Ambient Noodlings

Happy Sunday! Today’s jam is kind of like exploring an alien world, hence the imagine. This is all about experimentation - blending a sequence with some prerecorded sounds processed by Morphagene. The live and recorded sounds mingle about, with lengthy delay added by Mimeophon. There was lots of hands-on manipulation of the patch as I explored this interesting sonic landscape. Patch Notes Pam’s cl...

Happy Sunday everyone! I’m enjoying the great weather that we’re finally getting in Austin after a brutally hot summer. Today’s jam features the Braids module doing some bowed string sounds. It’s one of my favorite sounds in that module. Grab your headphones and check it out. Patch Notes Let’s see…we have Braids doing the bowed strings and Plaits doing some weird metallic-ish percussive sounds. Di...

Happy Sunday y’all. I’m so happy it’s October 1st! This is my favorite month of the year. The weather is finally cooling down and we’re heading into the holiday seasons, starting with Halloween! I need to work on my spooky vibe for this time of year. There is a bit of eeriness or mystery to today’s recording. Lots of percussive bits washed into waves of reverb that stretch them out in interesting...

Happy Sunday, ambient music lovers! Summer is supposed to be over, right? Just checking because we’re still in its grasp here in the Austin area and the temperature is once again in the triple digits. Hopefully things will cool down by Halloween! Due to yet another busy week, I didn’t get much time to play with the synths since I last posted. This morning I spent some time putting together a patch...

Happy Sunday, folks! We’re finally getting some beautiful weather around here. There was a welcome rain shower yesterday and it’s a sunny and mild afternoon today. I enjoyed a nice motorcycle ride this morning and now it’s time to relax a bit with some ambient tunes. I pictured a peaceful Japanese garden while putting this patch together and had Midjourney whip up a suitable accompanying image. Th...

Greetings ambient music lovers and a happy Sunday to you. Today’s jam is a bit dark and moody. I recorded it maybe a week ago and when I re-listened to it today I thought, “wow, that’s dark AF!” I’ve been super busy at work - stressed and probably not getting enough sleep. Ambient music is my way of expressing what I’m feeling and sometimes it’s on the darkish side. This dark, glitchy, droning pat...

Happy Sunday. Hopefully you’re fortunate enough to not be laboring this Labor Day weekend. I’m getting a bit of time to re-arrange things in my Eurorack cases and play with some new-to-me stuff. Today’s jam uses Cursus Iteritas for the only voice, filtered by Popple. Melodicer runs the sequence, Maths is used for an envelope, and modulation comes from Pam’s New Workout, Dice, and Chaos. Reverb by...

Happy Sunday, ambient music lovers! Time to kick out a new jam. This one is more of me experimenting the Make Noise Morphagene. I’m using it to slice, dice, and reassemble notes from the Plaits voice. Dice modulates things and the Popple filter tames the high end. The lovely Melodicer is used for generating the sequence. Grab some headphones and have a chill. This is a public episode. If you would...

Happy Sunday! I have to admit, today’s post was a bit of a challenge to get together. My work has keeping me super busy and free time isn’t something I have often lately. Yesterday, I played around on the synth rack for a bit and just wasn’t feeling inspired. Finally, late in the day, I came back and experimented with my Morphagene module, using Plaits as the sound source. It’s not 100% what I was...

Happy Sunday, folks. It’s a bit late in the day as I’m posting today’s ambient piece. I took a 3 day weekend to get some rest and relaxation after a hectic few weeks at work. It has been a while since I recorded anything, due to a lot of really long work days. I usually have several recordings in the can, but this time I had to record something new for my Sunday “deadline.” The voices are Cursus I...

Happy Sunday everybody. Yep, it’s still crazy hot with no end in sight. All I can do is think cool thoughts and try to make some cool sounds to take my mind off the heat. This is something different - kind of atmospheric and pensive - like storm winds brewing while periodic percussive bits chime in. I started with a harsh oscillator tone from Loquelic Iteritas. A sequence was recorded into Morphag...

Happy Sunday, y’all. Time to jam with some ambient tunes in a laid-back, Zen sort or way. I envisioned a quiet outdoor scene with a kind of flute-like melody playing, while some distant bells ring periodically. Hope you find it as relaxing as I do. Grab some headphones or earbuds and enjoy. The patch uses Braids for the woodwind sound and Plaits for the bells. Marbles does all the gates and freque...

