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Post by admin on May 15, 2019 20:24:37 GMT
This competition is now closed! And the winner is ... Please see my last post.Patch Competition - Minisynth Competition!!Theme: Submit your patch using only the modules from the Superbooth Minisynth on time with a chance to win one of 3 prizes!Submission window: Submit your patch by 11pm (GMT+2) Tuesday 21/05/2019 Competition Rules: We posted this competition prior to the Superbooth and were hoping to attract many people to play at the booth. Alas, the booth was so busy that there wasn't much time for people to play and also not many were keen to try their luck (skill) on location. So I have asked Marco and Felix who were the only ones who entered a patch whether they are happy with the competition to be made available to a wider audience, to which they agreed. So now you have a chance to win one of these prizes with your submission: - #1 - A free module - The new DRUM 010 Module (inc. shipping)
- #2 - An AE Modular T-Shirt (inc. shipping)
- #3 - A discount voucher for the tangible waves online shop for 15 Euros.
You can only use the modules from the following system:- Master
- 2OSC/d
- Noise
- LFO
- SVFilter
- Mixer 4-4
- 2ENV
- 2VCA
- Delay
 IMPORTANTYou must enter with a Youtube video that has the following hashtags: #AEChallenge and #AEModular
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 Gaëtan on May 16, 2019 9:22:44 GMT
Good luck to the participants ! That sounds fun.
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Post by moruial on May 18, 2019 8:41:47 GMT
And here it is!
At first, when I saw the competition for Superbooth, I wanted to also participate, just for the fun of it. I had no idea what interesting thing I can do with few modules, so I decide to wait until somebody post something, as I'm lazy sometime finding inspiration haha. Anyway after few try, I was'n seduced by the sound, so I gave up until this morning.
Got my tea by my side, sate down to the desk, and lets go! I don't have the 2OSC/d so I used the 2OSC, same for the SVFILTER that I don't own, yet. I went with the WASPFILTER. Square wave from the OSC1 and Saw from OSC2 goes to the mixer and to the VCA, modulated by an EG trigged by fast LFO. The VCA goes to the WASPFILTER and is modulated by the Triangle wave of the same LFO. HP OUT of the filter to the dalay, and then to the Master.
I didn't use the Noise in this pacth. No external effect, not mastering, no thing, just pure raw sound of the AEM. My idea here was as this Patch Challenge was meant to be at Superbooth, I expected entries without external gear but the AEM, so wanted to do the same.
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Post by admin on May 18, 2019 10:33:43 GMT
OK, this is a very nice entry and especially kudos for being the first to try your hand at this! I also liked that you didn't use any external sequencers or keyboards because as you have correctly assumed ... those weren't available at Superbooth either! The challenge rules stated "must upload a Youtube video with hashtags #AEChallenge and #AEModular" BUT I would allow Soundcloud uploads as well if everyone else is also happy with this. But please add those two hashtags to your file on Soundcloud. |
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Post by spacedog on May 18, 2019 10:56:31 GMT
And here it is!
At first, when I saw the competition for Superbooth, I wanted to also participate, just for the fun of it. I had no idea what interesting thing I can do with few modules, so I decide to wait until somebody post something, as I'm lazy sometime finding inspiration haha. Anyway after few try, I was'n seduced by the sound, so I gave up until this morning.
Got my tea by my side, sate down to the desk, and lets go! I don't have the 2OSC/d so I used the 2OSC, same for the SVFILTER that I don't own, yet. I went with the WASPFILTER. Square wave from the OSC1 and Saw from OSC2 goes to the mixer and to the VCA, modulated by an EG trigged by fast LFO. The VCA goes to the WASPFILTER and is modulated by the Triangle wave of the same LFO. HP OUT of the filter to the dalay, and then to the Master.
I didn't use the Noise in this pacth. No external effect, not mastering, no thing, just pure raw sound of the AEM. My idea here was as this Patch Challenge was meant to be at Superbooth, I expected entries without external gear but the AEM, so wanted to do the same.
