Chronograph - Ambient Modular Performance (Eurorack, Pro 3, Quantum, Peak)

Berlin style track using a few of the hardware synths + eurorack.
Bass: 3x Mini Mod VCOs + Ladder filter
First sequence: 2xONA VCOs through Freak filter
Second sequence: Pro 3 + Peak
Third Sequence: Braids (detuned SAW) + Natural Gate
Lead: Quantum (custom preset)
Octatrack II: Percussion
Sequencing: Vector, Metropolis, Sinfonion, KSP
FX: FX Aid XL, Distings (delay), Magneto, OTO Boum
Recorded direct to DAW in one take.
Video shot on a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k with a Sigma 18-35 lens. Editing and colour grading done in Da Vinci Resolve.
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[@joesutton2009]

Wow… this track right here is just absolutely amazing. 10 out of 10. I cannot get enough of this.. thank you 🙏

[@picturemusic1557]

Berlin Scool forever! Electronic music evolution: Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and now State Azure. I listen every day State Azure! In these times (i work in healtcare) quiet down, gives strength to tomorrow.

[@winterland2011]

Ricochet by Tangerine meets the most aggressive Jarre bass thunder. Love this.

[@gergesgeorgesmalin2042]

Tangerine Dream ... Rubycon . 🎶🎵🎼😉

[@simoncawsey4028]

Strong...

[@andrepiotrowski5668]

Listening to State Azure - things I like on a Monday … :D

[@singularitywash]

I just played this one before crashing to bed after a long night at work. Thank You - State Azure!

[@rajeshaggarwal4691]

This music can catch your soul

[@bernardmacseoin1113]

Berlin School electronic music still cutting edge 50 years later. Homage to the pioneers Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze who still inspire excellent musicianship composition today. Bravo!

[@rosemcshane928]

Nice piece, had to loop to get the desired effect.

[@deltaray3]

That hex splitter looks cool. Never seen one of those before.

[@Psychlist1972]

That Mini Mod really brings the beef to this. Sounds fantastic

[@nolake]

Sublime, the first word that comes to my lips.

[@DrJ3RK8]

Nice, as always!

[@stateazure]

Thank you!

[@iseethings8451]

Soothing flowing vibrational magic.... again! Thanks

[@dominicleblanc6961]

I’m a total fan ! Dreamy minutes listening in. You’re my late night soundscape ! Greetings from Montreal

[@stateazure]

Thank you, Dominic!

[@sylwestersylver3221]

The abyss of sounds ... as always brilliant. Greetings from Poland - Poznań

[@bylem6763]

>>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6SkoYuCjr2XmJY

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Beautifull ......So lyrical.....Incendiary.....youre good ....i mean....REAL good,- :-)

[@ld8341]

How on earth am I not already subscribed?

[@moss8448]

definitely feels like traveling...can see myself easing by other planets sealed in my capsule

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

Ah I see someone had their monitor upside down and accidentally pressed the thumbs down by mistake...

[@adelbergandrey]

"Accidentally" and "by mistake" have exactly the same meaning precisely ;)

[@djMLE-207]

you've been such a inspiration to me when it comes to music, you really hit that deep part of my soul, not alot of music out there has this thing - this element to it that makes you feel alive, or maybe hyper aware of the fact that we are alive, and that is beautiful.

[@robstammers7149]

Close your eyes, it's somewhere between 1975 and 1980, Froese, Franke, Baumann, maybe in Poland, who knows. The spirit of Ricochet. A brilliant meld.

[@chascarpenter5006]

If i could give you a line of thumbs up i would, lovely sound, just wish it was longer, thank you.

[@analegmaad8292]

Envoûtant ❤

[@coffinhauler13]

Every time I listen to state azure, its like I'm traveling back to the hedonistic 1980s! Pure sublime moments!

[@chriswerner5169]

Thank you, brought me back to my musical roots today. I have to start my rig.

[@amangogna68]

Fantastic sound and music !

[@MartinLueders]

Excellent piece! What a pity I missed the premier.

[@djammcg]

I've got so many State Azure tabs open in my browser; can't wait for this piece to be turned into an album. Until then, heading over to bandcamp to make some purchases ...

[@djammcg]

Wait, what? 10 quid for the whole discography? That's .... charity to the human race. You're so getting a massive tip ...

[@chrissneider7550]

I could never remember two seconds of this song, but I could hum...she loves you yeah - yeah - yeah!!!!

