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Post by spacedog on Feb 26, 2019 18:06:22 GMT
perhaps, rather than a single curator, a more collective approach behind the scenes to produce something that will attract more submissions. [...] I think the surprise element of 'whats next' is also nice. if we had discussed it the week before, perhaps it won't feel as appealing - because you'd already 'talked around' the subject. [...] thanks NightMachines , your up for the Mad month of March then  I think NightMachines sounds ideally suited to surprising us all, let's see what he can pull out of that magic synth wardrobe of his I also enjoy the surprise, although this did mean having to hide things from myself during February... being a goldfish has its advantages |
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Post by admin on Feb 26, 2019 22:31:04 GMT
I'm fine with weekly or bi-weekly challenges and I would volunteer for March. I think it's cool to have those challenges regularly. You beat me to it! I'll put my hand up for April then  Also I do like the weekly heart beat and I still get some time to play with other ideas ... I find that I just have to reduce time spent on Netflix and voila there's more time for jamming. |
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Post by thetechnobear on Feb 27, 2019 11:44:27 GMT
cool, lets keep it in its current format then... yeh, admin , you can do April then - that'll be really cool.
ok, Ive created a Patch Challenge Index post, which we can use just a quick way to link to what we've done/are doing. mid term purpose/idea is very simple - allow someone coming along later to have a quick overview of challenges, if they would like to do one at a later date, or just for some inspiration - they can then click on the challenge to get more details. - allow curators to quickly see what challenges were have been done and when... can be useful to know if we've done a challenge on X, or how long ago it was (might be time for a repeat/variation?), also might provide inspiration for new challenges. I'll update the top post with each new challenge, and the description is deliberately brief, so its a quick n' easy reference. ( admin I assume you have access to update it too, if you want) |
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Post by NightMachines on Mar 25, 2019 22:34:56 GMT
Hey everyone, just wanted to say real quick that I’m sorry for my absence over the past weeks. This whole Thomann Synth Reactor thing I took part in was a little more overwhelming than I thought and since I’m back I also needed to take care of a few other things that had piled up (work, car, etc.). I’ll post submissions to my threads soon and look forward to April’s challenges too! |
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Post by thetechnobear on Mar 30, 2019 10:19:29 GMT
apologies also from me, I'm also in a similar situation to NightMachines , I'm working hard on a project(*) at the moment which is consuming most of my time, outside of that I don't have the energy to really focus on something like a challenge (well, not to the level id want) after the project is 'released' there will be a certain amount 'support' work around it, so its going to be a few more weeks yet probably before i can really get back into these. (that said, other projects are now also stacking up seeking attention - due to my focus on this one project!) so my non-participation is not due to lack of interest for the challenges, its just a lack of quality time.
(*) you'll see results very soon, I hope on my youtube channel ... you'll see where my time has been spent |
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Post by admin on Mar 31, 2019 1:13:14 GMT
Argh! I'm in the same boat with you guys. I've been focusing so much on the tutorial videos that I just didn't have the time or energy to get to create a challenge patch. I must also admit that the FM challenge has stumped me so far. I did a few attempts and couldn't get anything that I liked musically so I did a tutorial instead. I hope to catch up at some stage and I'll also post the April challenges! However my goal is to produce one AE related video per week and so far I have achieved this since beginning of January! |
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Post by thetechnobear on Mar 31, 2019 12:50:16 GMT
yeah, the FM is a bit problematic... I think I raised this before on the forum.... I similarly , re-attempted for the challenge ... the issue i think are: the v1 vca, are not biased correctly around 2.5v, they attenuate to 0 ... this obviously creates a pitch biased when you attempt to use for FM osc2, we dont have a precision adder, so if you have bus CV and an FM input, you can accurately offset osc2, only had square/saw, whereas ideally id want to use sines - so Ive tended to use the tri from 2 VCO, perhaps filtered , but then gain becomes an issue. I also think there is just something a bit odd when you use the VCO mod=freq, I really don't get the tone I expect I don't know... it feels like I should be able to get close with 2VCO, and manually adjusting pitch - but its not rarely getting me to where id expect it to go, to get the classic FM bell tones. I was hoping someone would manage this in the challenge, and show the errors of my ways ... and that it is possible with what we have (note: I did get some nice tones , when using lower frequencies as a modulator , not what Id consider as 'classic fm' - but still nice) |
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Post by moruial on Aug 23, 2019 17:29:30 GMT
It's been a long time since the last Patch Challenge. When do we get the chance to have a new one? It bring nice creativity to the forum and it is amazing to see people coming with so much diffrent ideas within the same theme.
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Post by rodney on Aug 29, 2019 6:21:41 GMT
Here's an idea for a challenge theme:
I was listening to Igor Stravisky's l'Histoire du Soldat recently and was struck by the way he hollowed out his orchestration by using the high or low instruments in each family of instruments (violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone, and percussion) without much going on in the middle.
I think this attracts me to some of Ryoji Ikeda's work too, with often close to the threshold of hearing high sounds and clicks or subsubsub bass.
Maybe we could have an extremophile theme of highs and lows around a vanished centre. In politics, it appears to be left and right, lately, but it could be dynamics, or perhaps your most expensive and cheapest pieces of gear, midnight and mid-day, sweet and sour, beer and coffee (more about that last pair later) ...
I read this and realise I am flashing back to setting assignments for music students (haven't done that for a few years!). I promise not to give anyone grades.
Rod.
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Post by admin on Aug 29, 2019 11:56:48 GMT
Here's an idea for a challenge theme: I was listening to Igor Stravisky's l'Histoire du Soldat recently and was struck by the way he hollowed out his orchestration by using the high or low instruments in each family of instruments (violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone, and percussion) without much going on in the middle. I think this attracts me to some of Ryoji Ikeda's work too, with often close to the threshold of hearing high sounds and clicks or subsubsub bass.
Maybe we could have an extremophile theme of highs and lows around a vanished centre. In politics, it appears to be left and right, lately, but it could be dynamics, or perhaps your most expensive and cheapest pieces of gear, midnight and mid-day, sweet and sour, beer and coffee (more about that last pair later) ... I read this and realise I am flashing back to setting assignments for music students (haven't done that for a few years!). I promise not to give anyone grades.
Rod.
Hi rodney, you can just create the next patch challenge! Just follow the instructions given in this post: forum.aemodular.com/post/813Remember the next Patch Challenge would be #19. Once you've posted it, I will add it to the index here: forum.aemodular.com/post/1245 |
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