Post by sharps on Sept 28, 2022 12:46:07 GMT
I haven't posted them anywhere, but I often record my patches before I pull them apart and make new ones.
That means taking the AE over to my desk and plugging it into one channel on my audio interface (Behringer UMC404HD), then opening Reaper. Actually I think last time I didn't bother unplugging the digitone from the interface and just ran the AE through the digitone inputs. Probably not good for my signal chain but eh. Just as a thought, could you just buy a long cable to save moving the AE? - I started doing that for some of my recordings as it's just easier!
I don't have the I/O, voices, or (internal) mixer in my extremely small modular system to produce stereo, or to multitrack record what the modular is doing, even though there's four ins on my interface. I normally record my AE as mono, and just convert it to stereo in my PC via an audio editing program, my Aetherwaves contributions have all been done like this. Can you multitrack in Reaper? (i.e. play the AE along to something you've already recorded?) justa thought.
I dunno. Sharing my music is hard. It's both easier and harder when it's modular jamming, on a limited system, and not actually good as music. I use the modular more for music-meditation and exploration than songwriting -- I'd need better sequencers for that and I haven't built them yet. But that means there's more noise than song in my recordings, and while I like the noises, it's hard to expect that other people would too when they weren't really made to be good noises at all. So it's difficult because the sounds are bad and I'm not confident, but it's easier because I'm less personally invested in what I've created. You might have noticed people here like drones etc so your music-meditations (like that phrase, 
) would probably go down well. Totally get doing stuff not necessarily for the end result but the process/feeling etc. and well done you for recognising that. I would actually be interested to see what can be done with a "limited" system. the only other thing I would say, (to encourage to post some of your music), is that some very big artists hate the fan favourite songs, so just because you don't think they are very good.....
) would probably go down well. Totally get doing stuff not necessarily for the end result but the process/feeling etc. and well done you for recognising that. I would actually be interested to see what can be done with a "limited" system. the only other thing I would say, (to encourage to post some of your music), is that some very big artists hate the fan favourite songs, so just because you don't think they are very good.....Maybe when there's a few more tracks I'll select my favorites, edit them down, upload them to soundcloud or something, and post a short modular noise EP. Please do, we're nosey about what other people do!
I have a 1x16 system and a battery for it, moving it is pretty easy. I patch curled up on the floor with a battery-powered amp, so a long cable wouldn't cut it.
I could layer in Reaper, yeah. Tbh though, that'd mean patching to accompany recordings, and that sounds tedious. I like it all self-contained and the recording as a process at the end. When I say multitrack, I mean recording multiple voices/sub-mixes from the same modular at the same time. Even if I could do this, I make my patches listening on a stereo amp so more than 2 sub-mixes would be hard to get going.
I could layer in Reaper, yeah. Tbh though, that'd mean patching to accompany recordings, and that sounds tedious. I like it all self-contained and the recording as a process at the end. When I say multitrack, I mean recording multiple voices/sub-mixes from the same modular at the same time. Even if I could do this, I make my patches listening on a stereo amp so more than 2 sub-mixes would be hard to get going.
Actually, it's not just that I'm jamming on modular, but also the specific system I've chosen to build. My voices are generally solina, 2OSC/d thru a kuzmin, and 2x kæstle. The kuzmin is great but distorted and raw. The kæstle is usually right on the border of what counts as music. The solina dosen't make it into most patches. And I'm sequencing with the rbss, kæstle, and modulators. This tends to raw noisy drones, glitches, and weird looping melodies without much rhythm, sometimes with string-machine pads or stabs. There are other tricks, like the rbss as a 'wavetable-like' oscillator, and using clock divisions to mix things up, but that's generally it. So to me it 'sounds modular' -- few mono/para voices, noise, etc. I really, really need to work on DIYing those sequencer ideas I have floating around my head.
Haha well anyway, I'm sleep deprived, willing to make bad decisions, and you guys have convinced me. I've made a new soundcloud with a new artist name and uploaded some things. Will post over in the performances forum shortly. Nothing I have so far is worthy of Ætherwaves but maybe I'll work on something for it.