[@spaceman2791]

Genius

[@sergemassa2937]

❤❤❤❤

[@simoncawsey4028]

Reminds me of cylic Berlin

[@sativamusicrelax1121]

beautiful music the great sounds I was running all day

[@fxtreffer]

A truly classic piece. I remember the seventies. Great! Greetings from Berlin!

[@troglodyte5991]

Great composition. Getting some BOC vibes

[@124thDragoon]

This fits the "New Worlds" from Mass Effect vibe so well. Could you [please put this on Spotify?

[@stateazure]

I might put together a Selected Modular Works II and include this. Stay tuned.

[@zekehayward7643]

Love this! Nice and dreamy. Perfect way to end the work day. Awesome job buddy.

[@AcydDrop]

I finally got to listen to this! Loved it!

[@marek.veleba]

Listening again. It's great. Those three Minimod VCO's sounds awesome. Need to buy at least one another :-) ...but need more space.

[@stateazure]

Thanks. Those VCOs are so good :)

[@stankolbe6384]

Hi and thank you always for making my life magical and calm. You’re Awesome!

[@simoncawsey4028]

Very cool

[@simoncawsey4028]

An inordinant amount of energy to recreate

[@CO5MA]

I love that bass! Gritty and mellow ❤️Great track!

[@Probbie]

Wow, that one's pretty special mate👌👏👏👏

[@stateazure]

Cheers buddy!

[@gepisar]

oh wow! Yeah... that bass ... appreciated!!

[@Seekthetruth3000]

Impressive gear.

[@dreamdealer]

amazing stuff as usual Pat, such a trip, thank you.

[@robstammers7149]

Just Awesome, repeat play anyone!!!

[@meaderanizer228]

So Beautiful

[@cuzmo3000]

As usual this is nothing short of fantastic!

[@Navigator19791]

sublime 🌌

[@Григорий-ы6ъ]

Отлично!!!!

[@alonzovillarreal4666]

🔥

[@BABYSUN1]

Awesome composition, congrat!

[@jeremythornton433]

This is beautiful!

[@oceanbeliever681]

Looks like mission control at NASA lol awesome Bro!

[@musicbycandlelightmbc3225]

My goodness State Azure, how can you find any button underneath that pile of spaghetti?...lol. You would think there would be a better system to manage all those patch cables in a centralized controller. But I suppose that would take the fun out of that mayhem now wouldn't it...lol? Either way, another fine passage of music State.

[@timberlandsbeatclubclips8404]

This is awesome.

[@ElectronHexagon]

This reminds me of Miami Vice soundtrack music from back in the 80's.

[@stateazure]

Thanks :) You'd like my track 'Switchblade' I think, it's very much inspired by Miami Vice/Jan Hammer.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

I can hear Hammer ,-

[@heartofarcana]

This was the perfect soundtrack to my Numenera game tonight. Thank you so much!

[@Psychlist1972]

I really enjoyed this performance. Thanks for sharing it with everyone.

[@MarkusGrandpre]

Thank you, I like it very much. Very much, wow!

[@copyrate]

Really cool !

[@panickernel660]

Божественно

[@BoardgameBaker]

That reverb is stellar. Only the Magneto or are there several different ones?

[@halberkstresser]

hot damn

[@stanleyawdo278]

A perfect start to the week thanks SA

[@Alphastare23]

Lovely as always, loving the wide screen format also!

[@BrokenSines]

Sweet AF.

[@noisynois1670]

bevy cool,meencanta muy bonito,yo uso el expert sleeper fh2 para sincronizar lfo y demas jejejejejj

[@gmscott9319]

Great stuff!

[@owlinspace]

Dat smoke machine doe. My synth is on FIRE.

[@davidbarker1855]

I love state azure music,👍🎶

[@thomashedemann1600]

Simply amazing!

[@dave3533]

Another great one State Azure. How do you usually decide how and when to end a piece? To taste or more methodical?

[@stateazure]

Thanks. I guess just when it feels right to start winding it down, this one was a bit different, the full version went on for at least another 3 minutes after this, but I felt it needed editing down as nothing really happened during that time.

[@vidarhjal]

@@stateazure that happens with sequences way too fast :'D

[@jamiefullerton]

🚀🧘🏼‍♂️

[@vidarhjal]

Another great tune :)

[@Moppedsebi]

...but this was just the Start! Just as the song really picked up, it started to fade out... This could have continued for another 20 or 30 minutes!

