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Post by NightMachines on Mar 11, 2019 11:55:28 GMT
X Theme: Create a piece inspired by the number ten. Submission window: Monday 11th March -> Monday 18th March (23:59:59) Background:This is our 10th Patch Challenge already!!! Yay!!! Let us celebrate this decade of threads, by looking at the number 10 and its various meanings in science and history and then compositing AE modular audio signals to create something inspired by it. As usual, before decimating your patch, make some notes of it and share them with us. Here's the Wikipedia entry for the number 10, for your research: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10
The challenge is set, and runs during the submission window set out above, however, please feel free to add entries or leave comments after the initial challenge has ended. Each entry should contain:- Link to audio or video example (embedded preferred)
- Short (or not so short) patch notes, explaining how you have built on the above theme
Your entry can be as short/long as you wish, a simple sound or a track, use external fx or synths, do what you can in the time you have - go wild, make the challenge yours! You are welcome to use previous entries, as inspiration, build on them to form something new, or just use in a different way, you are welcome to submit multiple entries. If you are posting on social media (youtube, soundcloud) , please tag with #AEChallenge and #AEModular, and include a link back to the challenge thread here on the AE Modular forum. Everyone is actively encouraged to comment on entries, provide feedback and ideas... you are welcome to continue commenting/discussing outside of the submission window. The more we discuss, the more we all learn 
This is part of the AE patch challenge series - if you would like more information, or have ideas for the challenge, please post on the patch challenge thread.
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Post by arti on Mar 13, 2019 0:32:50 GMT
I was inspired by the title two ways. first - X is for ten, so I've used 10 pieces of gear to record this track: AEM, 4 volcas (FM,Sample,Beat,Kick), Behringer Neutron, Korg Monologue, Korg SQ1, Behringer Xenyx 1202FX (for mixing and some delay on FM), Zoom R8 (for recording and mastering). It was live session with no DAW and no multi-layer recording. second - X symbol also stands for mystery, unknown, so I've tried to create eerie, misterious mood with some tension. Spoiler alert! First part is AEM, with percusive (filtered noise) and bass foundation (VCO module). Soon strange melody appears (2osc controled by seq16). It tries to break through but it never succeeds - it's distorted, it comes and goes (thanx to Nyle filter frequency and pulsewidth modulation) until it's gone who knows where  Then come other members of the pack with some more mysterious elements - there is even the crow-cry Enjoy!  |
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Post by admin on Mar 13, 2019 5:39:42 GMT
arti, I love it. It's like the soundtrack to a 60's spy or detective movie! Chasing a mysterious thief through the streets of Paris or something like that. Really good use of all the gear and having just ordered the Volca Sample I'm encouraged that it will sync to the AE!
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Post by thetechnobear on Mar 13, 2019 10:15:01 GMT
nice arti , I like the way it builds, and lots of nice touches in it. and well done for finding an angle on this challenge ... I'm still stuck in the 'idea' phase |
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Post by NightMachines on Mar 13, 2019 10:40:09 GMT
Wow! arti, that’s amazing! Well done! It sounds like a spy movie soundtrack indeed! So cool how you managed to fit all of those instruments together like this Do you have a setup picture by any chance? |
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Post by arti on Mar 13, 2019 14:05:18 GMT
Do you have a setup picture by any chance? Thank You all for Your kind words It means a lot for me as I have never showed my music to a wider public before. My setup: setup I just sit on the floor in the corner of my room and have everything within the reach of my hands. Quadruple volca stand is very useful to keep everything tight. I've mounted spare photo film spools at the sides to make patch cable hangers Xenyx mixer and Zoom recorder are mounted on actual small easels. I use Yamaha PSS 480 mainly as midi keyboard for Neutron or SQ1 to transpose it, but it's also plugged into mixer if I want to play with it. Everything is interconnected. I also use smal tablet as an oscilloscope On the wall there are pictures with the score of Ligeti's "Artikulation" for inspiration The only problem is not so much space for any gear addition, but I'm sure I'll sort it out if necessary |
