Cold Moon | Ambient Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

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Cold Moon • Illuminating the Truth
December 3, 2017
Full Moon in Gemini (Supermoon)
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[@spearse198]

Simply stunning Bryan. I teach an Undergraduate course on modular synthesis and unlocking creativity through their usage. I've played the students a number of your tracks over the course of the unit and they always go down well. I will be sure to play this! Keep up the brilliant work.

[@Lightbath]

💚🌟✊🏼🤗🙏🏼🙌🏼🏄🏻☺️🖖🏼🚀

[@lawrencevaughan5373]

A course on modular synthesis?!!! WOW. You have very lucky students. F-kin' sign me up!!!!

[@chrisrosiesmith1064]

Where do you teach please?

[@SorchaSublime]

I would also like to know where you teach

[@markdarnell614]

I'm 62 - originally a Pianist from the the age of 6. At 15, I started playing analog synths...mostly Moogs and Arps. At University, I studied modular synthesis on a Buchla, but as time went by - I got lazy...got into the Digital keyboards, with presets, and ways of 'saving' patches. I've been listening to your music over the past week, (while sequestered because of the Covid-19 Pandemic) and I have to say - your Stunning Work has re-Enchanted me! I am now looking at what Modular System to get! - Thank You So Much!

[@Lightbath]

🌟

[@markdarnell614]

@@Lightbath - Bryan, Thank You for the reply. Was perusing your website (well designed, of course!) and am impressed and intrigued by your commitment to creating a community of forwardly creative humans! I am sharing with you , a piece I created in 2006 - without the use of modular synthesis - just an Acoustic Guitar, a Korg Workstation, Glockenspiel, Mellotron Samples, Effects Boxes, Radio Static, and my own Voice. I hope you will listen, and imagine what I might create with Modular Design. Again - Thank you for doing what you do. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4LGh2mlprmbsNE

[@Hainbach]

My dude, this comes on again every so often after my own tracks, and everytime its beautiful. Thank you for the music!9

[@Lightbath]

My man! Thank you!

[@giovanna722]

I listen to this almost daily. To me it's unique because of the introduction of the muted drumbeats in such an ethereal soundscape. Slightly humorous, too, as at first they reminded me of construction noises (carpenters in the basement), lol. Beguiling track!

[@Lightbath]

🌟👷🏼

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

I thought that part was pretty interesting too!

[@HHCforlife]

I feel so grateful to be living in this era of the expansion of musical creativity. Amazing art man!

[@mattmar96]

Ive been on a modular deep dive today and Im feeling that same gratitude

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

Oh happy day! A new track from one of my favorite modular artists! Thanks, man!

[@MisterNiles]

Every single one of your tracks I've heard, are at the very least, extremely nice. Some are obviously and instantly wonderful, or great, or whatever. I went back to some of the merely nice tracks and listened to them very closely with my eyes closed or while not listening to them. I went about my business or read as they played. Your work fills the requirements of true ambient music, in my opinion. If you choose to engage with the music, there is a lot going on and the reward is large, but if you let them play in the background they fade away and become part of the scenery. They become as unobtrusive as a mild perfume in the air. That's a reward in itself. Thanks for the good music.

[@Lightbath]

🙏🏼✨

[@tremainw1413]

Dear poster, this respondent had to admit that he was chuffed with your most splendidly apt and compellingly evocative deployment of simile, right here: the sounds" ... fade away and become part of the scenery. They become as unobtrusive as a mild perfume in the air..."

[@Evolvermn]

@@tremainw1413 same here!!

[@AndrewJanke0]

This is lovely! It's nice to see the works in action.

[@poppymoon4122]

So stunning! Thank you for sharing your work!

[@orangewiggler6838]

This is why I love modular music. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful music!

[@seemikehack]

I love the understated drums in this patch! Absolutely wonderful.

[@descrai]

Wow, a real stunning and captivating watch/listen. Great work!

[@askiimusic]

Such nice and soft soundscape! Floating away with this :)

[@ifaber68]

Beautiful atmosphere with nice sounds and "random" sequences... I love this Music, good! 👍

[@trinzik5012]

This is awesome, nice work!

[@EdisonGrove]

lovely sounds as always!

