3am - tell time (live modular synth performance w/ video)
- KVRAF
- 13140 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
First new music for the new year. Recorded a little jam with my new camera.
Still trying to get comfortable with these live one-take recordings but I think this one turned out okay.
Soundcloud link:
https://soundcloud.com/justin3am/tell-time
Since I had the forethought to multitrack at the same time I was recording the video, I was able to polish the mix in post-production (yay!). I still need to work out the lighting issues and some other details, but I'm getting there.
Still trying to get comfortable with these live one-take recordings but I think this one turned out okay.
Soundcloud link:
https://soundcloud.com/justin3am/tell-time
Since I had the forethought to multitrack at the same time I was recording the video, I was able to polish the mix in post-production (yay!). I still need to work out the lighting issues and some other details, but I'm getting there.
- Beware the Quoth
- 35523 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
nice... 
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
- KVRist
- 238 posts since 3 Apr, 2016
Very nice indeed!
Added it to my "Awesome synth stuff" playlist on Youtube.
Added it to my "Awesome synth stuff" playlist on Youtube.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13140 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
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- KVRian
- 1278 posts since 11 Sep, 2006 from along the rivers edge in northern Ontario
a worthy collection of wires indeed, nice to see and hear it workin, sounds good...cheers
- KVRAF
- 8238 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
I must confess I usually shudder when clicking on a demo of anything with 'modular' in the title. In the same way I shudder when my 2 year old pick up a stick near something loud.
Thanks for shattering preconceptions AND providing me with some sweet electronic MUSIC to listen to
Thanks for shattering preconceptions AND providing me with some sweet electronic MUSIC to listen to
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13140 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
f**k, you're going to make me lose my modular nerd cred! 
Just don't tell anyone that I actually tuned my oscillators for this one.
Just don't tell anyone that I actually tuned my oscillators for this one.
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- KVRAF
- 8238 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
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- KVRian
- 885 posts since 3 Jan, 2016
That was really nice. It sounds like something I would download from Apple Music for my daily walk/run.
You have quite the setup. I'm still debating wether to get Reactor 6 or Brazille to try creating some sounds.
You have quite the setup. I'm still debating wether to get Reactor 6 or Brazille to try creating some sounds.
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- KVRAF
- 6895 posts since 9 Mar, 2003 from the bridge of sighs
ichi ban ...

- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13140 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
Boy, that'd be a tough call. Bazille is by far my favorite soft synth but Reaktor is a strong second. I wouldn't want to be without either. I love running evolving timbres from Bazille into granular or modal patches in Reaktor.fastlanephil wrote:I'm still debating wether to get Reactor 6 or Brazille to try creating some sounds.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13140 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
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- KVRAF
- 5666 posts since 23 Mar, 2006 from pendeLondonmonium
So good!
Totally transfixed by all the sounds. Lots of super cool, original percussive elements everywhere.

Totally transfixed by all the sounds. Lots of super cool, original percussive elements everywhere.
A different camera angle would be nice, to see less of your back side.I still need to work out the lighting issues and some other details, but I'm getting there.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13140 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
I'm really loving Audio Damage's percussion modules, Proton and Neuron, as well as Noise Engineering's Basimilus Iteritas. They can be very dynamic in terms of timbre, without changing in volume too drastically. Some of the other percussion sounds came from a more elaborate synth voice or from banging on the case which has a piezo mic (Mutable Instrument' Ears), which is then run through a bunch of effects.
- KVRAF
- 1724 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from betwixt
Can't watch the video, but I enjoyed the soundcloud
I take it this is a bit of a live jam? Love these kinds of things, something I need to work on. You inspire!
That's the fun thing about improv, it can be anything, it can go anywhere
Really liked the drums in this
I take it this is a bit of a live jam? Love these kinds of things, something I need to work on. You inspire!
That's the fun thing about improv, it can be anything, it can go anywhere
Really liked the drums in this