[@gizmotrongraphicsmusic9374]

What? No fog machine? This was gre8 gre8 gre8! You have drawn me into Euroack. I sold all my vintage 80's synth boutiques, and all my loopers to build my sort of hybrid first rack setup with one hardware synth, a korg wavestate, my line 6 Helix, & Variax guitar, Roland VT-4 for vocals. a Strymon Magneto, and a 4 cable effects send and return in and out of the Eurorack using two Strymon aa.1's to a guitar doubler, tc electonic Mimiq, and a Specular Tempus, with a BitBox Micro. It's all driven by a KeyStep Pro and my live play. It's the music that I like and not so much the wired patching thru quirky specific modules. With the four cable effects return from the Eurorack to line level world of stomp effects and back into Eurorack I can place these effects anywhere in the insert path, including back into the Helix where I have more than 120 stomp effects that can be chained together. You are an inspiration to me. I like Neon Vines for her orchestrated live looping using Ableton Live too. Neon Vines; "Too High;" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZCzlYt-a5l2iK8

[@stateazure]

Thank you! Sounds like a cool setup, really hope you enjoy it. Thanks for the link I'll definitely check it out :)

[@gizmotrongraphicsmusic9374]

@@stateazure Her music style is not my preferred style but her talent and live performances are somewhere between amazing and genius. Electronic music has so many variations.

[@choimdachoim9491]

What disappoints me about this type of music is the similarity of form between almost all players: set a background tonality that slowly evolves over time as changes slowly rise and fall volume-wise, play a lead-line, and uhh...that's it. The more I study music, the more important form becomes. This music stays on the same planet but I want to be taken to other planets and electronic music, in my opinion, is the possible vehicle. First, the background tonality has to morph into other tonalities, from valleys to mountains to lakes to oceans to deserts, to those places in other galaxies, to various places in my mind...that is taking the trip, going someplace instead of staying in the same place. Personal opinion, and something I strive for in my personal musical efforts. I'd like to put some of mine on KZbin but haven't figured out how. Actually I only tried once 2 years ago. Hmmm. I'm treading a fine line between dissing a person's musical output and critiquing. (Wow! google sez I spelled "dissing" and "critiquing" correctly. I didn't know dissing was even a real word.)

[@stateazure]

I don't really care what other people are doing personally, this is the music that I make, take it or leave it. I try to keep every track a little different from the last, and the kind of variation you're talking about isn't an easy thing to accomplish in eurorack, much easier in a DAW.

[@choimdachoim9491]

@@stateazure True about the DAW. It has saved me 10's of thousands of dollars. I wasn't complaining about how well you do what you do, I've enjoyed both pieces I've listened to so far. The first one I really love. My feeling about it all is that we have all this rocket science but we're just buzzing all around on the ground instead of taking off into outer space. I feel that way about all the types of music I listen to. Rock, Blues and Country especially are beating a dead horse. I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I'm 73...old people get real opinionated.

[@neonnights16]

@@stateazureRight on. You're music is different, I love it and only wish I found it sooner. Negative noobs don't mean sh*^.

[@neonnights16]

Eat a d. Your taste and attempt at music critic is cringe.

[@denis8413]

Прекрасная работа! Погружение в медитацию

[@Matthew-px9nu]

Hey man, i listen to these all the time and LOVE them, so good !!! I have a Digitakt + Digitone + GrandMother and want to add a small Eurorack for effects/modulation. What do you recommend considering you have so many and also use Elektron gear! Maybe something like 84hp.... In my head i'm like some VCAs, LFOs, EGs, Delays but not sure what ones!!!

[@massimoalessi1831]

👏👍

[@genepozniak]

Beautiful piece of Berlin school. Not sure why you said "ambient" in the title though. An ambient (literally, "background") piece should not demand our attention the way this does. In fact, the first time I listened to it, I was really in the mood for ambient, so a few minutes in I skipped it until I was in the mood for something more energetic. Loving this work right now. 😍

[@metaspherz]

The definition of 'ambient' has expanded over the past few decades. I think that State Azure's ambient music is great in the background while I write, or close my eyes and drift, or actively do chores around the house. It's got the right kind of mood that makes it ambient. There is no real melody to drive the tune it just takes-off and keeps going with minor musical changes or distractions. In the eighties and nineties, ambient was more about ambient sounds like the sound of the wind, waves crashing on the shore, children's laughter, distant rumbles of thunder, traffic noises, crowd noises, etc. People would add ambient sounds to their self-help hypnotic and meditative music to help people relax to absorb subliminal concepts or just to fall asleep with the sound of the ocean or other soothing sounds. Of course, Tangerine Dream was making ambient music way before that and I think much of the Berlin School is ambient. Nowadays it seems that any kind of arpeggio music can qualify. I'm not saying that your definition isn't correct, it's that ambient has evolved and is still evolving.

