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01010111 wrote:It seems like the general approach to euroack is almost similar to acid? Instead of using a quasi-fixed voice instrument and creating a song by arranging different patterns of notes, you create music using fixed sequences and drastically altering tonal variation to create musical complexity?
coldbrightsunlight wrote:01010111 wrote:It seems like the general approach to euroack is almost similar to acid? Instead of using a quasi-fixed voice instrument and creating a song by arranging different patterns of notes, you create music using fixed sequences and drastically altering tonal variation to create musical complexity?
Hm. That's definitely something I do a lot because I like that sort of music. But I'm not sure I'd go as far as to say it's the 'general approach'. Nice thing about modular is that it can do.... whatever you think of. A lot of people seem to be into self generating music these days (i.e. sequences that morph and evolve and aren't made by the composer plugging them into something). I also am a big fan of drones with not much sequencing, or using it as an effects bank for other gear.... You get the point.
Also just remembered it exists, 0-ctrl might work for you as well IDK. It's smol. But it depends whether the limitations of its sequencing work with what you're looking to do.
01010111 wrote:people who don’t find harsh noise soothing
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D.o.S. wrote:01010111 wrote:people who don’t find harsh noise soothingmid 17th century: originally as plural plebs, from Latin plebs ‘the common people’. Later a shortened form of plebeian.
For controllers I just use my hands like Steve Jobs intended it when he created electronic music by crafting the world's first Macbook.
eatyourguitar wrote:there are a LOT of options. there is no wrong answer. some of them suck, those are wrong answers. assuming no one wants to use the modular like I use the modular, I will show you sequencers.
http://www.five12.net/
https://squarp.net/pyramid
https://omsonic.co.uk/product/stochasti ... sequencer/
https://frap.tools/products/usta/
https://reverb.com/item/10521008-detach ... e-keyboard
coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yeah totally understand, different strokes and all that. Personally I like both approaches. I don't think generative/morphing/drone patches are removing yourself from the music making so much as taking a different role in the composition - you're still setting the parameters and the tonality and choosing bits that sound good to record/loop. They're just different methods to the more traditional approach of writing every note, opening the process up to serendipity and chance. I enjoy setting things going then listening to them.
I have a lot of fun using my (not racked up) M32 along with my eurorack. If you like those specific sequencer features it has then it's probably not a bad choice. Then as you use it if you find limitations you don't like you can look into other stuff. I think there is probably purely euro gear that does what you want in a sequencer? And would be smaller too, though yes the price for good sequency things is typically quite high. And I can't remember the good examples off the top of my head. And the M32 is a nice sounding voice, though kinda huge as a module. The patching capability is actually quite good for what it is but yeah not as much as most synth voices built out of separate modules.
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