This a set I'm developing for the next few shows. Lugging out my key sysnths or guitar isn't always ideal and this have been a big solve.

I cannot wait to record this properly:

Infrasonic Audio Warp Core
Bastl Ikarie
ALM MCO mk II
Dwyfor Tech Pas-Isel
Intellijel Tangrams
Intellijel Sealegs
Bastl Neotrinity
tubbutec Brain Step

EDITED Sep 1st 2025, 04:34

Debuting a video for the first track off my EP that drops Friday. 6 minutes long:

Hi All, last June I helped produce a modular free jazz/play event at ridgewoodsoundlab. Tonight, at 10PM EST, I am going to premiere the video of the full show tonight on my YouTube channel. I would love some company down memory lane:

EDITED Jun 10th 2025, 01:22

Thanks Jukeshoe! I had this idea for so long, months, but I was getting by with hot keys to change patterns, but then it just became too regular of an error it ignore. I am really glad people are getting use out of the vid.

I have been using a BeatStep Pro to sequence my modular system for almost eight years and after such heavy use it has started to show some wear. In this video I take apart my BSP and give it a little TLC to fix the issues:

EDITED Apr 14th 2025, 20:39

Hi, this is my set from Modular World Ep. 48. So much fun. I continue to love the BeatStep Pro after all these years. I keep telling myself I am going to make a non-melodic track, but I always fail this assignment:

I'm super happy to share that Carnal Ex and I are featured on Modular World with performaces and a great conversation. The show premieres Sunday, February 16th at 4PM EST. We'd love to see some friendly faces in chat if you wanted to drop in.

I made a preview video for a new 10 track album to give a sense of the music and the space from which the music was made. I gigged with these songs for a while and recorded the stems over a year ago, so it is very meaningful to finally have them out in the world. The full album is out March 21st on Bandcamp, with a wider release the following week.

While I dig your music, I am always caught by the clarity and beauty of your visuals. :)

Subbed, nice performance.

The BeatStep Pro is one of the most used solutions : https://www.arturia.com/products/hybrid-synths/beatstep-pro/details
-- Sweelinck

I am a big fan of the BeatStep Pro. Endorse endorse endorse this.

Here is a short excerpt from from a live stream on Earth Modular Society. The vocoder is from the microKorg, and I sequence with a BeatStep Pro:

Oh, that Cizzle does look like a useful module. I was looking for the dual tones for the rack theme. This was just my first patch using the Casor & Pollux, def want to get into some of the dreamy synth lead lines next.

This is awesome! Nice build.

Voice Patch Notes

Moog Subharmonicon to Steady State Fate Dipole [with incoming cv from Xaoc Zadar] to Intellijel Quad VCA [to use as pre stereo attenuator] to Qu-Bit Aurora out to Left and Right channels.

Winterbloom Castor & Pollux to Joranalogue Compare 2 to Arcus Audio VCA [with incoming cv from Xaoc Zadar] out to Canter channel.

Guitar into Boredbrain Injectr to Schlappi Engineering 100 Grit toMutable Instruments Clouds to Endorphin.es Milky Way out to Center channel.

Mother 32 out to Center channel.

Here is my new spectral harmonic three tier rack featuring a Subharmonicon, Qu-Bit Aurora, Castor & Pollux, Injectr, and Dipole. I absolutly love it. Please come check out my first sketch using them together. Premiere today at 2PM EST:

This sounds very nice :)

out of curiosity: what are your main sequencing modules and techniques for the melodic parts ? do you program ? or do you record sequences ?
I'm curious because I look for inspirations to sequence polyphony in modular environment.

-- Slim

Thanks for saying so. I sequence with the Arturia BeatStep Pro; in this case I sequenced the Circuit Bent VCO by Synthesis Technology and Mutable Instruments Plaits, Tides, and Rings. I also have an Erica Synths Pico VCO being sequenced by a Intellijel Scales, which quantizes the stepped S&H from the Wogglebug attenuated by Maths. I very often have a second melody that is playing off a first melody. When playing live the sequences are not recordings or loops, just sequencing in situ. Hope this helps explain my process a bit. Thank you for listening!

On March 10th I previewed several tracks off my upcoming album No Light Things, due out later this summer. Was a very positive experience:

Oh yeah!

This is just a fun jam I did a few weeks ago. Love both of these combos:

Hello all, I help organize an open studio every two weeks in Queens, New York. ridgewoodsoundlab is a community run synthesis space. We host meetups and build events, and eventually evening shows, though we are still working that. Anyways, I thought I'd drop a supercut I made of one of our events.

I have had the M32 and DFAM for awhile now and I finally picked up the Subharmonicon. Here is my first little thing.

We did not capture any video of the recording session, but I am pretty proud of this duet between me and electroacoustic double bassist and modular sythnesist ASDB. The visuals were magically made by artist Thoughtful. It's called Woodlands. It is a set-and-setting video to be sure.

All sounds are produced by the double bass then captured and manipulated by effect pedals and an A-100 rack full of modules, or they are Rings triggered by the envelopes generated by the bass' sound wave.

