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Post by pt3r on Dec 23, 2020 15:34:00 GMT
I received my case 2 days ago just before the holidays, and I would like to present you with my first experiments discovering my modules.
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Post by admin on Dec 23, 2020 21:55:03 GMT
That's a beautiful drone and very atmospheric. Can you please write a little bit about the patch? It shows that with just the starter rack modules you can produce quite a big sound.
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Post by pt3r on Dec 24, 2020 9:40:28 GMT
Thank you for checking out my first little steps :-).
My approach was routing the 2 osc/d oscillators and the vco into the polamix where I can mix and match the 3 signal into a nice drone. Another output of the vco is sidechained into the Lowpass SV filter which gets modulated the 2 lfos which this gives me a nice evolving solid lowend. The output of the sv filter goes into channel 1 of the Mixer 4-4.
One output of the Polamix goes into channel 2 of the Mixer while the second one goes into the delay module. The output of the delay is routed into channel 3 of the Mixer. The output of the mixer goes through the multi fx to add some stereo space, and this stereo goes into the zoom recorder.
Eventually it's a matter of twisting the different knobs and fading signals in and out of the mix, creating the atmosphere that sounds nice.
I haven't touched the sequencer yet or any of the other modules. Next steps are the envelopes and noise to try to build some percussive elements. Listening to the two AE compilations, confirms that the AE modular is very much open ended, it's the operator who decides the result not the machine.
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Post by admin on Dec 24, 2020 9:48:23 GMT
Listening to the two AE compilations, confirms that the AE modular is very much open ended, it's the operator who decides the result not the machine. Very well said! I'm looking forward to hearing your next creations, it's very promising so far. |
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Post by slowscape on Dec 24, 2020 18:43:26 GMT
Nice little drone!
Oh and, welcome to the coolest club around!  |
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Post by martynaudio on Dec 30, 2020 12:40:01 GMT
great stuff! Reminds me of some of Kelly Bailey's ambient work for Half-Life  |
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Post by pt3r on Jan 2, 2021 22:54:29 GMT
This holiday period has been good fun, I have spent a lot of time reading the manual pages of the different modules and watching a lot of the excellent demo videos by admin to get a better understanding of the different ins an outs of the modules. I watched also some of the video jams by slowscape and handtapeloop , these slow evolving soundscapes are right up my alley, it's actually one video by handtapeloop that sold me to an aemodular Aside of that I have spent a lot of time sculpting different sounds and experimenting with with the creating more complex patches. Good thing I ordered an extra set of cables . Every time I am pleasantly surprised by the big sounds this little box can produce. I followed Robert's advice that you can't break anything by patching, this really gives you the state of mind to experiment without hesitation.
I recorded a small EP with 4 pieces each recorded as one take improvisations onto my ZOOM and mastered on the laptop.
Here's to a new revolution 'round the sun!. Enjoy.
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Post by keurslagerkurt on Jan 29, 2021 10:16:31 GMT
Somehow only listened today, lovely drone. Love the more unsettling high end kicking in after some time. Def gonna give your EP a spin!
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Post by keurslagerkurt on Jan 29, 2021 12:43:56 GMT
Saw on your BandCamp that you're from Belgium too! I hope there will be a local AE community at some point in the future where we all get our racks out for the biggest drone ever on a rooftop or the countryside or at the sea or in a dark forest |
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Post by pt3r on Jan 30, 2021 17:52:08 GMT
Once we're back to normal, (AE) modular meetups would be a great Idea. I like the idea of a rooftop/woods Drone thing.
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Post by funbun on Jan 30, 2021 23:30:11 GMT
Nice! Not sure how I missed this over Christmas!
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