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Route 1 - A Musical Trip Around Iceland's Ring Road

Route 1 – A Musical Trip Around Iceland’s Ring Road

Our actual route for Route 1 Looking back on the summer of 2016 from the vantage point of spring 2021 seems like a lifetime ago. It was during this simpler pre-Trump, pre-Covid time that I travelled to Iceland with my wife and her parents. We rented two camper vans and took a wonderful road trip that circumnavigated the country over two weeks. The route that we took is nicknamed the Ring Road…

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#elektron #eurorack #field recording #Iceland #modular #Music #octatrack #scott riesterer #scottmfr #Techno

A New Way In With The Befaco Instrument Interface As someone who enjoys running external signals into my modular, the Befaco Instrument Interface provided a huge level up for my system.

#befaco #eurorack #mic #modular #synthesizer

Taking The Red Pill And Diving Into The Matrix (Mixer) Matrix Mixers are one of those things I came across when first getting into modular but didn't really get and kind of dismissed as being overly complicated.

#ai synthesis #ai008 #Demo #eurorack #modular #signal flow #synthesizer #tutorial #walkthrough

Happily Nerding With The Happy Nerding FX Aid I was quite happy to get my hands on this 4HP effects powerhouse from Happy Nerding. I really love a nice lush reverb, and they can really help to smooth out some of the harsh tones produced by a eurorack system.

#effects #eurorack #fx aid #happy nerding #modular #reverb #synthesizer

Qu-Bit Videos! Here's a quick walkthrough of a couple modules from the fine folks at Qu-Bit. First up we have the Prism, a multi-FX module with a filter, delay, and bit-crusher.

#effects #eurorack #fx #modular #polyphony #prism #qu-bit #synthesizer #wavetable

Metasonix Videos!

As a change of pace from my Ask.Audio reviews, I’ve started doing videos on modules starting with these handsome devils from Metasonix. Videos make a bit more sense for conveying information about modules because you can see and hear what the module does, rather than relying on descriptions and/or sound clips and putting the two together. These modules have continued to surprise me with all kinds…

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#eurorack #metasonix #modular #ringmod #synthesizer #tube #tutorial #vca #video #walkthrough #waveshape

Review: 4MS Spherical Wavetable Navigator Eurorack Module 4MS was kind enough to send me their impressive Spherical Wavetable Navigator for review. The module is quite powerful and sounds amazing, but I'll admit I did find it a little confusing to navigate the navigator. You can check out my full review here.

#4ms #eurorack #modular #spherical wavetable navigator #swn #synthesizer #wavetable

Modular By Nature

For a few years now, I’ve been gradually building a eurorack system for the specific purpose of processing field recordings. In the summer of 2018, I thought it would be an interesting challenge to try using it to process the sounds of an environment in real-time. I set up my system on my balcony, aimed a shotgun mic at the nearby maple tree, and set up a patch that would use the live microphone…

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Review: Humble Audio Quad Operator Four oscillators with a modulation matrix is the basic architecture of the Humble Audio Quad Operator. If this sounds as fun to you as it does to me, you can check out my full review and demos here:

#fm #humble audio #quad operator #vco

Review: Make Noise QPAS Eurorack Synth Module This filter was certainly fun to get to know. Its got a lot of character, and the flexible routing opens up some fun possibilities. Check out my review here:

#eurorack #filter #make noise #qpas #vcf

Review: Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas Percido This was the first piece of Noise Engineering kit to grace my rack, and I'm sure it won't be the last. You can check out my review and some basic Latin here:

#cursus iteritas percido #master blaster #noise engineering #oscillator #vco

Review: Cephalopod Tube Filter A tube filter from the briny depths of... South Africa? Check out my review here:

#cephalopod #eurorack #filter #sognage #tube

Review: Intellijel Steppy The little sequencer that could, Intellijel's Steppy packs a ton of fun into a small footprint. You can check out my full review here:

#eurorack #intellijel #modular #sequencer #steppy

Review: Instruo Cš-L Dual Voltage Controlled Oscillator This oscillator was definitely fun to explore. Super dense, with a ton of possibilities. You can check out more of my thoughts here along with some audio demos:

#cs-l #eurorack #instruo #Music #oscillator #vco

Qu-Bit Nebulae V2 Review Since my system was made for processing field recordings, and because I already have an Octatrack to take care of my sampling needs, I hadn't really paid much attention to the sampling modules out there for eurorack.

#eurorack #granular #Music #qu-bit #sampling

A Ceremony Of Synthesized Carols

As you might already know, I put out a synthy Christmas album a few years ago. I’ll be the first to admit that it’s a joke, or at best a novelty album. What you might not have realized, if you couldn’t make it through the first song or two, is that I put the silliest stuff at the beginning to make it easier to skip. Furthermore, I’m actually quite pleased with how the last 10 songs turned out,…

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#benjamin britten #choral music #christmas #holiday season #Music #Synthesizers #xmas

On The Road: Portable Power Options For Synthesizers & Electronic Instruments

In March of 2019 I decided to write an article on portable power options for synthesizers. I was interested in finding something for my own system, but I also found it to be a confusing thing to research. Naturally this made it a perfect topic for an article. You can view the article here: https://ask.audio/articles/on-the-road-portable-power-options-for-synthesizers-electronic-instruments

While…

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#ambient #field recording #live music #modular by nature #Music #off-grid #portable power

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