'Prometheus' Ambient Modular Performance (Digitakt, Braids, E370, NerdSeq, Hermod, Plaits)

Last trip around Saturn, to check out another small moon..or is it just a big rock?
Finally got another Hermod, which I intend to keep this time for its MIDI live looping/CV recording. It's playing the Braids pluck in this piece, which I recorded live over 3 separate sequences.
Digitakt is doing all the percussion/drums. I forgot just how good Digitakt is at doing this kind of ambient percussion stuff (spent a whole day programming it). I just wish I could automate pattern/program changes. Vector will eventually be able to do this I think, but in this piece Vector takes a back seat and just keeps everything tightly synced.
NerdSeq is doing most of the work in this patch. Several channels with MIDI live recordings over many patterns to keep things changing.
The cool glitchy and occasional dub tech chord stuff that begins around 10 secs in is all coming from Plaits with its model being modulated.
Bass#1 is Cs-L wavefolder output through Stereo Dipole.
Bass#2 from Digitakt
Other synth sounds/leads are E370, and GraphicVCO.
Recorded direct to DAW.
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[@ricardodriedijk2206]

listening to your music is like being in another world

[@SyncdAlien]

"That's no moon!" I've heard it said. Awesome ambient! I love it!

[@robstammers7149]

I've returned to this great tribute to Edgar, it's now 2024, I'm nearly 70 years of age, this tribute is haunting, haunting my memory banks, Phaedra was my first experience on it's release in the early 1970s, I've been hooked ever since. I only saw them perform live once back in the late 70s. How I miss those original early Tangerine Dream days. This tribute is fantastic. Thank you.

[@stateazure]

Thanks, Rob. My favourite era of them was during the 80s, but I miss the old TD too.

[@askiimusic]

This is just great!! Listening to one of your tracks is always recharging my energy of the day. I'm so glad your channel exists.

[@stateazure]

Happy to hear that, thank you!

[@allisonwatling9565]

love the percussion, amazing work as always

[@vickiecarter1503]

I'm sitting here and taking shots of Vodka and chillin out and catching my head and relaxing to this. This was very good and relaxing, l thank you for that.

[@stateazure]

Thank you , Vickie!

[@utrs953]

" I forgot just how good Digitakt is" It's only as good as the person who is making it sing like this. My ears are not worthy... Simply stunning, thank you so much!

[@stateazure]

Many thanks :)

[@andrewluchsinger]

I spent 35 years in radio and worked as a sound tech. This stuff gives me eargasms. This is just one of the reasons I have subscribed.

[@dubstationzero4908]

tremendously beautiful and enchanting . what a great piece

[@FastusMusic]

compelling stuff, so very well done!

[@maximing666]

amazing! I like this ambient sound!

[@JoshBrennan-ou2zq]

8 minutes of pure magic sounds.This creator is, for me, the best of the best.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Watching a SpaceX launch. Why listen to their orbital coast music, when I can listen to yours?

[@gmegas]

Amazing piece of work!

[@denisbaranov9059]

wonderful track!

[@amangogna68]

Amazing sound!

[@omerhaber6790]

you're unreal..your work is on a whole other level

[@hile4159]

Amazing, could very easily be in space listening to this Quality work ...subbed

[@Neurotypique]

I have a week fresh nerdseq and your videos are an inspiration for me to build structured tracks instead of 16 bars loops! Thank you for sharing

[@fabiostabel]

your work is absolutely amazing

[@stateazure]

Thanks so much!

[@leilalessia]

I really love this atmosphere!!! i'm in trance with your music!

[@stateazure]

Thank you, Ilaria! :)

[@MrRoskoPeko]

Phenomenal as always.

[@triplebacon1]

gotta say you are 'tuned in outside the box' and that gets my SUB!! great art!!

[@WiredSpaceWizard]

Stellar work, man!

[@gravityassist]

This one is on another level. Modulations are ace, subtle and effective at the same time.

[@stateazure]

Thanks :)

[@substan_music]

beautiful !!

[@dreamdealer]

you got some great sequencers going on here and to get them in sync is no easy job. amazing track sir.

[@stateazure]

Thanks, Marcos. I had to try a lot of different combinations of patching to get them to play together nice, Hermod especially doesn't like to be slaved it seems and the only way I could get it to a tight sync was taking a slaved clock output from PNW, but a Run output directly from Vector (Master).

[@zekehayward7643]

Fantastic! So relaxing to listen to. Wish you would put out a disc set.

[@panoptessoundworks4658]

real nice.... breath taking

[@stateazure]

Thanks!

[@sopalen]

This is some serious shit right here, damn you are good :).

[@markmillyard5868]

I enjoyed that was really awesome

[@stateazure]

Thanks, Mark!

[@markmillyard5868]

When I listened to Prometheus I just felt relaxed and I enjoyed the different sounds with in Prometheus you are very very talented I enjoy ambient modular music.

[@babyirene3188]

great job.

[@stateazure]

Thanks!

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Awesome, that is all I am saying!

[@clonecrow217]

Love what you do, sometimes have your channel on in the background. I need more voices in my kit....

[@michaelcockherham7586]

I like his music Iisten to it all the time

[@Dutchamp]

Nice bass on my 6550 tube amp double mono's bright too. Most tubeamps don't give a smooth bass. Mine does 😊 plenty of DC power. And excellent output transformers. Nice music real relaxing bass in the seat.

[@philipclayberg4928]

Black monolith spotted on the surface of Iapetus (one of Saturn's moons). Investigation recommended (even if only one member of the crew survives the journey there).

