3am - Little Drip (ambient synth jam)

[justin3am]

An ambient piece I recorded over the weekend. I was going to do a video for it but I'm lazy.

https://soundcloud.com/justin3am/little-drip

Generative sequencing with the Serge, Bug Brand and Frac Rack modulars, featuring effects from the EchoFix tape delay, Curious Audio Audity One recording amp and Eventide H9000.

[Uncle E]

justin3am feeding my sample bank again. I can't keep getting away with this.

[Genetic_Junk]

Yeah, there are some really cool sounds here. I favor the richly distorted waveforms, but I'm also sucker for pitching with delay time modulation. I would love to see a video going over how some of the patches work.

[justin3am]

justin3am feeding my sample bank again. I can't keep getting away with this.

That's how I usually make my structured songs. I just pilfer the best bits of old jam sessions.

[justin3am]

Yeah, there are some really cool sounds here. I favor the richly distorted waveforms, but I'm also sucker for pitching with delay time modulation. I would love to see a video going over how some of the patches work.

I keep telling myself that I'm going to set aside some time to do some synth technique videos but I'm just so lazy, you see... Maybe this will be the year!

[justin3am]

So lazy in fact, I didn't even bother posting about this when I made it.

[tomtom1]

cool sounds and cool gear. isn't the eventide bloody expensive??

[Genetic_Junk]

I really like the sounds that struggle to persist and breakup in distortion. Do you have recommendations for videos of synthesists explaining their modular patches?

[experimental.crow]

' little drip ' ticks all the boxes for me when i want ambient ...
i dig the loose tether to things temporal , the comfort of a pattern
described by casting a hand full of stones upon the sand ...
your sonic palette is sublime ...

[justin3am]

cool sounds and cool gear. isn't the eventide bloody expensive??

Thanks for listening! Ha! The H9000 is one of those things that I wouldn't be able to justify if I weren't getting paid for audio work. It's an incredible tool, much more than an effect processor.

[justin3am]

I really like the sounds that struggle to persist and breakup in distortion. Do you have recommendations for videos of synthesists explaining their modular patches?

I've done a few demos but mostly about a specific module, which I find is pretty common among modular tutorial videos. I want to do more stuff that is like general techniques. Mylar Melodies has some great videos on the topic of generative patching. This one is the first in a series:

[justin3am]

' little drip ' ticks all the boxes for me when i want ambient ...
i dig the loose tether to things temporal , the comfort of a pattern
described by casting a hand full of stones upon the sand ...
your sonic palette is sublime ...

Thanks! I was doing a lot of beat oriented stuff for a while, so I figured it was time to do something, less driven by rhythm and more about forms and events.
I like the metaphor of casting stones on the sand. It's their natural setting and the impression they make is subtle in the context of an expanse of sand but the interaction can be more dramatic, given enough time.

[seismic1]

I really enjoyed this one - multiple times. The delays are excellent, and I love the way the track "pulses" and fades away to show off the Echo Fix.

Good work

[pekbro]

Great stuff justin!, so when are you going to sell me that vidiot?

[justin3am]

I really enjoyed this one - multiple times. The delays are excellent, and I love the way the track "pulses" and fades away to show off the Echo Fix.

Good work

Thanks!
I was wondering if I had gone overboard with the delays on this one.
The Echo Fix sounds so nice IMO, I'm compelled to give it some space, so you can hear how it degrades or builds into self oscillation. There's also a burst of noisy feedback here and there, from the Bug Brand PT delay. Ever think of using the output of a BBD delay to FM the oscillator that feeds the delay? There's some of that in there too.