Is the Buchla 200e a techno instrument? Part three

Swamp Stroll, by the Sonny Downs Quartet.
Swamp Stroll falls squarely into the realm of microtonality, and uses the scale: 11/10, 11/9, 11/8, 22/15, 11/7, 11/6. This incorporates the undecimal neutral third (11/9), and the undecimal neutral seventh (11/6). The neutral seventh chord features prominently, which is neither major nor minor. Eleven-limit tuning lies at the boundary of consonance and dissonance, which is why it sounds kinda right and also kinda wrong.
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[@KentBuchla]

01:02… spooky ghost! Another fine Aussie Jam. Thank you for keeping us in supply, good sir.

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Yes! Didn't see that ghost. I used a new video encoding format. When I tried to write to MP4, it introduced some unacceptable distortion into the bass, so had to find a new format with higher bitrate for the audio, but I guess then the new video format introduced some distortions! But, audio comes first! Thanks for your support Kent!

[@Chris-vr8cd]

oooo thats nice. good conversation amongst the frogs and insects. there's an ominous vibe in the background, for this is a conversation between predator and prey.

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Ha! I am going to post a video soon, commenting on the relationship between insects and the 296e. It does demonstrate just how band-limited cicadas and crickets are :)

[@jericho2x2]

this is outstanding again. I love when the bubbling filter sound is kicking in. Perfect balance between loop and evolving sequences on this one. Doing this in the Buchla world can be quite challenging when going for a more traditional song structure. Very well done.

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Thanks for listening! That is the 296e. Beautiful. The VCAs are great, and work much better than the 291e. Gonna do a video on this module soon!

[@BenjaminCarey]

beautiful - and lovely mix as always... bravo 🙂

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Thanks Ben!

[@HAntonRiehl]

I am really enjoying the vibe of this one! Somehow pushing and pulling all at the same time. May need to load up that microtonal scale on my quantizer and play around!

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Hi Anton! Yes! Go just intonation! 12TET was invented for Baroque era instruments!

[@HAntonRiehl]

@@thesonnydownsquartet9340 for sure! Love all my microtonal scales. Recently was playing with some 16 EDO scales, and was enjoying how some of it felt very natural, and some felt very unnatural.

[@fablesofsilence]

Another brilliant piece. I think you must be my favourite "Buchla" artist by now. Great mood. Amazing sounds. Thanks mate!

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Always a pleasure! Wasn't sure about putting this one up, so glad you enjoy it!

[@fablesofsilence]

@@thesonnydownsquartet9340 I know the feeling!

[@tom.konxompax]

got that Maurizio dub vibe!

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Indeed! The first time I passed a minor 7th chord through a band-pass filter, I had arrived in Berlin

[@EnoraRecords]

Sound nice!

[@thesonnydownsquartet9340]

Thanks for listening Jens!