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Post by admin on Mar 17, 2019 12:26:33 GMT
This is my entry to the 10th patch challenge at the AE Modular forum. This week's topic was the number 10 (obviously) and I was a bit lazy and also wanted to play around with my new Korg Volca Sample. So I created this piece with 10 parts. 7 parts are played from the Volca Sample and 3 are played from the AE Modular. Unfortunately some of the Volca parts are very faint, so I need to work more on getting them better into the mix next time. But hey I only had the Volca for 2 days. The AE Modular is playing the same melody from SEQ16 on the VCO and one of the 2OSC. I route the triangle wave of the VCO through a SIGNALAMP to make it a bit stronger, then through the WAVEFOLDER and then into the LP of the Nyle filter. The OSC saw wave also goes into the BP of the Nyle where they get mixed. The cutoff frequency of the Nyle is modulated by an envelope that is triggered by channel 4 of TRIQ164 before it is added to the mix. Another triangle signal from the VCO is going straight into the WASP filter where the cutoff frequency is again modulated from another envelope and triggered by channel 3 of the TRIQ164 and then added to the mix. At the beginning it all starts with some good old noise going through a VCA into the mix that is modulated by a slow moving LFO (I wish it could be even slower!) The Volca audio is going into the 4IO strengthened by the SIGNALAMP before being added to the mix. The whole mix goes through the MultiFX Deepspace reverb ... Everything is synced up with the Keystep as the master clock. Volca receives clock via sync cable from Keystep and AE Modular gets the clock via MIDI. Thank you arti for the inspiration to get a Volca. The Sample is wonderful and it all syncs beautifully! |
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Post by arti on Mar 17, 2019 13:26:24 GMT
Happy to see another entry in this challange! admin, I'm glad You like Your Volca. Good use of drums on this track - it's very solemn. Waiting for more results. By all means this combination of AEM and VS looks like a happy mariage |
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Post by thetechnobear on Mar 18, 2019 23:00:04 GMT
Im uploading now... with only 1 minute to spare |
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Post by thetechnobear on Mar 18, 2019 23:42:11 GMT
ok, its up I decided that to meet this challenge, Id create 10 patches on the AE modular, so the track would be solely made on the AE modular. Obviously, I needed to multi-track to do this, but decided to stay away from the computer... Instead, I decided to use a Tascam 244, that I had bought and repaired a few months back, and whilst Ive used it a bit before, I wanted to challenge myself with it.... ... creating 10 tracks on a 4-track, seemed like a good idea at the time perhaps unsurprisingly, this turned out to be a bit more of a challenge than I expected! the workflow was not that difficult, its a matter of just keeping track of which tracks are your 'masters', and so which tracks you have to record on, and the Tascam 244's EQ is really useful!. it all started ok... Id create a patch, play it live, record it. rinse and repeat, when I ran out of tracks, Id usually bounce and record at the same time. cool... but about half way thru, it became apparent, with a 4-track you really need to have a plan you are continually having to commit on things like levels and EQ (to free up tracks), but I wasn't even sure where the track was heading or what the next patches (so sounds) might be. ... and even half way thru, I had a pretty dense track! so next time, I'll defintely think it thru first, Ideally have some kind of 'timeline' in my head, so that there are spaces to slot new things in, to let the track breath a bit. but it was a lot of fun, and I definitely learnt a few things along the way, I look forward to giving it another ago some time soon |
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Post by arti on Mar 19, 2019 0:19:46 GMT
thetechnobear very cool project! I was planning to buy 4track once but ended with ZoomR8. I like the sounds and I like how You've managed to stitch it all together using this recorder, impressive!
