Recently I have been experimenting with clock dividers and logic modules. It’s an area that often gets overlooked by newcomers to modular synthesis. Discussions of logic modules will usually only explain them from a technical viewpoint, but avoid the practical musical applications of them. For a good introductory experience, I would recommend experimenting with Reaktor Blocks. The Blocks Framework includes […]
When I first saw the release of Arturia’s Microbrute I thought it might be a very cheap entry into modular synthesis. Using it’s patchbay I figured I could use it as my basic voice and build out from it. Based on comments I saw online I am not the only one who has had a similar idea. Being new to […]
In a previous post I introduced my interface to translate the Open Music Labs rePatcher hardware’s serial data into OSC messages. I have also written a macro for Reaktor that allows you to access the knobs and patchbay. The macro can be download from the Reaktor User Library. The macro has 6 In and Out ports that correspond to the […]
Yesterday I posted about my rePatcher to OSC interface written in Processing. I’ve been finding it very useful but I was annoyed by the fact that I had to open processing IDE and run the code every time. I wanted it to behave a bit more like a traditional program. I tried to export the program as an app but […]
As soon as I saw the announcement of rePatcher I was interested. It seemed like a very affordable way to add some physical control over your code. I am personally not a big fan of PD or Max so I decided to interface it to Supercollider and Reaktor instead. I quickly realized that the windows implementation of the Serial class […]
After 2 months or so of heads down work on the album I have decided to take a small break from Supercollider to explore some other programs. One that I have always been interested in and dabbled in slightly is ChucK. ChucK is a new (and developing) audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, performance, and now, analysis – […]
I had a frustrating experience while doing test renders for the new album. The length of the rendered file was actually shorter then the length of the source material. I ended up playing with a number of different render settings trying to figure out what was going on. Suddenly I found what the culprit was, the playback rate control had been bumped […]