Snd 141 - [20.05.2012]

Playful Pattern & Texture

Some experimentation with pattern and texture for todays upload, resulting in a slightly irritable sound but having some interesting moments as it shifts around.

I can’t say this is the result I was looking for this morning, or really like as something to listen to as it, but was thinking about my upload a little differently today and so decided to go with it, seeing where this mindset would put me and what kind of interesting things might happen.

It does sound a great deal like a very old patch I did some years ago, back not long after buying the Nord Modular, and kind of feel that perhaps this slightly more laid back approach does lead me more to sounds that are less organised, structured and more random and certainly sounding more like a sound than sketch.

This is approach is certainly something to consider for the future, should I want to create some interesting sounds more than track idea, then this might be a preferred way to approach the Nord Modular. This is certainly the sort of sound I might well sample sections of, as apposed to whole sections.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Snd 140 - [19.05.2012]

Muted Pulsations

Todays upload is the result of some experimenting triggering envelopes controlling sine waves to give a similar result or texture to those found in say software like PulsarGenerator or perhaps sharing some similarity with previous uploads.

Although PulsarGenerator has a much more interesting interaction created within the sounds due to its precision being far beyond the Nord Modular, the lack of this precision in the Nord Modular creates for some interesting overlapping of envelopes, pops, clicks etc forming some very desirable results.

Snd 139 - [18.05.2012]

A Static Process

Todays upload is the result of further experiments in how I approach the patch design in the Nord Modular. I have found from experiencing some patches created by other Nord Modular users, and remembering those I created back at the beginning of the year, it is during that learning phase that perhaps the most unexpected connections occur, and through learning my way around the Nord Modular, there is the possibility habits form.

Snd 138 - [17.05.2012]

Logical Methods

Todays upload is perhaps one for fans of such sounds as those found in Mark Fells recent output, a fiercely repetitive quality, bright and buzzy.

Snd 137 - [16.05.2012]

formed balance

Yesterday me and my partner Lucia had the pleasure of meeting up with Robert Curgenven, who dodged the rain and popped round for coffee, chat/rant, and to kindly drop of his latest releases, the much anticipated collaboration with Richard Chartier entitled Built Through, a release on Line, and another work I have been very excited by, this time released on Winds Measure Recordings as a 12”, a split release with Will Montgomery.

Snd 136 - [15.05.2012]

Clik Rs

Todays upload is quite an exciting one for me, the reason being as it ticks a few little boxes I have in my mind, such as it is only a single patch running at a lovely 99% on the CPU, also I like how it sounds, it also uses the idea I have previously of emulating that looping feel that occurs when using samplers, but ultimately I learnt lots doing it…so I am very pleased indeed.

Snd 135 - [14.05.2012]

Bayreuth Sketch

Late last night while working on steps for the label Sm-ll, I plugged in to the sounds of Jan Jelinek under his alias Farben.

Jan’s work has always caught my ear, being something both abstract yet accesible, smooth and crisp, and mellow yet grooving. Ultimately there is always a time for Jan Jelinek. His work is also enjoyed by my partner Lucia, and so it is great when we remember to put on his work.

Snd 134 - [13.05.2012]

Scratchy Edits

Some more late evening exploration in patterns using the logic modules in the Nord Modular, and getting ever closer to a something exciting I feel.

Today has mostly been a day of challenges of perspective, determination and focus on the future, which I must say for all its challenges it has delivered many positives that I am largely appreciative of.

Snd 133 - [12.05.2012]

Further Pattern Testing

Tonights upload is dealing with some further testing on the perception of sounds, such things as the role they might play in a pattern, the perception of frequencies and their role through headphones as apposed to speakers, and also attempting to find that point where something is no longer simple and ventures into complexity, something I feel this upload might…although some may simply say it sounds odd.

Snd 132 - [11.05.2012]

Sm-ll Series Sketch #1

Todays uploads is another taking further steps towards finding that balance of genre and an introduction of context and language that will start of the label Sm-ll, and introducing the conceptual 12” series.

I feel this is perhaps one example that is closest to many of things I am trying to get right, and am beginning to understand the sound to be something that has an inspiration taken from the structure of certain Techno music, with additional dub connections. But also there is the shifting of sound, a repetition and reduction of sound usage that ultimately barely just holds this sort of sound together.