"Élivágar": Ambient Generative Music - Rings, Morphagene, Gamut Repetitor, Clouds, FX Aid

[@ondraJams]

Beautiful generative piece 👏

[@Probbie]

Wonderful 😊

[@justinhuffman2430]

Exquisite design ❤ 🔥 🙏

[@Lk747CC]

Really cool piece. Enjoying the pace and each sound getting the spotlight. And just read the description drops of venom in the primordial ice realm. Nailed it 🥰 Ooh what’s the reverb you’re using? Such long trails. Love that. I’m just starting to play with my Morphagene. I had a couple reels of samples but not quite feeling it yet. I have an idea or two to explore next. What have you discovered about it? Have you found a groove? Curious your thoughts on it. Do you love it? If so why? Also what’s it doing in this piece?

[@scienceroommusic]

@@Lk747CC thanks Lauren! So, the big reverb is FX Aid. I freaking love it so much that I bought a 1U version of it for my new 7U performance rack 😈 I haven’t really decoded the Morphagene yet. The few times I’ve patched with it so far, I’ve used snippets that I sampled of various things pianos, strings, etc. This time I used a snippet from what rings is producing via Gamut Repetitor. Then, the secret sauce is splitting the signal coming out of Morphagene and sending stereo to FXAid, and a separate stereo signal to Clouds, modulating the freeze function. That’s pretty much the whole process for this one, more or less. Morphagene is cryptic, I think I’d prefer to have the new Qubit tape looper module (can’t remember the name off hand), but it’s pricey. Perhaps it will come down in a few months. In the meantime, like so many of my modules I really need to go a bit deeper and get to their true depth!

[@Lk747CC]

@ you got it!! Hooray!! You will love the new case. I’m going to check out this FX Aid I just love that reverb. Nice find! Ah nice way to use the Morphagene it really fit in nicely to this piece I couldn’t even detect it. Usually I can hear a Morphagene right away. Nicely done. Well if I discover anything worth sharing on my deep dive I’ll let you know. It’s the Stardust… I thought I saw a bunch of reviews of that pop up. I wondered what that was.

[@scienceroommusic]

@@Lk747CC stardust! That’s the one 😃 FX Aid - there’s a few different versions of it but I went for the 4HP one (before I bought the 1U one! ) - it does what I want from it - I didn’t see the need for additional connectivity. You can get it from Analogue Haven in L.A. - Perfect Circuit does not sell them….

[@Lk747CC]

@ thanks for introducing me to analogue haven. Did not know they existed, awesome. And this is a stereo module too which is great because every module in my case is stereo. Hmm I did leave room on either end for this reason and the Morphagene I’m guessing as I dig in will need it’s own fx module so this is a number one candidate!! Love it.

[@scienceroommusic]

​@@Lk747CC For the price this module is probably one of the best things in my rack. It's only 4HP, it has KILLER reverbs in it, and you can upload different configurations to put all your favorite patches up front in the presets. I had to look it up, but the setting I am using on this patch is called "Reverb Hall Mid". 👍 I've only used Analogue Haven twice, but each time they've been great. They ship quickly and communicate really well. Something else I wanted to mention based on your first comment - there's a random freeze happening thru Clouds - as I'm sure you know, that effect sounds very much like a long-tailed reverb, but if you listen carefully you can tell the difference. 😉 The "plucks" from Rings are noticeably softer-edged thru Clouds too - I expect that is due to Clouds' low sample rate, which in this case helps you be able to hear the difference between what is sent to FX Aid and what is sent to Clouds. Don't you love all this nerdy stuff?!?! This is why we do modular, I guess 😁