Ambient jam with Vermona Perfourmer, Soma Cosmos, UAFX Golden & Starlight

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A live, semi-improvised track performed entirely on hardware.
The Vermona Perfourmer is a four-voice mono/poly flexible synth with a particular warm character. Its beautiful sound and play options are varied enough that-with the right help-it could carry a whole song.
The right help, in this instance, is the Soma Cosmos, a looper that deliberately lets its loops fall out of synch into a cascading swirl of sound. The Cosmos is simple in what it does, but it's a delight, and easy to get lost in (as I did here).
For some help, I added the Universal Audio FX boxes Golden (reverb) and Starlight (delay). Both are great modelling of classic effects boxes, and add more personality still.
Altogether, these setups lead to the least song-like compositions from me, and are rather more textural than my other work. I sort of view them like a musical diary of the time they were created.
Performed and recorded live to a stereo output, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
Thanks for listening.
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[@ColeDano]

Nice! I was really wanting to see what this combo would sound like too.

[@user-fi4yd2kf6g]

This is just spectacular!

[@thevi_olin]

A lovely relaxing track! 👍

[@billybartcody3591]

Overwhelming and hypnotic. Wonderful, yet again.

[@garaughty]

Pure tonal & textural loveliness !

[@s3nd3r5]

Absolutely stunning so many layers with so few components.😍

[@7Segment]

What an incredible sound. Great performance.

[@carbonvibes]

Amazing sound as always, thanks for sharing Jay. Love the new album “The future, tense” 🔥

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

These videos really need to be 10x as long. Just amazing...

[@christdolphin69]

beautiful. the perfourmer sounds incredibly rich and this is really making me want a cosmos

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

An incredible combination. Wonderfully beautiful. Been looking at the cosmos for some time and this has got me so close to pushing the button.

[@kossfort1848]

Just beautiful !!!

[@willswitchcraft]

awesome.......love the colour scheme with this set up,......this one is quite epic and majestic.............it really melds nicely

[@johnnyo8471]

Epic absolutley epic thank you for sharing

[@dirkdelater7658]

Really nice performance as always!! After watching your videos over a year now, I can surely say you're one of my favorites to watch who keeps inspiring me. Really appreciated 🙏

[@daneguitarist1]

gorgeous!

[@ambientsession]

such a rich sound,really nice. 🎼👌

[@alwaysaloof]

I just discovered, and subbed, to your channel. You make som really inspiring live performances, and explaining your process with text above each instrument makes it even more engaging and unique. Keep up the good work!

[@TheMikeHaskew]

Damn Jay, this had me in tears. Reminds me of modern composers like Penderecki. Beautiful work.

[@acefstripe]

sounds beautiful. 🎉

[@hellf.o]

No words but awesome

[@sossa57]

just a few notes ... and it's magical

[@hantyumi7759]

Killed it!

[@gmcenroe]

Perfourmer is amazing, real nice video and music

[@sonickitchen]

Perfect! Thanks for the reminder to hook up my Perfourmer and take it on a Cosmos ride!

[@Tsumios]

nice! perfourmer is very exciting and cosmos drifting add a lot :)

[@aaronsparks9012]

Absolutely mesmerizing too listen too and watch almost kind of reminds me of what the Webb telescope would sound like if they ever needed a sound designer with some of their pieces just sayin' nice piece Jay.🤯🎵🎶

[@jeno.javori_music]

great! Lost in space ambiance Lovesomuch. :)

[@PeterAdamMusic]

I haven't heard about the Perfourmer until now. Thank you for introducing it to me in this lovely way... 😉

[@leftmono1016]

Check out what Mika Forsling does with the Perfourmer. Amazingly nice synth.

[@PeterAdamMusic]

@@leftmono1016 I will thank you

[@aleho1]

I totally get this!

[@IndividualName]

Very nice, you seem to know what you are doing :D

[@Eleth]

Really nicely played, as usual. I got my cosmos this week and reading through the manual they said that the stereo input is useless since the l and r get split and played at different times, that makes me wonder how this piece would’ve been if the reverb had been after cosmos in the chain, or even with the delay…

[@sonickitchen]

Thanks

[@JayHosking]

Thank you!

[@sonickitchen]

@@JayHosking No problem. We have similar gear and you're showing me what to aim for. Appreciated.

[@aleho1]

F&:&;): bro, that thing sounds lush!! ❤ I could lose years to that four voice mother!

[@jon_gee]

It’s been said already…but I have to throw in some love cos that was great. Meditation. Just what the shaman ordered.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

THE PROFESSOR IS AT IT AGAIN ! So very moving, powerful, filmic, blue, just wonderfull, -

[@TheRealPodgy]

This was glistening....listening

[@LoVeAmBiEnT]

What is truly amazing is that you literally have every single new piece of gear worth having. Right when it comes out you somehow own it and already be making music w it. You win the lotto or what??

