rene sequences)
Rene driving the STO SHAPE modulated by Wogglebug SMOOTH and Octocontroller S&H CV
Into the Optomix struck by gate and enveloped by Maths DAMP modulated by LFO from Octocontroller
Into Synthrotek Eko RATE modulated by Wogglebug STEPPED
Wogglebug (clocked, pitch sequence into HEART) clock modulated by Octocontroller Triangle LFO

Modular SMR
Octocontroller is kicking out 6 channels of S&H Gates going into the 6 channels of the 4ms SMR
Some of the 6 S&H are locked (looping) and some are not
Into the Zvex Instant Lofi Junky
Sequencer 1 driving the scale rotations and also right and left rotations around the scale
Triangle LFO from Seq 1 is making the little trills modulating ROTATE input
Square wave sequencing the trill LFO also controls DEPTH on Instant Lofi Junky

Modular Sync Lead
AD Sequencer 1 driving Medic Modules Cranial Saw VCOs and Pittsburgh Oscillator
CSaw in sync mode, VCO 2 up
Sync sweep envelope from PEG to VCO 2 MOD in
into STG/Soundlabs Post Lawsuit Filter
Envelope from AJH Minimod CG dynamically applied (LFO from Sequencer 1)
Also getting Wogglebug STEPPED and S&H CV from Octocontroller
Into the Intellijel Polaris Bandpass
FM1 audio rate from Pittsburgh Oscillator (some wiggling on Pittsburgh pitch)
FM2 from PEG
Into Oakley Classic VCA enveloped by AJH MMCG
Into Eko (split) getting RATE modulation from Wogglebug SMOOTH"

'Dirty Larry' - ngarjuna

Published on Jan 16, 2017 ngarjuna

"Modular Jam 67 - 'Dirty Larry'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Acid Voices
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon
The LFOs is my fingers

Drums
Arturia iSpark and Spark
Audio Damage Replicant

Modular Bleep Bloop Patch
Rene driving the STO and striking Optomix
STO into Optomix enveloped by Maths

Bleep Bloop Delay Hash
Bleep Bloop voice is also piped into the Synthrotek Eko near/at the edge of maximum delay time further perturbed by Wogglebug which, in addition to being clocked per usual, is modulating its own clock with Woggle CV
Into the Zvex Insant Lofi Junky
The washy, droopy, glitched delays that come in and out are from the Eko side of the patch

SMR Patch
SMR into Instant Lofi Junky
Sequencer 1 is sequencing the scales (CV1)
Wogglebug STEPPED with some influence from Sequencer 1 (CV2) are 'controlling' the rotation
Sequencer 1 is also providing the Gate sequence that is Wogglebug's clock
Junky is getting a little bit of PEG (inverted) into C/LOFI

Modular Bells
Sequencer 1 driving Rubicon and STO
STO VARI to Optomix enveloped by Maths
Rubicon SIN to Optomix enveloped by other Maths
Rubicon LIN FM'd by Sputnik 1 SIN"

'Believe Me' - Ngarjuna

Published on Jan 29, 2018 ngarjuna

'Believe Me'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2018 Acid Coast

Patch Notes to the best of my recollection...
Main Acid Voice
Avalon standard filter
LFO’d by Sequencer One

12 Step Acid Voice
Avalon R:OTA filter
Manual LFO

Bass
Avalon standard filter

Drums
4x4 in Spark
Euclidian patterns in Patterning

Modular S&H Drone
Rubicon (sequenced with reference voltage)
Soft Sync (~50%) from Cranial Saw
TZFM from Cranial Saw SAW
SYM modulation from Octocontroller LFO
SAW out to Omsonic RNF
Modulated by Octocontroller S&H
Into uVCA

WC Melodic Fills
Sequenced by Rene
STO into Optomix enveloped by Maths
SHAPE modulated by Octocontroller

WC Swells
Sequenced by Sequencer One
PINK from Quantum Rainbow
VAR from STO SHAPE modulated by Sequencer One LFO
Into the Post Lawsuit Filter modulated by Octoconroller LFO and Maths envelope
Into Classic VCA enveloped by Maths
Sputnik FM’d by Sputnik 2 into Timbre
Timbre modulated by Maths envelope
Into Optomix enveloped by Maths

Believe Me Moto Patch
Sequenced by Sequencer One
Rubicon (with some modulation) SIG into Motomouth
FM from Sputnik Oscillator
CV from Maths + Octocontroller LFO
Into Zvex Instant Lofi Junky

