Sunday Synth Jam: Composer Luca Francini shared this video, capturing an ambient patch created with a minimal modular synthesizer system and a ukulele.
Here’s what Francini has to say about the technical details:
The drone note is a plucked ukulele string (captured by a piezo pickup into Ears module) which I stored in Clouds buffer. The pitch of the note is modulated by Marbles X section.
I have manually tuned the pitch of Basimilus Iteritas Alter to get a bass note, triggered by Marbles t2 (no random skipping beats).
Marbles is receiving the clock from Pamela’s New Workout.
I don’t have any VCA modules yet so I’ve used the Dry/Wet blend knob on Clouds to balance the levels of the drone and the bass.
A very simple patch, but quite relaxing and hypnotic imo.
Very relaxing, what did you use for the reverb?
sounds like clouds reverb, but i might be wrong.
Hey, yes it’s Clouds built in reverb
Very nice. Looking forward to those module’s when my eurorack is done.
Step 01: Add Plant.
Step 02: Modular and chill.
Step 03: Film it.
On days like this I wonder where all the complainers are. They’re never around to compliment folks that do good work.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this piece. I was originally attracted by the ukulele in the title, and was pleasantly surprised at the result. 🙂 also, happpy to hear more examples of Clouds, Rings, and Marbles – three of the five modules on my Mutable Instruments list..
Thanks John, I decided to begin my eurorack journey thanks to Rings and Clouds demos on YouTube so I definitely understand you
Really beautiful. Keep up the great work.
Thanks very much
Try to open this vid also in youtube and play both screens together on different times…sounds like it was meaned to be…
LOL! great idea 😉 sounds even better!
I not only enjoyed the piece as is, but its inspired to just buffer an event as an audio component. Those are the modules whose reviews I read more seriously. This is a lot like what I think of when I envision a small bit of modular as the target for the CV Out on many current synths. I enjoy hybrids. Nice work, Luca. Get a VCA! You’re on the right path.
Thanks, I have already ordered a few new modules with a new bigger case and definitely a quad vca is on that list. You can tell I’m a eurorack beginner since I’ve ignored the 1st rule: you can’t have enough vca 😀