I agree with admin, well done on using what would have been available at SuperBooth - and also being first. I had been thinking about how I would feel with just one delay Time to get inventive.
It was an interesting sound where (to my ears) the delay time created phasing effects as it was different to the clock speed (not much, but enough). That meant that I heard different amounts and lengths of delays, which was fun.
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Post by moruial on May 18, 2019 15:18:12 GMT
The challenge rules stated "must upload a Youtube video with hashtags #AEChallenge and #AEModular" BUT I would allow Soundcloud uploads as well if everyone else is also happy with this. But please add those two hashtags to your file on Soundcloud. I didn't expect to run for the competition as I wasn't using the right modules and wasn't done during the superbooth. Nonetheless I add the # thing on Soundcloud. |
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Post by admin on May 18, 2019 21:06:24 GMT
This is NOT a submission, but rather another stimulus for you guys to participate ... come on, if I can do it then you can, too! I have really no musical background or much knowledge at all, I'm just fooling around.
So here is my take on the AE Modular Minisynth ... this time I found these radio waves hidden in the SV Filter and just went exploring from there:
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Post by moruial on May 19, 2019 5:55:36 GMT
Like it! Especially the second half. Might have been my speaker but there was some tiny ear piercing frequencies at the beginning. That SVFilter really sound great.
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Post by arti on May 19, 2019 20:11:17 GMT
This was a challenging challenge  A bit unusual set of modules for me, but I've deceided to try I'm glad I did, because I've found quite a variety of sounds which was a nice surprise for myself and here's my entry:  Technical information, module by module: no CVFilter- Wasp instead no 2OSC/d- 2osc instead no 2env- 2x env instead I don't have HPAMP 2OSC: osc1/square->Delay in osc1/square->ENV1 gt1 osc2/square->WASP FILTER in osc2/saw->2OSC cv2 NOISE: A out->2VCA in2 LFO (switches set to triangle/slow) square->2OSC cv1 triangle->2OSC sync1 trigger->ENV2 gt1 WASP: LP->2VCA in1 ENV1 (switches set to trigger/fast) out->WASP cv1 out->2VCA cv2 ENV2 (switches set to gate/fast) out->2VCA cv1 out->2OSC pwm1 2VCA out1->MIXER4/4 A2 out2->MIXER4/4 A3 Delay out->MIXER4/4 A1 MIXER4/4 outA->MASTER Audio1 I/O outA->MASTER Audio2 I/O |
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Post by bahm on May 19, 2019 20:42:00 GMT
This is my patch. Made a short drum loop in the background and used a sequencer. I used master, 2osc/d,noise for modulating the delay, 1lfo modulating noise and oscsync and pwm via 2att/cv and now i see this one is not allowed. damn.  2env for svfilter and vca. |
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Post by admin on May 19, 2019 21:37:32 GMT
This is my patch. Made a short drum loop in the background and used a sequencer. I used master, 2osc/d,noise for modulating the delay, 1lfo modulating noise and oscsync and pwm via 2att/cv and now i see this one is not allowed. damn. Hi bahm, while I really love your patch I can't allow it as a proper submission for the competition as it uses external gear like a sequencer and the drum track. I must admit though that those two ingredients make this little unit even more compelling and I think you made really good use of them. I also love the drum sequence ... I'm still at the very beginning of getting to know my Volca Sample and if I can get drums like yours out of it then I would be happy |
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Post by bahm on May 19, 2019 22:25:40 GMT
This is my patch. Made a short drum loop in the background and used a sequencer. I used master, 2osc/d,noise for modulating the delay, 1lfo modulating noise and oscsync and pwm via 2att/cv and now i see this one is not allowed. damn. Hi bahm , while I really love your patch I can't allow it as a proper submission for the competition as it uses external gear like a sequencer and the drum track. I must admit though that those two ingredients make this little unit even more compelling and I think you made really good use of them. I also love the drum sequence ... I'm still at the very beginning of getting to know my Volca Sample and if I can get drums like yours out of it then I would be happy OK sorry careck... Just because the description says:" 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!" I thought it would be okay to go with the drum flow... You know. But ok so maybe someone copied it over from the other challenges and if I have the time I will upload something else tomorrow. As far as programming the drums it's not even anything special to program on your volca. Just 4 to the floor. Kick on 1,2,3,4, Snare on 2,4, and closed hihats on all 8ths. Nothing else... Didn't even make one variation. Don't know if volca can do this but the notes are all like 1 percent to early or late. |
