Ambient Noodlings

Happy Sunday! I’ve got a quick & dirty little jam for you this time. I almost didn’t get anything out today since I’m slammed at work and working late through the weekend. Since this is #150, I felt compelled to record something! So, I offer a jam created from some harsh noise run through my Spectraphon and sequenced with a simple pattern. Patch Notes * Schlappi Engineering Interstellar Radio feed...

Happy Sunday folks! I managed to get something recorded before dark this time. Today’s ambient tune is a melancholy noodling with the Make Noise Spectraphon, which is fed a stream of noise from a Schlappi Engineering Interstellar Radio module. It’s a way of making something hauntingly beautiful from a barrage of noise. Patch Notes * Interstellar Radio into Spectraphon for spectral sampling * Spect...

Happy Sunday evening! I’m kind of down to the wire on today’s jam. It has been a busy working weekend and I didn’t think I was going to have time to record anything. I managed to get things done with a couple of hours left in the day thankfully. Today’s recording is some experimentation with various noise recorded into Morphagene and then played through Spectraphon for spectral reinterpretation of...

Happy Sunday evening! Time to jam in an ambient-ish way. I spent some time this afternoon shuffling some things around in my synth rack. The Eloquencer sequencer I got with some trading a couple weeks back has moved to take center stage in sequencing duties. It’s a versatile piece of gear that allows me to drive percussion and melodic stuff from one device. I had a lot of fun jamming on it today....

Happy Sunday! I put together another jam for today that’s a little upbeat. Trying to find my happy place in the midst of a busy time. I’m learning a new-to-me sequencer and figuring out the ins and outs. I have it driving everything in this track. Grab some headphones and check it out! Patch Notes * Melodic voice is the Spectraphon * Drums by Ultra Perc and Metalloid * Sequencing by Eloquencer * E...

Happy Sunday evening! Apparently there’s some sports game that’s a big deal going on tonight here in the states. It’s not hockey, so I’m doing my jam thing. Hope you enjoy the groovy little tune I put together. Lots of work stuff going on right now and this was a quick jam session. Hopefully I’ll get more time for exploring strange new sounds next week. Cheers! Patch Notes * Spectraphon is the mel...

Happy Sunday everyone! It’s a beautiful day here and now that I’ve got my jam for the day recorded, I think I’m going to get outside for a bit. I mentioned last time that I’d picked up a Squarp Hermod sequencer. After playing with it during the week, I decided that while it was fine for melodic stuff, I wasn’t crazy about it for percussion. As luck would have it my local store, Switched On, where...

Happy Sunday! I’m finally getting a jam posted before night fall! The weather is a bit dreary outside, so I’m creating some fun inside today. I picked up a used Square Hermod sequencer for cheap yesterday and this was my first jam with it. I put this crazy energetic little piece together pretty quickly with it. I think it’s a keeper. Patch Notes * Melodic voice is Spectraphon, sequenced by Hermod,...

Happy Sunday evening folks. I’m running late again getting something recorded today. We had a water leak in our kitchen that we’ve had to deal with the past couple of days. There are loud fans and industrial dehumidifier in the kitchen running that made it tough to make music this weekend. I did something a little different and ran some nature sounds through Morphagene and Panharmonium. The result...

Happy Sunday evening everyone. How about a late night jam? This one is kind of quick & dirty. Simple sequence with some drums. Another busy week through the weekend for me. The ambient jams must go on regardless. Patch notes * Melodic voice is Spectraphon through a wave folder * Melodic sequencing by Moskwa II * Drum voices are Ultra Perc and Metalloid * Drums triggered by Pam’s New Workout and Li...

Happy New Year and happy Sunday evening everyone. I had the past week off from work, which meant I was catching up on chores and projects around the house while I had the time. That left me pretty wiped out this evening and I was tempted to take a break from my Sunday ambient noodling. It’s the first Sunday of the year though - I couldn’t not do something! So here go, a quick bit of noodling aroun...

Happy Sunday evening! Christmas came and went in a blur for me. I’ve been trying to get some down time in for a few days. That’s not an easy thing for me to do. I’m always busy doing something! In addition to the new tune, I’m trying something else new. I’m demoing an app called Spool that makes it kind of easy to put some visuals to music. I’d love to do more with video, but it would take more ti...

