Through Window - eurorack ambient // novation peak x modular synth

sweeping through window //
featuring novation peak!
patch notes below..
in frames ~ @annnannie
transcription ~ annannie.bandcamp.com
- patch notes -
// Sequencing
~ Hermod
CV -- Rings
MIDI out -- peak
~ Pamela's New Workout
providing clock & modulation
// voices
~ low strums
rings (x2) -- clouds -- morphagene
~ pad
peak + onboard effects
captured with a canon 60D w/ 35mm t1.5 rokinon cine ds

[@willswitchcraft]

sublime.....................first time here..........glorious tones & elements, treatments & flow.....stereo play........

[@maunstermusic]

I love it when ambient tracks still have movement! This is so beautifully done.

[@Oceans_Resurrection]

Wooooow !!!!!!!! I love it !! Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful piece.

[@ezequielsapir]

Lovely, as usual! Your songs and sound design always make my day!

[@star.trails]

So excited to hear a new piece! It's stunning

[@Probbie]

Beautiful start to the new year..

[@christophecharland1016]

I just love the whole vibe and the constancy of the project through the videos !

[@BLAKMOTH]

Amazing. Such a beautiful sound scape.

[@JayFrederick]

So beautiful! The way this builds is perfect.

[@LukeLine]

I’m in awe at this modular atmosphere you layer together 👍

[@looprovisation1235]

This is just beautiful. Thank you

[@nathanricker1]

I love how Hermod plays so nice with the outboard synths! Excellent piece.

[@hard7kraft]

This song is the perfect way to start this new year… subtly and gently. A song as good as usual, with an endless feeling like a dream lasting longer than the night.

[@bobbobsob8096]

Love it! Just beautiful.

[@pulsavi6446]

The kind of music that makes me love the peak!, beautiful piece

[@NorfolkTraveller]

I have a Peak and love it - and it’s a thrill to see and hear it sound so gorgeous, and used by someone so talented at making music I love :)

[@beepot2764]

Wow. Just closed my eyes and this week's stress just floated away. This is soooo great.

[@CO5MA]

Beautiful patch with a lovely companion, the Novation Peak ❤️

[@lockitdrop]

I have absolutely no clue what you're doing or how any of this works but I love it

[@theory02]

loving this makes you his fan, then

[@mymoonspell]

Wow, Ann! Your music is so super beautiful! So dreamy and magical at the same time! I just discovered you in the library. Thank you so much enabling us to have such beautiful music ✨

[@jordanporto1925]

Have kept coming back to this for years now! Really love your piece, used to listen on early morning train rides to work when I wanted to drift off to sleep.

[@alxsmac733]

These are exceptional.

[@intheblink]

Really lovely. Beautiful work.

[@metalmatou]

Beautiful, as always! Thanx!

[@MichaalHell]

Wow, this is breathtaking!

[@omarsharif927]

Great combo so peaceful

[@bubblekeiki7395]

first one to have a listen.I feel blessed..!

[@MShectman]

Beautiful piece!

[@AliasJimWirth]

This is really pretty, ann. Thanks and Happy New Year.

[@annannie]

Thank you! Happy new year to you as well 🥂

[@alani-music]

beautiful .. one of my favourite channels on youtube

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Very atmospheric... Excellent!

[@NovationTV]

🙌✨

[@dakarimerrick5697]

A trick : you can watch movies at InstaFlixxer. Been using it for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.

[@vantheodore6165]

@Dakari Merrick Definitely, been using InstaFlixxer for since november myself =)

[@jamisonjude4944]

@Dakari Merrick yea, been watching on instaflixxer for since december myself :D

[@sushipearls8182]

Beautiful. Masterpiece.

[@DefWun]

Another calming masterpiece.

[@frozencarbone455]

So cold and gentle. You should pitch your work to game developers dude or movie producers. I can definitely hear this shit on like some ice level or the end credits of a war movie.

[@oliviercurgy1026]

Who can produce images on such high music? Nobody. Have you noticed not the level but the depth of its framing and subjects? The trees ... always present, these beings who look like us and from which we draw strength. When the roots join the high branches, one attends the heart of the intimacy in its pure beauty, it is just unique, it is the All.

[@mynewcolour]

I liked the jingley bits.