[@NormalFamous]

very well done. Beautiful.

[@trevorward1991]

I got chills and teared up at this. Literally the music I hear in my dreams. ROCK ON DUDE.

[@Lightbath]

Thank you!

[@jimmythevoice8716]

Love your work. Always have. You are a huge reason for mine joining the Mod Moog world 🌎

[@erichewes3288]

You've inspired me to get started with modular synth and finally start creating music as opposed to just appreciating it, thanks so much!

[@Lightbath]

🙌

[@danrez5670]

great for painting, love this stuff, great work

[@Jasonweckard]

Great use of Modular, wish more people would make music like this with these systems.

[@stevenstavropoulos8858]

absolutely wonderful

[@RobinBaggett]

This is so calming.

[@felixurbat]

Thank you for these 15 minutes of peace :-)

[@DiablitaMamacita16]

Beautiful,just beautiful. This evokes emotions in me and I can't help but cry.💘

[@Lightbath]

Thank you feeling with such depth 🙏

[@francesschaefer]

A friend who studied composition and plays jazz piano, composes and is just generally brilliant and knows so much about many styles of music sent me a link, and I am really enjoying getting familiar with this music!

[@littlescalemusic]

i love your stuff, subscribed!

[@thrax66]

Listening to this helps to calm and clear my mind. A beautiful blend of subtle tones which takes you away from the chaos of modern life.

[@a773]

Great soundscape!

[@iRzNeXY]

Beautiful.

[@RobbieMaynardCreates]

I dont get this at all.. but I love it so much. I love the aesthetics of it, the sounds.. I could watch and listen to this forever

[@albertomarmi2499]

I love this sound!😍

[@tris421]

Damn the bit in the middle when it changes is sooooooo good. I'm completely new at this and pretty flabergasted how you do something like that...

[@Lightbath]

Thanks for listening closely. The change is mostly from changing keys and playing in a new bit of music from the OP-1 into Morphagene and then looping it and continuing to go in that new direction.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Stunning, Lyrical , Excellent !

[@omerhaber6790]

yes this is amazing!

[@volkerwagner6885]

ready to receive. thx.

[@knobsstrings]

Beautiful!

[@YTNUKLR]

Never have I ever...subbed so fast!

[@matteogazzolo1]

Pristine, beautiful music. Thank You!

[@Audhentik]

very good to calm down...lovely piece of music!

[@Grandpa-Beats]

Love your videos thank you for sharing! The way the camera shots are so simple is a really nice compliment to this beautiful song you’ve created - 👴🏼

[@dep1001]

Amazing!

[@Almanacs]

You're my favorite modular genius.

[@Lightbath]

🤗

[@sprungjitsu8465]

Man im sooostoned watching this is meditation

[@rpcheesman]

Gossamer sounds

[@Ellende]

More than any other medium, music touches the emotions the deepest

[@redake1385]

wow that's good!!

[@baksagimm5890]

you should tag your videos relax music too! so relaxing to hear your works i love it!

[@willkinsella4418]

great stuff

[@TUBEDIGGA]

Great stuff

[@wezzuh2482]

really nice

[@MatheusMPL]

The beauty of analog with the practicality of digital

[@va941]

Doing my morning yoga to this, fits like a glove.

[@Lightbath]

Oh, that’s great. Thank you.

[@aminal5]

So cool!

[@Lightbath]

⛄

[@volkerwagner6885]

to listen, to state azure will become a tradition. thx, especially for the power, i received. thx. ahoy volker

[@Hainbach]

YT algo is spot on today - first it cued up r beny, now you!

[@Lightbath]

HAINBACH algorithm FTW!

[@faultelectronica]

Awesome

[@avantlanuit]

j'aime beaucoup cette ambiance _ bravo

[@AdnanAlsannaa]

Really hits at minute 9 ... dammn

[@DarkTapes]

dreamy and serene bloops and bleeps

[@HumanMotives]

I know its an oldie, but this is still awesome and very inspirational!

[@Lightbath]

🌟

[@rgl8109]

dope

[@TheArborTree]

ur morphagene is rly cool.