FM Chaos Patch
Sequenced by Rene
Sputniks cross FM’ing one another
One side into the Timbre (SIN) the other VAR out to each channel of the Optomix

'Motologue' - ngarjuna

Published on Jul 22, 2017 ngarjuna

"'Motologue'
The Motomouth speaks!
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
There are three voices featuring the brand new Limaflo Motomouth filter:

The Avalon Speaks Patch
The first (which you hear right up front) is the Abstrakt Avalon being fed through the Motomouth modulated by an LFO from Audio Damage Sequencer One (scaled via Maths)
Snap on with gates from Seq One, Vowel mode both Morphs ON and dialed up

The Moto Mumbles Patch
The second (the more pulsating bass riff)
Intellijel Rubicon SIGMOID going into Omsonic RNF enveloped by the AJH Minimod Contour Generator
4-pole OUT to Motomouth modulated by LFO from Sequencer One
Snap on, Vowel mode Morph on for V2 but not for V1 with Snap GATES from Seq One
Small amount of dynamic FM (sequenced by Seq One) from Sputnik 2 via the TZFM circuit on the Rubicon

They Howl Together Patch
The third is a parallel patch:
Sequencer One sending pitch to Cranial Saw and Rubicon
Cranial Saw and Rubicon SUB (-2) into Omsonic RNF modulated by pitch (V/oct) enveloped by Minimod CG
To the uVCA enveloped by Intellijel Dual ADSR
To STG .Mix
Cranial Saw into Motomouth in Vowel mode with Snap gates on (from Seq One) and both Morphs ON modulated by PEG (OR) scaled via Maths
Into STG .Mix

WC Strikes Patch
Make Noise Rene striking the MN Optomix and sending pitch to MN STO shape modulated by LFO from Seq One
VARI OUT to Optomix enveloped by Maths
Out to Synthrotek Eko at/near maximum length
Occasionally rate modulated by MN Wogglebug Smooth

Drums
Arturia Spark
modulated by Audio Damage Replicant 2

Bass
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon"

'No Puedes Hacer Eso' - Ngarjuna

Published on Feb 19, 2020

'No Puedes Hacer Eso'
Produced by Ngarjuna
© 2020 Acid Coast Records

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New track from supporting member, ngarjuna. You can find his music on BandCamp here.

'Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain' - ngarjuna

Published on Jan 8, 2017 ngarjuna

"Modular Jam 65 - 'Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Acid Voices
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon Saw baseline features
LFO is my finger
Oft burnt by Proco Rat

Bassline
Avalon Square mostly baseline features with some tracking

Drums
Arturia iSpark

Plucky West Coast Melody
Rene driving STO and Sputnik2
Sputnik2 FM'ing STO (lin) being SHAPE modulated by Woggle SMOOTH
VARI out to Optomix struck by GATE from Rene and enveloped by Maths
Stereo width bits are the same voice playing variant snake patterns panned hard right/left (some of those variant patterns are also just part of the 'main line' panned center)
Breakdowns using Audio Damage Replicant
Wacky delay hash via Audio Damage Dub Station and Cockos ReaDelay

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'Dr. Unpossible' - ngarjuna

Published on Jan 10, 2017 ngarjuna

"Modular Jam 66 - 'Dr. Unpossible'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Patch Notes:
Acid Voice
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon SQR, baseline features plus tracking
The LFOs is my fingers
Eventually burnt by Proco Rat

Drums
Arturia iSpark

Modular Patch
Rene driving STO, Rubicon
Sequencer 1 driving Pittsburgh Osc
Rubicon SYM full positive FM’d by STO SIN to TZFM LIN (slightly) modulated by Octocontroller S&H, Pittsburgh TRI to EXP dynamically (trig by Seq1 to Dual ADSR to uVCA)
SIN to Timbre modulated by Octocontroller TRI LFO to Optomix enveloped by Maths (trig Rene) FALL modulated by Sequencer 1

During the wiggling:
ADSR (D and R), Rubicon EXP FM are tickled as well as Maths A and D
Rene pattern is changed (steps 5 & 7 are added and taken away)
When the Rat gets unleashed on the Avalon I also plugged a cable from the STO SUB to the Rubicon hard SYNC for extra-harmonic-y goodness
The slowing down at the end is a combination of manually attenuating the SYM and TZFM"