[@3TQHAJSHNQ]

@@oliviercurgy1026 the fuck are you on bro

[@davegetsspam]

Weeds legal in the best states... Poetic licence is legal in all states

[@frozencarbone455]

Jacob this nigga gets high off a spring breeze and sunshine. Ik he wears organic sandals and smells like potpourri.

[@jeantalon1251]

I was in the mood for this unique sound, only thing making me meditate without meditating or when my mind to blurry to even try meditate, this works, listen to those tracks, those old tracks, too bad she gone.... and this track I never heard before......... what a magical moment again, magical...

[@jeantalon1251]

she is back :-)

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Drifting on timeless clouds, an ocean of forgotten dreams, memories of things that should of been. Awesome......

[@LaboratoryGrey]

The Peak seems like a lovely match for your work.

[@crybo]

Wow! Beautiful.

[@derekuhm]

beautiful piece!

[@SlowDescentToWild]

This is beautiful

[@lymangreen5020]

WOW, indeed!! Wonderful!!

[@tonyrandall3146]

Nice work glad I stopped by.. Inspiring

[@moussetache1815]

This is really, really good.

[@WhiteNoises]

So good 🌬🍃

[@daren.t.housse2121]

👌👌👌👌 lush Ann Annie , takes me away 😍😍

[@yaqstar]

Gorgeous!

[@DivKid]

as suspected before even hitting play, this is lush! :)

[@ComparativeIrrelevance]

Fantastic!

[@shanrui9402]

Awesome!

[@FronasMusic]

Magic stuff!

[@churchofaggressiveaudio6498]

Lovely 😍

[@trulyors7158]

Lovely!

[@FingersInTheNoise]

nice combo, and great sounds as usual, I love my peak, and new update 1,2 is really nice, , i just need a modular system now :p

[@thierrymalepart633]

Absolutely beautiful. My favourite one yet. Would love to remix some of your stuff. Cheers x

[@jakewelch.design]

Lovely

[@brianreilly6545]

Fantastic👍🏼

[@cirociontolisynthesizer5628]

great staff clouds

[@ruslan-ms3fw]

Fly too sky! Thanks.

[@anotherguy3554]

very sensational

[@BrandoLuis]

I have no idea what’s going on, but it sounds awesome!

[@umurgedik3440]

Yay new tracks!

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

a phenomenon is!

[@markushorn]

Wunderschön!

[@arkansaspromise]

the novation peak seems to be the new thing with modular musicians

[@apparently_sonam]

but mostly just new modules... ;-)

[@wherearewewherearewe]

Between you and r_beny, i'm going to be in debt for a new Peak by February. Sounds beautiful!

[@humansrants1694]

Try Novation Peak and using Softube Modular for the effects.

[@njdpdv]

✨ BLISS ✨

[@ryan.9023]

Nice relaxing

[@eatfugu]

man, I would love to hear what a collaboration with Abul Mogard would sound like. eargasm

[@laurenthilairet2004]

WOW again !

[@zabtej1645]

touched me.

[@copyrate]

Nice ! :)

[@matteomechekour8420]

wow

[@marzzz1]

Wow....!

[@leNotstrom]

This screams to get released on Seil Records as Cassette!

[@jackgpie]

this makes me wanna play spore

[@mysigt_]

Jack I like you

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🎶🍂🎶

[@boarthefighter]

Good morning!

[@yeppy013]

So beautiful and gentle. Is Peak a popular synth to be used along with euroracks these days?

[@valdiskrebs566]

Great soundscape... sounds amazing on a 4 speaker iPad Pro.

[@valdiskrebs566]

Just got a few of your bandcamp recordings... nice!

[@0ooDT]

Curious how you used the Hermod for this one. Did you prerecord midi like you did for Clair De Lune, or did you create notes within Hermod? Thinking about getting one and am curious about workflow. Thank you and as always, this is beautiful!

[@annannie]

I created all the notes within hermod! which is sequencing everything including the peak!

[@0ooDT]

@@annannie Thank you! Might be selling my octatrack and replace it with a hermod :D

[@griffinpaisley_]

Lol is that windex? Nice touch ;)

[@junelopez9520]

Nice one Ann - I am feeling just like this right now - My mother is suffering from mental illness and its hard. ;0/

[@annannie]

Ahh I’m sorry to hear 😔 sending my best wishes to you and your mother 🌟

[@figgyfood]

You make the coolest shit.

[@apparently_sonam]

You peaked!!