[@stateazure]

@@metaspherz Right! I use the ambient term myself quite loosely, and pretty much lump almost everything I do under that umbrella genre, even if it's not strictly accurate every time.

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

Outstanding work! I just got a Peak myself. Now I'm inspired!

[@stateazure]

Thanks and grats on getting your Peak :)

[@vincentsky]

Epic. Great sequences!

[@stevenkramer3431]

Very Berlin School indeed, and I'm really enjoying that aspect. This would not be at all out of place in TD's releases from the 1970s, such as Stratosfear or Force Majeure.

[@stateazure]

Thank you, Steven! That's kind of what I was aiming for, and Schulze type of vibe.

[@davepeachey3072]

@@stateazure Excellent, as always; I can't wait for this one to go on the Bandcamp page (Modular Works V, perhaps?). I'd say it's more Klaus than Edgar ... 70s KS ambience and 80s KS drumfills ... a nice combination!

[@sebastiaanfraikin9481]

at 4:19 JMJ vibes :)

[@dziban303]

So at what point do you just stop understanding what the patch is doing and just roll with it?

[@gonzinigonz]

Take it that's the Waldorf Quantum in there somewhere? Had my Waldorf MWXT fired up last few days and rediscovering it, brought is new 21 years ago. Forgotten how good it sounds, totally stunning. Just got to figure how to create the custom wavetables again, long forgotten!

[@stateazure]

I played the Quantum part on the Keystep Pro. It's playing that nice lead sound :)

[@gonzinigonz]

@@stateazure I'll have another listen :)

[@studio48nl]

At 4:30, is that the Mini Mods bass? 🤯 (Yes it is, you are dialing the Ladder filter, right?)

[@stateazure]

Yes that's right! It begins with the ladder filter very low/closed.

[@studio48nl]

@@stateazure that sound terribly good. I'm looking for a new VCO/VCF filter combo... this one if the options (not 3 vco's thought).

[@owenkitto27]

What electron device is that next to the oct?

[@simoncawsey4028]

Busted me Next ?

[@Borszczuk]

In IT we say, "if every bug is P1 (priority 1) then nothing is P1". Same for "hearted" comments :)

[@Futureozone]

Hallo Sir, do you still have the Behringer neutron, Model D and Pro 1 in use? Nice Performance.

[@stateazure]

Thanks. No, I sold those and replaced them with eurorack modules.

[@Futureozone]

@@stateazure Thanx for you answer Sir. oh OK, I'm thinking of buying the Model D, Neutron...you can recommend it. Modular is currently too expensive for me. Maybe the Behringer Modular 100 Bundle would be a start. Hmm

[@heliopijpe]

Very Klaus Schulze

[@simicmagic4806]

Uh, quick question.... does he have to rewire that thing every time he makes music? It drives me crazy when I have to wire up the television plus accessories. Just looking at all that is giving me nightmares. Good music though LOL.

[@stateazure]

It's not necessary every time, you could wire it up in such a way and continue to use the same configuration over and over. I personally unpatch and make new patches every single time, I enjoy it, it keeps everything I do fresh and fun, like a different puzzle to figure out each time.

[@BrokenSines]

@@stateazure Yes to that! Pulling all the wires after every patch and starting over is the only way to go :)

[@traceydeakin6055]

2021 greetings. Latest addition happens back to that of the famous tangerine dream team. I've noticed that your cabling is getting a bit out of whack:)

[@stateazure]

Thank you, Tracey! I didn't use my usual bendy cable ties, oops!

[@traceydeakin6055]

Do you tour?

[@stefanbreitenfeld]

You listened to Ricochet more than once, didn't you? ;)

[@stateazure]

Perhaps :)

[@stefanbreitenfeld]

@@stateazure Been there! :)