[@offbeep]

wow wee

[@JayHosking]

Hey thanks!

[@SHVNE]

Great ambient piece. That high synth riff sound was great and brought back the Vangelis vibes in a huge way. The Perfourmer sounds amazing. How does it compare to the Deckards Dream (I or II)? It seems like it has the same warm tones to it. Thanks for sharing again!

[@JayHosking]

The Deckard's definitely has a different quality to it, a little thinner (in the good way) and more fizz and flexibility in overall sound. And thanks!

[@gerrigalahad7224]

A depressional sounding space..that offers beauty..forsees a wonderful place..that in the end..every depression will be gone

[@AudioJanitor]

♨

[@tendingtropic7778]

wow, beautiful stuff! "a musical diary of the time they were created." I like that, thats how music making is for me often aswell. So the cosmos is constantly recording in this video? is this the original firmware? could you elaborate a bit on what you mean with firstpass in reverse (how do you do that on cosmos)?

[@JayHosking]

Original firmware, Cosmos records until somewhere around 5:20. I guessed when the first loop was about to be over and hit the reverse button, but then never touched it again. And thanks!

[@DirtiestPotato]

You must have a Gear Garden!

[@aleho1]

My dave smith evolver does this but not like that! (Plus you are meant to be with analogue synthesis)

[@arjanpetersen]

Do you know a good device for summing 1 or more 10 Audio jacks to one ? And I don’t mean a full fledged mixer

[@JayHosking]

I feel like there's probably something in eurorack that would do what you're asking for.

[@caesarsheadache]

👏🔥🤘 Did you use the standard firmware or the rythmic firmware with the Cosmos?

[@JayHosking]

Standard.

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

Great job, love the sounds. Is there any additional sequencing to the PerFourmer (beyond the notes being played with the Arturia)?

[@JayHosking]

The Cosmos is looping the audio in irregular ways, but it's all coming originally from what you can see me playing. And thanks!

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

@@JayHosking Thank you! That Cosmos is certainly amazing.

[@Jamooshoe]

So good! Can I ask, what modes do you have selected for the reverb, delay and cosmos? Also, what is the order of those pedals? Thanks :)

[@JayHosking]

Reverb is a hall, and it's a modulated tape delay, if I remember correctly. Cosmos is just in its standard firmware with its dials as seen from the top-down shot. And thanks!

[@Jamooshoe]

@@JayHosking thanks. Are you running the reverb and delay after the cosmos?

[@wiredbassclarinet]

Hi! I love your videos! I have a question for you about the golden reverberator, if you have a second. When fully wet, does it actually keep the stereo signal that you send into it completely separate on the left and right? (I mean specifically for use on something like the cosmos, adding reverb without changing the stereo image that it’s creating.) Thanks!

[@JayHosking]

Hey thanks! Sorry I'm just seeing this now. I don't have the Golden on hand at the moment, but most stereo reverbs will have some deliberate smearing from left to right, and I'm pretty sure Golden is no exception.

[@digitalsea9147]

Hey jay what’s an affordable sequencer for a beginner?

[@JayHosking]

Cheapest is definitely your computer/DAW. From there, either the Launchpad Pro Mk3 or Circuit Tracks are amazing places to start. Circuit Tracks also gives you drums and a couple of synths. From there, I'd consider an Elektron (Digitakt or Octatrack), and then up to dedicated sequencers lime the Hapax. Best of luck!

[@grahamkracker456]

What a beautiful 9 minute escape. Brb, gonna disappear for another 9 mins...

[@tendingtropic7778]

a few months later, are you keeping the cosmos? do you believe its suitable for anything else than ambient music?

[@JayHosking]

Definitely keeping the Cosmos. If I didn't try to do different things here all the time, I would just be making ambient ramblings with the Cosmos in the centre of it. I'm not sure it's suitable for anything else, though.

[@cortical1]

Really nice, Jay. Still digging the Perfourmer? I'll likely have to pull the trigger on one finally. Also, how's the brain business treating you?

[@JayHosking]

The Perfourmer is great if you want those clean tones of a single oscillator, or if you want to stack up a big stereo monophonic synth. I think a couple of small things would have made a big difference in making it a more useful polysynth (e.g. a master filter knob) but it's super cool. Reminds me a lot of the Matriarch, although I like the sound of the Matriarch a little better and like the true polyphony of the Perfourmer. And the brain business is great, thanks!

[@cortical1]

@@JayHosking That's all very useful. Makes sense, given my experience with the Matriarch. Glad all is going well. 🧠

[@pcuadra]

I'm on month #7 of waiting for my cosmos to ship. This doesn't make it any easier :)

[@Eleth]

I was also on the waitlist for long time and by chance saw it in stock at thomman and just snatched it and cancelled with soma.

[@pcuadra]

@@Eleth it finally arrived today!!! I've barely explored it and I'm blown away