In the World of Grains – Part 9

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A lot of parameters of single grains, and a lot of parameters of (complex) clouds!

The Modules of the Vintage ARP 2500 – Part 12

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“A Whiff of Krell” or “ARP2500 and Voltage Modular go Krell”

Today´s patch is inspired by what is usually called “Krell Music”. A bit of background information about”Krell Music” may come in handy here. It was the year 1956, when the film “Forbidden Planet” went to the cinemas.

Close Encounters of a Special Kind – Part 12

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Milk, Rubber and Lucky Accidents

I know, I promised to write something about reverb first, but simple life itself is a great sound designer sometimes, and so is – milk. Yes, I said “milk”, or better said: these middle sized half open boxes where they put 12 units of milk in. Yes, it is all about sound – just be patient. I imagine, that all of you have tried to record a strained rubber band once.

Thoughts on Generative Music - Part 12

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Chapter 4:

Some Building Blocks

of Generative Patching

In the World of Grains – Part 8

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The Modules of the Vintage ARP 2500 – Part 11

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Close Encounters of a Special Kind – Part 11

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Thoughts on Generative Music - Part 11

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Chapter 3.4:

Certain Patch Techniques And Examples

In the World of Grains – Part 7

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Here we have to differentiate between at least 2 levels of organisation: the (single) grain level, and the level of clusters of grains (sometimes called “events”, sometimes called “molecules”).

On the level of a single grain there are only three basic parameters:

The Modules of the Vintage ARP 2500 – Part 10

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In my last article I took a patch from the original ARP 2500 vintage modular synthesizer, analysed it and transferred it to Cherry Audio´s Voltage Modular. Today I´m walking the line in the opposite direction. I start with a brass-like patch at Voltage modular, explain the goings on and transfer it to the “switch” version of the original ARP 2500 (the software emulation G2500). Let´s go!