Happy Sunday everyone! We’re still cooking in this crazy heat in Texas. There’s no end to the heat wave or any rain relief coming any time soon it seems. Hope things are cooler where you are. I have something a bit different today. I’ve been playing with the Mutable Instruments Beads module that I picked up a few weeks back. It chops up sounds into little grains that you can manipulate to create n...

Happy Sunday! Hope things aren’t as hot where you’re at as they are in Texas. It’s challenging to stay positive in the oppressive heat wave we’re been stuck in the past few weeks. Anything outside is really unappealing. I’ve gotten to enjoy brief motorcycle rides early in the morning at least. Once it gets to 10:00am or so I’m seeking air conditioning. On the bright side, I’m more motivated to pla...

Happy Sunday, ambient music fans! I’ve been spending more time inside due to the heat wave we’ve been having in Texas and that means I’ve been experimenting more with my modular rig. Trying some new things here and I liked the results - hope you do too. I’ve been moving away from the Moog synths over time. Nothing against them - I do like the sounds I get out of them. It’s just that they take up a...

Happy Sunday and stuff. Time for another ambient jam, am I right? The summer heat is here and it’s a good time for staying indoors to play with the synths. I’m up to about 3 t-shirt changes a day since going outside means sweating profusely in a matter of just a few minutes. Thinking cool thoughts, jamming some cool tunes. Bonus Track I recorded a couple of takes and kinda liked both of these. The...

Happy Sunday! Time for a new ambient jam! We’ve had a hot past week where I’m at in Texas and the week ahead looks even worse. Hoping everyone stays safe and cool in the difficult days ahead. Today I have a piece to share that I found relaxing. It certainly helped me find some calm during stressful times. Grab some headphones and chill for a bit. Bonus Track But wait - there’s more! Since I did a...

I’m running late with today’s posting! It is still Sunday and I hope you’ve had a happy one. I recorded the jam for today a few weeks ago during an especially busy time. While I did remember to take a photo of the patch, I never got around to writing down any notes. The voices are Braids, Cursus Iteritas, and Ring with lots of modulation going on. Braids is the woodwind sort of sound, hence the “B...

Happy Sunday! It’s a beautiful, albeit warm day here in the Austin area. Summer is pretty much here, I’d say. I’m hoping I’ll get some new tunes recorded as I retreat to my air conditioned office more during the heat of the day. Today’s tune combines some slow droning sounds drifting in and out amongst some percussive sounds. It was a fun patch to put together. Grab some headphones and enjoy! Patc...

Hey everyone, happy Sunday! Time once again for an ambient jam. I recorded this one early last month. I’d been on a roll for a while making recordings and I’m getting to where I don’t have many queued up anymore. Unfortunately, I didn’t find a lot of free time for music over the past month. I’ve been busy and…tired. My mind and body seems to be telling me to take a break. Until I make time for som...

Happy Ambient Sunday, everyone. Wow, the day really got away from me this Memorial Day holiday weekend. I was running errands and getting stuff done instead of relaxing today. Oh well - I’ll call it adulting. Fortunately, I remembered late in the day that I needed to post a new jam! I like this one a lot. As you may have noticed if you’ve been listening a while to my stuff, I do love percussive so...

It’s Sunday, time for some ambient jamming! A while back I picked up a new oscillator on sale - a Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas. It’s a really versatile voice that can sound sweet or snarly. The jam today shows off a bit of its growl. I think this module is really going to open up some new dimensions in my music. I’m looking forward to getting to know it better. Get those headphones on and enj...

Happy Sunday and happy Mother’s Day to the moms out there. Here’s a relaxing little jam for a kind of dreary day here. I won’t complain, we’re getting much needed rain to help get us through the hot and dry summer months. Grab some headphones and take a break. For mom - miss you. Patch Notes Voices: DFAM, Loquelic Iteritas * Zone B.F. stepped LFO through 3x MIA (offset adjustment) to A-156 quantiz...

Happy Sunday! Today is the first day of a new year of ambient jamming. We’ll see where the journey takes me for another year. I look forward to trying new things with my modular setup. It continues to evolve as I continue to experiment and learn. This is where I find my peace. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some peace and enjoyment in the music as well. Headphones on and give it a list...

Happy Sunday! Here we are at weekly post #52. Wow…it has been a whole year of posts. I never imagined I would keep the posts up this long. It has been quite the learning experience and I’ve managed to create some recordings that I enjoy. It’s great to go back and listen to some of these pieces and find them to be sources of calm. That was the point for me after all! A few folks have been with me i...