[@blueshades_mu]

I really like your modular setup. Very modest yet you can still do so much with it, it really shows that you are getting the most out of each individual module. Can I ask how you got started hardware wise with modular? I’ve been playing with software for a while now and I want to get started on a plan for taking the hardware plunge but I don’t know where to start at all. I know that every person should be building their own instrument for what they want but I feel like I know nothing about what modules are out there. The only thing I know is that I want a small, compact case with 2 rows on it like the one you have here. Could you please give me some tips for where to start. Thank you

[@TerekkiTerekki]

blueshades try vcv rack it’s free and has all the mutable instruments modules - you’ll get a good idea of what works for you b4 spending on the hardware.

[@robertsyrett1992]

I'm really digging the juxtaposition of the two sound palettes. Is it weird that I want the Peak to have a booster seat so it can sit at the same level as the eurorack case?

[@annannie]

nope! I feel the same way 😂

[@ians7351]

I would like to work with sounds like these.

[@benasaro1043]

What reverb are you using? It has a lovely sound. Great piece!

[@cheesemcdude561]

Do you recommend any tutorials on how to make this kind of ambient music? Is it completely random or is there a pattern or structure the plucks?

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Cheese Mc Dude The way to achieve this quality of floating sound is not too difficult - you don’t need a eurorack ( some rack sequencers will do the randomizing for you but you don’t need them to achieve this music/quality/sound - I find it’s more interesting and challenging to create your own sequences that have a perceived random quality) >>>> First, keep it simple ~ a lead sound, a pad sound or two - to create a foundation, maybe an additional melodic or broken chord sound that complements the main lead sound and adds additional texture. Make sure to keep in mind frequency ranges - part 1: Low frequency sound. Part 2: Mid quality and so on etc. This way the mix won’t get muddy. The next important thing is to have loops that are independent of each other with their own length. This way the loops “phase” ~ meaning, every time they repeat, there is variation in the way the loops interact with each other every time they loop. Another technique to keep in mind ~ each loop should have random or human timing ~ Sequence each part with the idea that the tempo moves about - not dots on a strict grid. There are always exceptions to the rule - you could add a very quantized arpeggio to play over all the free tempo to creat a rhyming pulse for example. Think of all this like the environment around you - some sounds pass by slowly. Others very fast but only once. Other sounds fade in and out infrequently far off in the distance. All these sounds have unique rhythmic and musical qualities. That’s true ambient! Press play and listen to the magic happen all by itself ~ the term for this is “generative” music. There are many forms of generative music and this s just one form. The generative quality happens through the phasing of the loops creating unexpected musical relationships and very little perceived repetitiveness (even though there is plenty of repetition).

[@cheesemcdude561]

@@GrootsieTheDog thank you so much lots of detail

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Cheese Mc Dude no problem!

[@slowexit]

I'm sure you've probably answered this but for those late to the party. Are we able to use this as royalty free music provided a purchase is obviously made and also credited in our videos? Cause this fits my style of video i make.

[@annannie]

Yeah go for it!

[@O0O0oo0oO0o0o0o0oO0]

Needless to say, it sounds gorgeous. Could you give a bit more insight on the effects? Your reverb (and or delay) are so on point in every video. Not too much, but just enough for the right vibe.

[@CaalamusTube]

@ann annie ...have you ever heard Brumes? I think you might like them, fellow Cascadians :]

[@SoundQchannel]

First and foremost, this is brilliant. No surprise though, as all your uploads are. Is Novation doing the choir-like pad sound? How are you finding this synth?

[@annannie]

Yep, providing the lush pads. Loving it so far! Amazingly versatile

[@lordmelbourne2626]

Sounds excellent. Is this sound all coming from the Peak? What role is the eurorack playing - is it just sequencing the peak or more?

[@annannie]

Sequencing plus modulation and making all the tape delay guitar / chime like sounds!

[@DRZADV]

I am interested on getting a peak. some of the sounds sound like something a guitar would make.

[@juno3242]

Incredible composition! May I ask how the Morphagene is being used in this patch? I just got one myself and have been trying to wrap my head around it.

[@annannie]

I recorded a section of Hermod - Rings sequence into morphagene played back at normal speed and 1 splice randomly selected with Pam’s New Workout and Modulation on most parameters!

[@gerritvos5886]

This sounds a lot like "Goodnight Morton" from Radioactive Man

[@benjamins.335]

[@maztik8r]

I'm guessing the pad sounds are coming from the peak? Very nice as usual!