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I've recently become very annoyed at my inability to write anything lasting with my modular synth setup. I found that as it grew, my actual productivity/usability with the modular decreased. This is not an uncommon phenomenon and one that I've struggled with over the past 3 years or so. Part of the reason is that my personal method of composition and the way the modular synth works are antithetical: I tend to have an idea pretty much conceptualized from scratch: the theme, tempo/key changes, instrumentation, etc. But the modular synth is more about sonic exploration, finding the sweet spots and undiscovered sonic countrysides or skylines not achieved through typical means. (I don't even use a standard keyboard or MIDI controller with my modular setup).
So, I've decided to challenge myself! I have a swath of time off between now and the end of the year and I am going to use that time to try and crack the Modular Code. Every day for 30 days I am going to compose and record a single piece of music using the modular. The only rules I have for myself are that 1) I have to do it every day for 30 days, and 2) I have to try a new patch or synthesis method for each composition. Everything else -- tempo, instrumentation, key sig -- is up for grabs.
I'll post the fruit of my labors here in case anyone is interested in taking the journey with me into the deep corners of synthesis and electronic music composition.
DAY 1
DAY 2
So far I have started very small and very simple: just three modules, two of which are semimodular synths in and of themselves: The Moog Mother-32 and Moog Subharmonicon. The 3rd modular is a sequencer which I use as my master clock and to sequence the Mother-32.
So, I've decided to challenge myself! I have a swath of time off between now and the end of the year and I am going to use that time to try and crack the Modular Code. Every day for 30 days I am going to compose and record a single piece of music using the modular. The only rules I have for myself are that 1) I have to do it every day for 30 days, and 2) I have to try a new patch or synthesis method for each composition. Everything else -- tempo, instrumentation, key sig -- is up for grabs.
I'll post the fruit of my labors here in case anyone is interested in taking the journey with me into the deep corners of synthesis and electronic music composition.
DAY 1
DAY 2
So far I have started very small and very simple: just three modules, two of which are semimodular synths in and of themselves: The Moog Mother-32 and Moog Subharmonicon. The 3rd modular is a sequencer which I use as my master clock and to sequence the Mother-32.
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