[@ButterHaus420]

Bravo

[@Nachtdwaler]

Ethereal stuff right there

[@emilianograssi79]

Bravo bravo

[@momsonthenet394]

I wish I understood how the sound is being made but im also realizing that modular is almost like building one instrument with many control panels and only the artist would know what its like to play a thing u systematically built

[@Lightbath]

Yes, basically. But I do keep Patch Notes that are archived on Patreon. That can help others decode what’s going on. And I also make Patch Notes walkthrough videos called The Lightbath Zone. There’s only one video as of yet, but I’m posting the second one later today.

[@momsonthenet394]

Lightbath Awesome! Thanks for the reply, I'll check those out. I'm new to modular but I really appreciate your work

[@maxsmeiersdeich6409]

Stunning. Wonderful! I really have no clear understanding of modular Synthesizers but I am sure I want to buy one one day. My question is- can I buy one (prebuilt/parts to build together myself (modules) ) with around 600-1000 $/€ ? Greets

[@Lightbath]

A grand can put together a small system. Remember that the case will cost some money. Something like the TipTop Mantis case will run $300 and then modules will be anywhere from $100 to $500-ish for the more major ones. Check the ModularGrid link in the description for a really useful app for designing a system. And of course if you want some tips check out my top two tiers on Patreon. They’re currently full, but I’m making a change in the next month or so to allow me to open up a few more slots. Wishing you the best ~

[@Angel-cu5mf]

💙

[@omarsharif927]

Really cool I have no idea what your doing

[@Lightbath]

If you ever want to learn more, I have a Creative Mentorship program here: patreon.com/lightbath

[@emilysprague6983]

rainmaker sure has stuck around for a while : )

[@Lightbath]

Yeah, for real. I'm still not convinced it's right for me, but I do love the filtered & modulated delay I can get from it. My next step might be to set up the 301 to do something similar and see if I don't just prefer that.

[@Lightbath]

Granted, I haven't even scratched the surface of the granular/pitched taps, and the 301 isn't there yet on that sort of thing.

[@stateazure]

Hi Bryan, been checking out your music for a while now and really enjoying it! I'm really curious how you're attenuating CV etc? I can't see any dedicated attenuverters on some of your set ups, including this one..do you just not attenuate very often? or is attenuation provided via one of the other modules? Now that I think about it, apart from Pamela's, you don't seem to use LFOs much either if I'm not mistaken, so perhaps you don't need to attenuate signals very often? Hope you can shed some light, I'm just getting started in the modular world :)

[@Lightbath]

Great questions! I agree that attenuation is so important to get subtlety. Yeah, LFOs played a much larger role in my patches when Batumi was in the case. Check my old fourhexagons channel for more modulation. But really, a lot of my modules have attenuverters built-in. And my primary modulation source has been Chance lately, which has attenuverters on each output. Aside from that, it was a conscious choice in building this recent performance case to do less with modulation than I had in the past and rely more on performance and real-time hands-on modulation. I have a 12U piece I'll be publishing soon that uses a lot more modulation (even some Batumi into Samara into Drezno/Lipsk complex modulation) and has enough attenuators to even the score. So stay tuned, and if you haven't yet seen some of the old videos like 'Orange is the New', 'Social Contours', and 'Batumi Master' you might dig them. And if you wanna dig through the archives, there's 'Supermoon Preparation' on Vimeo.

[@stateazure]

That explains a lot, thanks. I did wonder if Chance had it built in, I'm not familiar with that module. I figured this is what you've done, gone for a more interactive, hands-on approach. I know those videos well! Your 'Batumi Master' video sold me on that module. I've only had my little modular setup for a couple of days now, but I can say Batumi is one of my favourites so far, it's so fun patching into itself and creating wild modulation via the different modes. Thanks again!

[@frywolny]

i can imagine Bjork voice on top of this stunning music

[@Lightbath]

OMG, wouldn’t that be great?!?!

[@frywolny]

I say..just do it! :-)

[@Lightbath]

Yes! Anybody want to introduce me to her?

[@ofulm]

Absolutely beautiful. I got lost in this. Any plans on getting your music on Spotify?

[@Lightbath]

Thank you. And yes, I'll be releasing some music on Bandcamp this Fall and it will also be available for streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

[@ofulm]

Lightbath Thanks for your quick reply! I’ll make sure not to miss the release!

