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Dear Friends, Supporters and Members,

My huge Voltage Modular Series has started, and the first video is on line now.

“The Triumph Of a Misconception” talks a bit about the legendary Roland TB-303, demonstrates and explains even the smallest details of the Voltage Modular “303 Bass Synth” module, introduces even two more Voltage Modular bass modules, which are inspired by Roland´s TB-303, and recreates three original vintage bass tracks, 2 from the 1980s and one from the 1990s

The picture tells the whole story!

But be prepared for something

EXTRAORDINARY

at the end of next week!

Cheers and Peace!

Rolf

In this series of posts and articles I´m exclusively using rather basic modules to fulfil certain tasks, and I always try to leave the patches as less complex as possible.

Today´s tasks is: creating a simple macro controller

(this is really a simple one, but some of you might not have thought of it nevertheless)

Sometimes you don´t have enough hands to dial all knobs in your patch that you would need to in a live situation (or when recording in the studio without having automation on).

It is said, that modular synth enthusiasts suffer from a lack of humour and take their activities (too) deadly serious.

I don´t know whether that´s true or not.

So let me think back and find out if this is true for me.

Alright then.

In the late 60s it was definitely not true, nor was it until the late 70s.

In this series of posts and articles I´m exclusively using rather basic modules to fulfil certain tasks, and I always try to leave the patches as less complex as possible.

Today´s tasks is:

Make a random mono pitch progression polyphonic using only a single pitch CV source.

The block diagram shows the principle.

Red arrows are pitch CV,

yellow arrows are triggers and gates,

orange arrows are envelope modulated audio volumes,

blue arrows are pure audio.

Composing And Scripting Generative Music

In this title of one of the chapters of volume 3 of my e-book trilogy about making generative music with modular synths I use the term “scripting” instead of “writing scores”. The reason is clear: we can write the score of a piece of (neo)classic music or even of a simple pop song.

Me:

Let´s talk about sonic grains and granular sound processing. First for the Beginners:

What are sonic grains?

ChatGPT:

Sonic grains are tiny, short audio samples that are used in granular synthesis and sound processing. They are typically less than 50 milliseconds in duration and are manipulated and combined in various ways to create new sounds. The manipulation of sonic grains can result in granular textures, soundscapes, and other complex and dynamic audio effects.

Me:

It´s time for some deep thoughts about the relation of generative music and AI. There´s going to be a series of articles about the matter here on this site soon. But also you can contribute, can help developing the project. Just leave you thoughts and notes in the comments (as some of you have started doing on my social media - thank you for that).

Enjoy your day!

Rolf