didgeridoo.jet.pack; intellimantis modular system :: 2019.07.28 :: modular synth performance

A human being from Earth hurtles across the terrain of Proxima Centauri b using a jet pack powered by a 5-foot long termite-hollowed trunk of a Eucalyptus Woollybutt. This piece was originally composed on piano and translated piece-wise into the Arturia Keystep and played back live. This drives the 1V/octave input on the Make Noise STO, which is sent to QPAS. The same Maths output drives the STO shape and the QPAS frequency inputs. The main didgeridoo-ish sounding bass-line refrain was also "programmed" into 1 channel of the Make Noise Pressure Points to that it could be played independently. The bass line is a mix of radio static and the output of the Intellijel Dixie II+ combined in the FxDf and sent out through the RxMx, whose inputs are modulated by various sources, including a Maths and a channel from the Xaoc Batumi. This is given some variance in depth by turning off and on the high/low tone setting on the AM radio, and the variance in rhythm is generated by using various settings on a Maths channel that helps drive the Channel Select 2 input on the RxMx. The other 2 channels from Pressure Points are used to change the fall inputs on 2 separate Maths channels that determine the repeated nature of the rapid noise/hat sound as well as the output from the 2HP Pluck (which is sent out through the Xaoc Belgrad). The ratcheting sound is obtained by triggering one channel on Maths (or another envelope source) which is used to trigger the Cycle setting on another Maths channel. The effective length of the high-end of the signal on the incoming envelope determines the length of the ratchet, and the rise and fall settings on the 2nd channel determine the frequency of the ratchet "hits" -- this is actually a lot of fun to play with, and I use this technique a lot for either drum ratcheting or to produce a strumming sound with the 2HP Pluck. Track recorded live in one take, no editing.