Happy Sunday evening! Hope everyone had a great weekend before Christmas Day. It was a warm sunny day here. No white Christmas, yet again. I’m taking a little time off for the holiday. I’m hoping to get some jam time not just on my synth rack, but also on drums and bass guitar - the latter of which I’ve been slowly trying to learn over the years. I’ll have to dust off the cobwebs since I’ve hardly...

Happy Sunday folks! The day got away from me again so today’s post is a bit late this evening. I’m still in a jamming mood as you can tell. Is it still ambient? Maybe. All I can say is I’m having some fun and getting in a Zen sort of feeling as I tinker with the synth rack on a Sunday evening. Patch Notes * Spectraphon is main voice, going through Maths and a LPG, plus a little distortion * Drums...

Happy Sunday y’all! I’m in a jamming mood today with some inspiration from a distortion module I picked up last week (yay Cyber Monday.) I’ve been wanting to dabble in some heavier, crunchier sounds lately. After all, I’m an old heavy metal drummer at heart. I was curious to see if I could get some distorted guitar-like sounds out of my modular rig. When I saw a modular version of the venerable Ra...

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday here in the states. I was thankful for a few days off myself. It has been a long time since I had a break. Today I’ve got a laid-back groovy jam for you. I had some more fun with sound mangling through my Panharmonium module, along with some drums. I’m enjoying this experimental sort of thing lately. Patch Notes I forgot to take notes bef...

Happy Sunday! Today I have a mellow little jam for you. I’m still enjoying resynthesizing stuff through a Panharmonium module that I picked up in a trade a few weeks back. This time I’m running some random audio from a video I was watching on YouTube through the Panharmonium, then sending that through my Spectraphon to create a melodic sequence. Geeky stuff in a way - just the thing that keeps my...

Happy Sunday! Hope you’re ready to jam today. I’ve got a track with lots of percussion going on. I had a good time putting this one together. As I mentioned last week, I’m experimenting with music made from the spectral analysis and resynthesizing of various sounds. Today’s track uses some samples of thunderstorm sounds to created the melodic percussive sounds. The other drum sounds were created w...

Happy Sunday evening! I’ve got a bit of weirdness for you today. I’m experimenting a lot with creating new sounds through spectral analysis and resynthesis. In today’s track I’ve created some new sounds using various samples of rain falling. Everything you hear is made from resynthesizing the sounds of rain. I hear a lot of metallic sounds in the result. Kind of like alien wind chimes. Patch Notes...

Happy Sunday! I finally got something posted before nightfall. Maybe that extra hour of sleep had something to do with it. Today I have a playful happy sounding tune for you. I tried some different things and this is the direction things ended up going. I had something kind of grungier in mind, but sometimes things evolve in a different way. Patch Notes * Melodic sequencing by Moskwa II sequencers...

Happy Sunday evening! Hard to believe October is almost over. Halloween is just a few days away! Normally I’d come up with something spooky this time of year. I just create what I feel and today it’s something kind of groovy, yet kind of somber (at least to me.) Hope you dig it. Grab those headphones and enjoy a musical interlude. Patch Notes * Xaoc Moskwa II does the sequencing * Main voice is th...

Happy Sunday evening, folks! I’m coming in late again with today’s posting. So many things to do, so little time on weekends lately. I have to work in some music though - no excuses! This one goes out to my friend Neesie for being a long time listener and always a source of encouragement. Thanks for being there! :) Patch Notes * Xaoc Moskwa II runs the sequence * Main voice is the Make Noise Spect...

Hello everyone. After a really busy weekend I’ve got a quick little jam to share. It’s one of those days when I wasn’t sure my heart was in it. Forcing my self to do something that I enjoy (sounds weird as I write that) helps break the funk of the daily grind. While I may not feel like sitting down to jam each Sunday, I usually feel better for it. Hope it brings you some joy too. Patch Notes Fairl...

Happy Sunday evening! It’s October - my favorite month! It’s a good time to dabble in some darker sounds. Today I played around with the idea of having an ominous soundtrack for a spooky or thriller sort of film. I think I came up with something somewhat cinematic. Grab some headphones and give a listen in the dark - if you dare. Patch Notes * Sequencing by Xaoc Moskwa II * Main voice is 4ms Ensem...

Happy Sunday! Another busy weekend and I still managed to do a bit of noodling around on the modular rig. Hard to sit down and get into the groove some days. This one is an experiment with different sonic textures. Oscillators driving oscillators. Percussion driven by binary patterns. Weirdness. Grab some headphones and check it out. Patch Notes * Plaits into Spectraphon for main voice * Percussio...