[@journeyfurthur6396]

I cannot believe the sounds you have created, it is totally amazing and this is only KZbin quality. Gosh I totally appreciate this. I sold my musical equipment a few years ago and totally regret it, this is where my hearts at. oh well!!!! Those sounds!!!!!!!

[@stateazure]

Thanks, Sarah! I went through a phase of selling all my equipment once (though I didn't have a lot at the time), out of frustration mostly. Software is always a great way to get back into it at low cost, even free. VCVRack for instance is a pretty incredible free piece of software for the modular environment!

[@journeyfurthur6396]

@@stateazure yes i just came across vcvrack this morning! I watched a great tutorial on how to set up a basic modular setup and somebody had mentioned vcvrack. I really do love hardware and turning knobs though - it's more comfortable and fluid. I had a 25-key novation x-station and was able to make some amazing sounds! Anyways, thanks again for your videos, and I'm sure over time I will discover which hardware I'd like to have. Thanks!

[@stateazure]

@@journeyfurthur6396 Yeah, you can't beat hardware! Thanks again, Sarah, very glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@NeonTotemFractals]

This is why I love electronic music..... namaste to all ..... :D

[@Probbie]

Oh yes; turned that up to 11. Sounds so good my friend.

[@stateazure]

Thanks mate :)

[@DroneShots_UK]

Great track. Have got got any more Tangerine Dream reworks planned?

[@stateazure]

Thanks, Badger. Yes, very soon. Quite possibly the next vid I post, if all goes well.

[@reikibahia]

very, very good, but the "mellows" I like the most!

[@tonygriffin_]

I don't understand what all your equipment is or how exactly you compose and play on it. But I do know all your compositions are a joy to listen to as well as being beautiful to watch. As good as anything by TD, Schulze, Eno and the quieter end of Underworld. Superb art.

[@stateazure]

Thanks very much, Anthony!

[@user-yw5rk2ur3r]

❤❤❤❤

[@leeparker673]

I know not how you do it, but man is it good

[@stateazure]

Thank you, Lee!

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StAr PePoleS~ 👽😎👍

[@domiloik]

Nice track! Nerdseq Csl Stereo dipole

[@stateazure]

Thank you :)

[@gavinwilliams9222]

Interesting! Trying to find a way of piggybacking this with 'ambient and y,zentia while walking the dog.

[@gavinwilliams9222]

Carbon ambient I missed out, sorry.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Hey Pat, is this somewhere on Bandcamp ? I really like the drone kind of pieces you make.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

Never mins , found it :)

[@stateazure]

@@LittleAmbientMachine Yeah it's on MW3, guess you know that now :) Thanks, Mike glad you like this one..it's probably one of my better ones of this kind of style I think.

[@LittleAmbientMachine]

@@stateazure Yeah just got it via Bandcamp...

[@stateazure]

@@LittleAmbientMachine Thanks, Mike! Enjoy!

[@OmriCohen-Music]

I love the percussion and all those glitchy sounds! What does it mean Midi live recording?

[@stateazure]

Cheers, Omri! It means I can now record directly into the sequencer tracks via MIDI keyboard, at least with NerdSeq and Hermod. Vector is still step based programming. All of the parts on this, were recorded that way.

[@OmriCohen-Music]

@@stateazure Oh nice, now I understand :)

[@ktp3429]

Nice sounds as always, i love the ambient glitchy percussion especially, works well with your melodic style. I just ordered a hermod for my peak, planning use it to sequence the peak in sync with my modular for a live performance, do you have any tips on achieving this?

[@stateazure]

Thanks! I think it should be pretty straightforward MIDI in from a Keyboard into Hermod for programming your midi parts, MIDI out to the Peak. I think you may be able to use multiple tracks set to the same channel, but I haven't tried this myself.I mention that because recording and sending chords on the Hermod works, but you cannot then edit individual notes of said chord on a single track of the Hermod which is a pain. As for getting a tight sync, it's something you'll have to experiment with. Hermod prefers to be a Master clock, but as I discovered with my set up it's not necessary but requires some experimentation to set it up the best way.

[@ktp3429]

@@stateazure Thanks for the info! How do you clock yours? I was thinking to run the hermod as a slave to PNWs clock the same way i do my eloquencer, but not sure if this will work, since you mentuined synce issues, i thought you may know some ways around this.

[@stateazure]

@@ktp3429 I didn't try every conceivable way of patching, so you might find something that works that I didn't. I always wanted my Vector as main clock, with PNW, Hermod and NerdSeq slaved. It ended up getting pretty compicated and frustrating, but in the end the only way I could get Hermod to a very tight sync was taking a clock from PNW (I have a feeling it was just a 4PPQN, but might be wrong, I know it isn't equipped for 24ppqn). And the Run output had to come from Vector directly, if I used a Run from PNW the sync was off a little. Perhaps with PNW as Master it'll work better though.

[@ktp3429]

@@stateazure You see I always think it's as simple as buying a new module and sending a gate, but a lot of the time it isnt. I'm sequencing a bunch of tracks from one patch, and i wanted to add the peak for poly. Hermod and a skiff should arrive tomorrow and then i gotta figure out how to repatch with the hermod snd sync it all before Wednesday. Saying that, i know you're london based, you should come down to the Brighton modular events, your stuff will go down a treat!

[@stateazure]

@@ktp3429 Actually, I'm closer than you think, I'm Southampton based :) But unfortunately, I have responsibilities that keep me at home and not much I can do about it. Anyway, i think you'll get it synced up fine for what you need.

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