Let there be light....

Just watched the HAINBACH video. He’s releasing the samples via Bandcamp, which might be a good idea for us as well, since we already have the AETHERWAVES label for community releases.

Hi, the AEtherwaves label was made for the first community album and I would like to keep it focussed on AE Modular community projects. If we embark on this Sample Pack project then we will need to establish some guidelines so that the product has a certain quality when we put on the AEtherwaves Bandcamp label.

Also sometime later this year I would like to organise Vol.II of the AEtherwaves Album and I hope we will then get as many awesome tracks as we had last year.

The most important guideline for things that go under AEtherwaves is that all sounds must come from the AE Modular. Some modulation with effects is allowed, and last year we did also allow a few other synths and drum machines just as long as the main part of the track was made with the AE Modular.

For a Sample Pack we should have a 100% AE Modular rule though.

iKaossilator from korg is also FREE until the end of march!

ok, Ive shared this on the patch challenge... as thats really what I created the 'stems' for... but thought perhaps chatting a little about it here is interesting  

what Ive done is create a Jam on Endlesss, see endlesss.fm (thats 3 s' !!), 

what is Endlesss?
its a collaboration platform, basically you can 'join' jams and add loops (aka riffs), it simple to use, and quite alot of fun.
it has built-in instruments, but you can also use external input (what ive done here), from there you can play with a variety of FX, or do things like resample riffs.
whats fun, is its quick, fun, and non-destructive  - so anyone can join it, and have a play - without fear of 'screwing up'

(also jam sessions have chat, so you can chat with people e.g. where might you go, what to try etc?) 


you'll need to signup for Endless.fm , and download the free iOS app on your iOS device (its going roll out for more platforms but its iOS only for now)
then click on the following link to 'join the jam'


what have i I done, Ive created a  set of 'riffs' that are completely AE modular ...  

endlesss.fm/band/1463bd0fe92070c73fca3ca02f0d603d5ac5c2792104bc2d9433acd53f35bf2a/join



the idea is simple... collaboration, and sharing in there times of widespread isolation.
from the iOS app, you can then remix the jam, or resample parts of it, and transpose or add a variety of fx.

you could also, add extra layers with built in instruments - but perhaps we keep this one solely AE modular?


if you want to add extra content (from AE modular) , you'll need to connect your iOS device as to an audio interface, 
then you can use the 'microphone' module in endlesss to record external input.



also don't worry too much about 'mucking stuff up', you can always select a previous 'riff' and start from there again... so nothing is 'lost

thats what i live about endlesss, its very easy going, and fun to just play with...

of course, for AE modular, its also handy as an easy to use looper

handy tips...
a few tips is your not familiar with endless (was only released yesterday!)

solo mode - if you listen to the 'jam', then exit it... and go back to 'solo' mode, it will actually have copied all the parts over to your solo section.
useful if you want to 'practice' there before adding riffs.

looper mode -switch to the 'advanced looper' (its not that advanced really) 
its what I call a retrospective looper, so its always listening to your audio input (or what you play including fx/resampling)
and then you press the number of bars (after having played) to say how many bars you want to keep/record. (8,4,2,1)
 
using as a looper
if you want to use just for messing with loops, this its a lot of fun... and whats cool is you can export stems of any riff.
so, you can use it as a kind of recorder.
also... of course if you just have your AE and phone to hand, you can use it to add backing tracks (pad, drums) to you AE riffs  

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This jam has same riffs but I’ve shared publicly - spreading the AE love ❤️
so is likely to get non-ae content added , so good place if you want to do that, e.g. mess with endlesss internal instruments. 

Let's jam together on Endlesss! Here's an invite to a jam called Isolate2020:

endlesss.fm/band/45be293ea40c37b26448115431c2197ac47d19d7133bd1d4b39c3bd351f5dd96/join