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Post by spacedog on Mar 19, 2019 9:22:22 GMT
ok, its up I decided that to meet this challenge, Id create 10 patches on the AE modular, so the track would be solely made on the AE modular. Obviously, I needed to multi-track to do this, but decided to stay away from the computer... Instead, I decided to use a Tascam 244, that I had bought and repaired a few months back, and whilst Ive used it a bit before, I wanted to challenge myself with it.... ... creating 10 tracks on a 4-track, seemed like a good idea at the time perhaps unsurprisingly, this turned out to be a bit more of a challenge than I expected! the workflow was not that difficult, its a matter of just keeping track of which tracks are your 'masters', and so which tracks you have to record on, and the Tascam 244's EQ is really useful!. it all started ok... Id create a patch, play it live, record it. rinse and repeat, when I ran out of tracks, Id usually bounce and record at the same time. cool... but about half way thru, it became apparent, with a 4-track you really need to have a plan you are continually having to commit on things like levels and EQ (to free up tracks), but I wasn't even sure where the track was heading or what the next patches (so sounds) might be. ... and even half way thru, I had a pretty dense track! so next time, I'll defintely think it thru first, Ideally have some kind of 'timeline' in my head, so that there are spaces to slot new things in, to let the track breath a bit. but it was a lot of fun, and I definitely learnt a few things along the way, I look forward to giving it another ago some time soon Great fun, thetechnobear , and super extra brownie points for doing it with an old 4-track. It's bizarre for me to think now how I yearned for one of those in the early 80's, but the £600+ price tag was just too much as I was still a student. I did manage to record a few things using two stereo cassette decks (one borrowed). That took quite some planning although the results were interesting, not least as all I had was a guitar and a borrowed ARP Axxe. I repaired a friend's spring reverb, so that was added to the (also borrowed) Watkins Copycat. Frontier Electronic Music But, you know what...? It was fun, and that's what I got from listening to this. The fun involved in bending some of this equipment to your will. I have a lot of catching up to do on the challenges, I have had some problems with a long-term health issue, so my energy has been low. My thought was ten tracks, all with the AE Modular, but not being quite as daring as you with the recording technology Thanks for the inspiration. I am also hoping that my new modules will arrive soon (five weeks now, so should be soon). That will provide some extra impetus to experiment. |
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Post by spacedog on Mar 19, 2019 9:48:10 GMT
This is my entry to the 10th patch challenge at the AE Modular forum. This week's topic was the number 10 (obviously) and I was a bit lazy and also wanted to play around with my new Korg Volca Sample. So I created this piece with 10 parts. 7 parts are played from the Volca Sample and 3 are played from the AE Modular. Unfortunately some of the Volca parts are very faint, so I need to work more on getting them better into the mix next time. But hey I only had the Volca for 2 days. The AE Modular is playing the same melody from SEQ16 on the VCO and one of the 2OSC. I route the triangle wave of the VCO through a SIGNALAMP to make it a bit stronger, then through the WAVEFOLDER and then into the LP of the Nyle filter. The OSC saw wave also goes into the BP of the Nyle where they get mixed. The cutoff frequency of the Nyle is modulated by an envelope that is triggered by channel 4 of TRIQ164 before it is added to the mix. Another triangle signal from the VCO is going straight into the WASP filter where the cutoff frequency is again modulated from another envelope and triggered by channel 3 of the TRIQ164 and then added to the mix. At the beginning it all starts with some good old noise going through a VCA into the mix that is modulated by a slow moving LFO (I wish it could be even slower!) The Volca audio is going into the 4IO strengthened by the SIGNALAMP before being added to the mix. The whole mix goes through the MultiFX Deepspace reverb ... Everything is synced up with the Keystep as the master clock. Volca receives clock via sync cable from Keystep and AE Modular gets the clock via MIDI. Thank you arti for the inspiration to get a Volca. The Sample is wonderful and it all syncs beautifully! Thanks, admin, I really enjoyed seeing you sitting at your "workbench" slaving over a hot AE Modular. I'm pleased that you're enjoying your new Volca I also love the setup, it looks like it promotes fun experimentation. Funnily enough, last week I dug out my old Korg Electribe ES-1, as I wasn't feeling like getting stuck into full music-making. It was fun to sit with this on my lap and re-learn how to use it. It's about 20 years old now and loading up sample sets is certainly a challenge, but I did it. My thinking was to create some AE Modular samples and get those loaded up for use in this challenge - something that will still happen soon. So thanks, you provided me with the impetus to get on with it. Playing on my lap also made me think about setting up a small stand-alone single-row rack, with MULTIFX and HPAMP, specifically for sitting on the sofa experimenting. |
