Thoughts on Networked Modular Synthesis

October 8, 2021

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Objectives # This post will discuss a solution adopted during group construction of a Eurorack standard modular synthesizer, which allowed for limited simulation and testing of modules despite members being in isolation. Personally, I built a Triple VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) – used for multiplying signals to create interaction between parameters from various modules – and a Digital Control Voltage Sequencer, designed to program melodies using voltages sent over a timestep determined by the Clock Generator. ...

Building a real-time granular sound engine

June 8, 2020

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Aims & Overview # In performing harp, I have often felt limited by the timbral possibilities presented in modern DAWs without the need for extensive post processing which cannot be performed in a live setting. Given time any number of transformations are possible; time stretching, texture generation, sample rate automation, etc. In my previous harp performances, the audio output was mostly playback from pre-recorded and arranged material with the live harp as a lead instrument, but one overshadowed by the extensive post processing used – and necessary – to create the rest of the material. ...