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Post by admin on May 19, 2019 22:44:24 GMT
OK sorry careck... Just because the description says:" 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!" I thought it would be okay to go with the drum flow... You know. But ok so maybe someone copied it over from the other challenges and if I have the time I will upload something else tomorrow. Oops! You are right ... it says so! And yes I did just copy the template of the normal patch challenges! I am so sorry! Your entry is of course accepted into the competition!(I shouldn't do these things while on holidays ... my brain is only working on 50% it seems) |
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Post by bahm on May 19, 2019 22:53:33 GMT
Your entry is of course accepted into the competition!(I shouldn't do these things while on holidays ... my brain is only working on 50% it seems) It's OK for me if I get disqualified. I used that 2att/cv anyways. |
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Post by ben on May 20, 2019 11:09:59 GMT
Here's my ambient-like noisy take. Altho I might be "disqualified" because I'm not using the right modules. I don't have 2OSC /d, instead using VCO. SVFilter --> Wasp Filter. 2ENV-->ENV Basically adjusting by hand LFO rate, Filter's CV input amount and Delay's delay time. Midi notes to VCO coming from Keystep. List of the modules: Master, VCO, LFO (2x), ENV, Filter (Wasp), Delay. |
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Post by spacedog on May 20, 2019 11:42:34 GMT
Here's my ambient-like noisy take. Altho I might be "disqualified" because I'm not using the right modules. I don't have 2OSC /d, instead using VCO. SVFilter --> Wasp Filter. 2ENV-->ENV Basically adjusting by hand LFO rate, Filter's CV input amount and Delay's delay time. Midi notes to VCO coming from Keystep. List of the modules: Master, VCO, LFO (2x), ENV, Filter (Wasp), Delay. Ooooooooooo, the competition is hotting up It is nice to see the performance, although I can't do it myself at the moment. I've tried some form of video editing/manipulation and my old steam-powered laptop isn't really up to the job (for example, I tried something really simple with my Coventry piece and I swear the render time was measured in days). That was really enjoyable and so simple to achieve. |
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Post by spacedog on May 20, 2019 11:46:31 GMT
This was a challenging challenge A bit unusual set of modules for me, but I've deceided to try I'm glad I did, because I've found quite a variety of sounds which was a nice surprise for myself and here's my entry: Technical information, module by module: [edited] I enjoyed that, arti . Some very interesting sounds that reminded me of a Sample CD that I bought years ago called Malice in Wonderland. It was that eerie feeling where you have to look behind you just to check... nice work |
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Post by spacedog on May 20, 2019 11:50:14 GMT
This is my patch. Made a short drum loop in the background and used a sequencer. I used master, 2osc/d,noise for modulating the delay, 1lfo modulating noise and oscsync and pwm via 2att/cv and now i see this one is not allowed. damn. 2env for svfilter and vca. Well, now that I've checked out the completition I am officially worried... some good stuff. I like the tough grungy feel, bahm. It's an area into which I haven't strayed, so it was really intersting to hear how it worked and that I liked the feel. You're pushing the AE Modular into sounds that are very interesting. Well done, good sounds. |
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Post by bahm on May 20, 2019 13:36:49 GMT
Thanks, I always feel like using the synth not modular enough. Like I could do this with my evolver too and it's not worth to use the AE for that "standard stuff" like vco to filter to amp, with other modules as modulators. |
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Post by bahm on May 20, 2019 18:42:23 GMT
Ok, this is only the AE now... Nothing else and only the legal modules. At one point I turn the knobs on the wasp but it isn't connected... Left hand is note pitching.