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Post by admin on Mar 19, 2019 10:57:35 GMT
I decided that to meet this challenge, Id create 10 patches on the AE modular, so the track would be solely made on the AE modular. Obviously, I needed to multi-track to do this, but decided to stay away from the computer.. This is so good thetechnobear. I really enjoy your compositions, their rhythms and melodies. I have much to learn and listening to your music is always an inspiration! |
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Post by thetechnobear on Mar 19, 2019 14:17:52 GMT
thanks everyone... it was a lot of fun, theres something special about working with something simple, hands-on , and I learnt quite a bit in the process ... a bit like spacedog said, it reminded me of when I was a kid , and I had a JENS SX-1000 and used to record to a mono cassette recorder, so I could then play lead lines over the top - it was simple, but so much fun. also I also really liked the challenge, I would have normally probably stopped at 4-6 patches, but being forced to carry on, made me think about what else could I add...how to get variety?, but some how fit together? and really nice to do something solely on the AE for a change. I find it quite amusing to think, the 4-track is something like 32 years old, and analog modular has been around since the 60s (?), so 30 years ago, this would have been done in a similar way... whats so cool, is this stuff has become so affordable (though, I think Hainbach is responsible for raising the prices of all cassette recorders! ) spacedog - single row setup, sounds like a fun idea, hmm, gives me another idea for robertlanger , a mini master module, which is a usb midi device, and bus powered (this way I could power and drive it from my Organelle on a usb battery, perfect for the sofa/backpack!) |
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Post by spacedog on Mar 23, 2019 21:52:48 GMT
Better never than late late than never
I have some catching up to do, so I thought I'd start with this one. Here's the track
This is an homage to some Berlin School of the very early 70's... so for the theme of 10, I went for a decade - the 1970's, in which some of my favourite music was produced on some amazingly primitive equipment. I first started listening to this music around 1977 via the records that belonged to the older brother of a friend. So began a lifelong obsession.
I couldn't go the full pioneer spirit like thetechnobear , mainly as I didn't have an old cassette four-track handy, instead I introduced some (heavy) tape compression and a bit of hiss, topped off with an EQ curve to match the feel. It's meant to sound the way it does, really, with the compression catching the whole track in places
Both parts were recorded live, just not at the same time, in fact they were separated by a couple of weeks. The Farfisa organ I recorded this afternoon and the sequence was something I had been playing with previously. The organ is a sample and the sequence is 100% AE Modular, using the SEQ16, played and manipulated live. Sadly, I don't have any patch notes as I hadn't intended it for use here. Sorry.
Now to catch up on the others...!!!
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Post by arti on Mar 27, 2019 1:46:41 GMT
spacedog You've grabbed my attention at once by mentioning Berlin School I like Your entry very much. AEM pulse is great. It's amazing how well these two layers conceived independently work together, must be magic
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Post by spacedog on Mar 27, 2019 9:11:09 GMT
spacedog You've grab my attention at once by mentioning Berlin School I like Your entry very much. AEM pulse is great. It's amazing how well these two layers conceived independently work together, must be magic Thanks, arti , I was listening to some early Schulze for a while, so it probably had an effect that lasted long enough to cover both recordings The simple sequence/organ combination was definitely influenced by the track Totem from the album Picture Music. This is a favourite of mine as it was the first Schulze I heard. Whilst I'm not big on talking about my music, you may find something that you enjoy here, in particular the most recent entry XVI, which uses the AE Modular for all background ambience (and is free, if you want). I'm now looking to see if I can bend the AE Modular to my will to get those BPF-styled lead sounds. I've really not explored it as a lead instrument at all yet - it's performed perfectly for both ambience and sequences, though. It's become a key part of setting a backdrop onto which I can improvise, so I can't ask for more than that and I'm really looking forward to the next delivery of modules to try a few things that I can't quite achieve with what I have. |
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Post by pol on Apr 1, 2019 20:41:29 GMT
ok, its up Really like this one, and your copious notes about what you did; all my early stuff was live to cassette player, and used a mono reel to reel to put in sound FX etc! My stuff wasn't as good as this though.... Well done. |
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Then come other members of the pack with some more mysterious elements - there is even the crow-cry 