The main modules are:
Instruō Arbhar
Instruō Lúbadh
Make Noise Mimeophon
Mutable Instruments Rings

EDITED Sep 21st 2023, 04:23

This is expert level. Thanks for sharing.

Approved! 6:40 is perfection.

You got it. For sure, the modules' difference is likely the issue, and it just goes to prove the rule....you can never have to many VCAs.

I think my hangup is still in how the gate functions with Scales. Probably because I dont have Scales, lol.

I think you have it mostly right, except maybe something about the relationship between the quantizer input and the trigger. The wide-open gate (EOR) is not the signal being quantized by Scales, the S&H of the Wogglebug is. Here is a visual:

[Wogglebug S&H]---[Maths ch.2]--->[Scales Pitch Input]----- [quantizes S&H]--->[Pitch Out to v/oct of Rings & Plaits]
[Maths EOR gate]-------->[Scales Trigger Input]---[selects duration of S&H]-------- ^

The Wogglebug S&H is the signal being quantized to the key of G. The trigger input slects the moments that Scales will draw from the now quantized S&H. This is helpful if you want to control the pitch quantization with an LFO or any non-clocked source and then ensure that the pitch changes are in sync with the beat of the track. For our purposes, it also allows us to take something like a gate to determine the timing and duration of the rapid S&H changes modulated by the Wogglebug. If you put any S&H into your quantizer it should quantize the signal at the speed of the input, be it an LFO or a S&H, or whatever. But the tempo of the pitch input is over-ridden by the trigger input, allowing you to be more selective of what pitches are selected and when they are output.

As to your final point, yes, I do attenuate the range of Wogglebug's S&H pitch by running it through channel 2 of Maths and then from the channel 2 out, into Scales' 'Pitch' in.

I have tried this with other basic quantizers that have independent quantization inputs and trigger inputs. In the case of Quantermain, I would say take a S&H, attenuate the range via Maths, input it into the Sample CV #1 input on the Quantermain. Then take the EOR gate from the Maths and run it into the Sample Clock #1 input. This should achieve the effect we are looking for.

Hope this helps!

EDITED Sep 2nd 2023, 15:46

Hi, thank you, yes, I think it is quite cool too. I'll do my best to answer your questions.

"There seems to be a distinct delay between your input and 1. the quantization, and 2. hearing plaits."

The delay is a function of the 'End of Rise' gate out (EOR) produced by the guitar audio through channel 1 of Maths. The unity out is used as the envelope for the Plaits VCO that changes pitch in-key with every strum. The quantizer, Scales, does not simply continuously output pitch values. You'll note that there is a 'Trigger' cv in, which is where the 'End of Rise' gate is patched. So only after the peak of the guitar audio does the gate allow new pitches to be drawn from Scales. So, it will hold the pitch until the audio begins to close on the envelope and then it toggles the new pitch for the next strum and toggles the voice coming out of Rings.

"You're getting continuous quantization from a single gate as quantizers normally only send out a new pitch on each rising edge."

I'm not sure I understand, but hopefully this adds clearity. The Wogglebug goes into Scales and continuously toggles the pitch quantized to the key of G. When you put a cable into the 'Toggle' cv in, it overrides the continuous toggling of the good old sample and hold blasting out of the Wogglebug. Now, you can input a gate that determines the duration in which the Wogglebug, still continuously toggling the pitch, is allowed to modulate. Maths channel 1's side function is 'End of Rise,' which is the gate used to trigger Scales. This also accounts for the delay effect discussed above.

"How there is a delay between your input and actually hearing Plaits when the envelope controlling Plaits should also be near instantaneous, and starting at its highest level."

Plaits actually is sounding instantaneously, it is just a single droning pitch that accompanies the guitar strum. Listen again, you'll hear it. When I strum a chord, let's say C, Plaits will play a G or D, or whatever in-key pitch was toggled by the last strum, remembering from above that the sample and hold from the Wogglebug continuously toggles the pitch in the short duration between the peak of the guitar audio (fairly instantaneous), and the closing of the envelope. This interaction between the envelope and gate on different VCOs, Rings and Plaits, give this patch its awesome quality.

One truly feels like they are playing with their modular not mearly processing audio.

Hope this helps.
Also, I use principals from this patch in a lot of patches. Here is a short I made of a bouncing ball patch:

EDITED Sep 2nd 2023, 05:47

wonderful sound textures!

This is a great conclusion for the trilogy. A soft landing with a beautiful melody.
Excellent idea also to have imagined this triple publication. A series maintains attention and suspense. You invented ModularFlix!
Bankable :))
-- Sweelinck

Ha, thanks. I was unsure about triple posting and tried to space it out. I am def gratful for the note.

Yeeees! Love that Vangelis brass patch!

Totally agree. Wonderful work.

Two of my most used modules are made in Barcelona, Endorphin.es' Milky Way and Cockpit 2. I moved to Long Island from Brooklyn some time ago and it has been real tough to find places to play out here compared to the city. I am trying to organize some local shows and find cool spots along the way. I do like the idea of playing at a record store. People see you through the window and come in and shop a little. We got a pretty good standing crowd.