Patch is mostly the same.
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Post by spacedog on May 20, 2019 19:04:24 GMT
Ok, this is only the AE now... Nothing else and only the legal modules. At one point I turn the knobs on the wasp but it isn't connected... Left hand is note pitching. Patch is mostly the same. Great fun, bahm. It was like the soundtrack to a film about Chernobyl - with effects. Then you did the modular equivalent of dropping the mic at the end |
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Post by moruial on May 20, 2019 19:23:41 GMT
Then you did the modular equivalent of dropping the mic at the end I love doing that in the end of a little session finishing in pure chaotic sound madness. but i prefer to finis by just unplug the INPUT of the delay, that way it slowly ends in a sweet and yet brutal manner. |
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Post by bahm on May 20, 2019 19:29:47 GMT
Then you did the modular equivalent of dropping the mic at the end I love doing that in the end of a little session finishing in pure chaotic sound madness. but i prefer to finis by just unplug the INPUT of the delay, that way it slowly ends in a sweet and yet brutal manner. That's what I wanted to do too... But I didn't think and unplugged the wrong one. S**t happens... 😊. |
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Post by ben on May 21, 2019 10:41:43 GMT
OK so I've decided to go a bit further... Recorded a short piece in a few takes/loops. My guess it isn't mentioned in the rules section that the piece can not be recorded in a few instances, altho I might be disqualified for not using the right modules. The idea was kinda just to see how far is it possible to go with a few modules. ...and it's almost endless, just need some patience in patching and EQ'ing, then taking apart all the patch cables and patching again for the different sound. As previously mentioned, I don't have 2OSC/d and a few other modules. Here are my closest ones for a match: 2OSC/d --> VCO SVFilter --> Filter (WASP) 2ENV --> ENV For percussive sounds used Noise to Wasp Filter, and in most cases haven't used VCA. Instead of VCA - sent LFO to ENV, and from ENV it goes to Wasp Filter's CV input, to open and cut the signal. And then fed to Delay module. For low bass drum used VCO, LFO, ENV and Wasp Filter. For synth and pad sounds used VCO, ENV, VCA, Wasp Filter and Delay module. All sounds (except vocal of course) made using AE Modular, previously mentioned modules. No additional effects or other modules applied. All parts recorded to the iPhone using AUM app. For vocal recording used simple headphone microphone, added some effects directly in AUM vocal input channel: Audio Damage's "Rough Rider2" and "Replicant2", "AUVoiceRackFX", Bleass "Reverb". While recording the video thought it was a bit boring so added vocal part with "Glitché" app effect. Please let me know if you'd like more detailed explanation of the process although it might be some parts I forgot myself because most of the stuff that was recorded - I took apart in order to make a different patch/sounds. |
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Post by admin on May 22, 2019 12:00:04 GMT
This competition is now closed!I'm just completely blown away by those amazing entries! I knew that this forum attracts only awesome people, but all your submissions in the face of those severe limitations are really amazing and inspiring, thank you all for participating! I will now consolidate the list of entries for robertlanger and ask him to pick the winners which might take until next week as he his preparing his own stage appearance this weekend at the Ambient Waves concert in Munich. For those of you who missed out this time ... don't fret ... I'm sure we will do something like this again! And then there are of course the normal patch challenges which are always open for new submissions even if their "official" due dates have lapsed. These are a great resource for inspiration in addition of course to the wonderful Disquiet Junto challenges!
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A bit unusual set of modules for me, but I've deceided to try I'm glad I did, because I've found quite a variety of sounds which was a nice surprise for myself 