[@Lightbath]

Awesome. And if you want first dibs on the cassettes (yes there will be more than one released together) I have an email list signup on my website for the album heads up before it goes live on the platforms.

[@athenachristinemusic]

What is this magic ....

[@downgrooves]

Lovely stuff, subscribed. Do you mind if I ask, where did you get that stand for your modular case? I've been looking for something similar for a while.

[@Lightbath]

Thanks. Check the video description for a link.

[@jazzbeats8168]

wow love this.... whats the op-1 doing?

[@Lightbath]

Thanks. I'm using the Tombola sequencer to tumble various pitch sets. And I'm also playing sustained chords without Tombola later in the piece.

[@baultamusic]

2:41 sounds JUST like Porcupine Tree's Arriving Somewhere But Not Here intro. Really great!

[@hildebrandsleid]

Absolutely stunning. What module are you using to interface with the computer?

[@Lightbath]

Thank you. Looks like I had missed adding my audio interface link to the video description. It's there now. Audio Interface: a.co/f8km1rx

[@Lightbath]

Oh, I just realized that you specified 'module'. I'm actually going out of different modules straight into my audio interface. I find there's no need to use separate interface modules since my interface has enough headroom. But if I had a large studio rack I'd totally use one of those nw2s modules or maybe the Snake Charmer because the DB-25 snake cable solution is super elegant.

[@Lightbath]

Just using 3.5mm to 1/4" cables by Control. Straight out of Rainmaker into Channels 1&2 of the interface. Out of Clouds into 3&4. Out of Plonk into 5. The OP-1 is going into my mixer which has send/return to BIM/BAM & Morphagene and the main outs of the mixer are going into Channels 7&8 of the interface.

[@plooonk]

Oh, wonderful! May I ask, what’s the role of the OP-1 in this? Is it the only active sequencer and how did you connect it to the system?

[@Lightbath]

It’s separate. I’m using the Tombola to play an internal synth and that’s just an extra voice to add to the modular, which is being played by the Monome on the left.

[@sk8erboi201020102010]

Was the title inspired by the super moon tonight?

[@Lightbath]

Yep, Gemini Supermoon. And this particular full moon, the one before the Solstice, is known as the Cold Moon.

[@weave_of_k]

Hi. I am one of your Patreon supporters but too computer illiterate to find the patch notes on this video. Is Chance running under its internal clock?

[@Lightbath]

Haha. Hey Kev. The answer is yes and it's clocking Pam's. The patch notes for this particular patch aren't super detailed like many others, but it's still useful to see the voices.To access the Patch Notes Archive, go to my Patreon page, click Posts, click Rewards (in a box on the left under 'Featured Tags') and then scroll to the bottom of the feed. The Patch Notes Archive is the earliest post of that feed. Alternately, you can just click Posts and scroll all the way to the bottom (it's the 8th post from the bottom, right after Cold Moon, actually).

[@episnod]

What is the "controller" you are using? with the rotating hexagon?

[@episnod]

OP1?

[@Lightbath]

Ah, yes. It's the OP-1, but it's not being used as a controller. It's just playing an internal sound and being run into Morphagene.

[@GangiFilms]

that will be $10,000.

[@rbeny]

µClouds :o!

[@rbeny]

That T-Wrex too

[@RapidPants]

this sounds like Spore music

[@Lightbath]

I just looked it up and WOAH, Brian Eno was one of the composers!

[@RapidPants]

@@Lightbath wow! That is cool! I actually didn't know that

[@taniotoshi]

Wow! Thank you for that! It got me right in the mood for writing! I have one song uploaded... check it out if you feel like it. - Domi

[@mooseinbeesocks2700]

25% speed trust me

[@Lightbath]

Woah, I just tried it out with a pretty hefty hipass. I applaud your patience. The track is an hour long @ 25% speed.

[@mooseinbeesocks2700]

I'll have to try the highpass trick! Yeah i posted this comment about 15 minutes in and its still got a ways to go haha. I've been going around youtube listening to my fav modular artists @ 25% speed.

[@Ben-mt3ef]

oh my god he just wouldnt put it in the hole

[@JohnLRice]

Beautiful!