Nice set.

-- ferranadsr

Big thanks!

Here is the final part of the set. I actually had some ambient connective tissue between these sets and there was another 10 minutes or so after this track that my DAW unfortunatly did not record. C'est la vie. It is a fitting conclusion. A little whimsy.

I wish. Someday I am going to do some UK synth tourism.

Nice sequel.
Orbit Shift, Satellite Fall... 'The saga continues'!
-- Sweelinck

Thanks :) Ha yes, I did get a little conceptual with this set.

I broke the video and audio I managed to capture from the set into three parts. This is the second track, which I think of as a sequel to Orbit Shift. Actually, Satellite Fall was thought of while thinking of names for what would become Orbit Shift, and I really wanted this one to have a related quality but with its own distinctive feel.

Yeah, sounding really great!!
-- wishbonebrewery

Thanks bud. Love your stuff too.

Thanks to you both for the kind feedback, it means a lot.

Regarding my teeshirt, ha! Yes, it is an original Soundgarden teeshirt from their Superunknown tour in 1994. Saying that shirt is nearly 30 years old blows my mind. I think it is officially past the point where I can machine wash it. That show may have been the last time it gets worn casually haha.

Great recording. Love your studio too.

part. 1/3 I recorded the set and decided to share it. As usual, I can't help but dance :# I split the set into a few sections. I think it works better for watchability. Here's the first one. It's actually a weird version of Orbit Shift, a collaboration I did with a drum and bass artist. I posted the official audio of that track here a few weeks ago. I didn't have my co-producer's bass or breakbeats, so I kind of winged a few drum sequences and a different take on the bass. Anyways hope you watch it and I'd love any feedback. Also, my hat.

EDITED Aug 9th 2023, 01:44

Thank you! I love remote collaboration, and our collective experience during the pandemic has opened our imaginations for what is possible out of neccesity. Now that we're playing live again, I think the online compenent is here to stay.

Love the dark vibe and excellent soundcapture as well!

So, I connected with a drum and bass artist from Germany named ?BREAK ERROR and we swapped files back and forth for a few months. This is what came out of it. We really love it and would appreciate any thoughts:

EDITED Jul 28th 2023, 15:43

Wow this is really fun
-- KatePower

Thanks, I thought so too. That gift was too interesting not to do something with it, lol.

Everything about this is good. So impressed. Thanks for making it.

Thanks you two! I actually got into modular as a way to accompany my guitar, but I ended up playing more synths. But it was good to bring them together again.

I've been workshopping a track on stream lately, and here it is. The interesting gear component is that I synced my modular synths with my Pigtronix Infinity Looper and Hologram Microcosm via MIDI. It is psychedelic and fun. Runs about 11 minutes:

Patch Notes

Arturia BeatStep Pro BPM 114 Project 09 Key G
Clock [out] ► Mother 32 [TEMPO]
Midi [out] ► DR-670

SEQ 1: 11-12
Pitch [out] ► Circuit Bent VCO [1v/oct]
Gate [out] ► Doepfer Dual ADSR Ch. 1 [gate]
SEQ 2: 11-15
Pitch [out] ► Plaits [V/OCT]
Gate [out] ► Doepfer Dual ADSR Ch. 2 [gate]

DR-670 Drum Machine Kit 5
Drum SEQ 1 - 4

Ibanez Roadstar II ►A/B Box
MicroKorg Vocoder ► A/B Box

A/B Box
Dyna Compressor ► Dark Matter ► Microcosm ► Afterneith ►Infinity Looper

Master Control
► BeatStep Pro
► Pigtronix Infinity Looper

Pigtronix Infinity Looper
► Zedi10 Pan C

WMD Triple Bipolar VCA
Ch. 1 [out] ► Zedi10 Pan C

Erica Synths Pico DSP
Out L ► Quad VCA Ch. 3 [in]

Stoicheia
Ch. 1 [out] ► Plaits [MORPH cv in]

Warps
Main Out ► Milky Way Ch. 1 [in]

Clouds
Out L ► WMD TBVCA Ch. 1 [in]

Circuit Bent VCO
Audio [out] ► Warps [Green in]

Mother 32
VCA [out] ► Pico DSP [in]
Gate [out] ► Stoicheia Ch. 1 [in]

Plaits Green Preset 1
Plaits [Out] ► Quad VCA Ch.2 [in]

Synthesis Technology Quad VCA
Mix Out ► Zedi10 Pan C
Ch. 2 [out] ► Wasp [Audio In]

Doepfer A-124 Wasp
LP [out] ► Clouds [L in]

Endorpin.es Milky Way
Ch.1 [out] ► Quad VCA Ch.1

Doepfer A-140-2 Dual Mini ADSR
Ch.1 [out 1] ► Quad VCA Ch.1 [cv in]
Ch.1 [out 2] ► CB VCO Effect [cv in]
Ch.2 [out 1] ► Quad VCA Ch. 2 [cv in]
Ch.2 [out 2] ► Wasp CV1 [in]

EDITED Jun 19th 2023, 20:17