Generative Eloquencer from Fleeting World by Probbie
Recorded December 2019
This is what I was originally aiming for when I got distracted by my previous piece, Rumble Stumble.
The aim was to use several of the brilliant features of Eloquencer to produce a generative ambient piece entirely hands-off.
Recorded live with no edits or overdubs directly to a 2-track master (Can't "fix it in the mix"!)
PATCH DETAILS:
Reverse plucks(blue)
Nebulae playing mostly in reverse a reel consisting of Rings in modal resonator mode. Nebulae output selected by Seq Switch clocked from RCD. Nebulae speed modulated by 3LFO.
Bass 1 (white, lane C)
Cursus Iteritas in Fourier mode (Daubechies initially), EG using Quadra and Quad VCA. Modulation on Cursus Struct parameter from 3LFO. Tilt modulated by EG. Amplitude controlled manually by Shades 3.
Bass 2 (white, lane C)
The same Twin Waves output passively mixed with Ts-L fold output then chopped from pulse output by 2HP VCA by into Kith Ruina, (slower) EG provided by Quadra and Quad VCA. Ts-L fold modulated by 3LFO.
Bed 1 (pink, lane A)
Plaits, Model selected randomly from Lane B CV. Timbre modulated by Tides. Morph modulated by 3LFO. EG provided by Quadra and 2HP VCA.
Bed 2 (purple, lane D)
Twin Waves in multi-saw mode via Quadra and Quad VCA. Parameter modulated by 3LFO.
Bed 3 (red, lane E)
Rings in modal resonator mode. Brightness modulated by Modbox.
Bed 4 (yellow, lane F)
Tides in high frequency mult/div mode. Smoothness modulated by Modbox. Slope modulated by its own 2nd output tuned down.
Bed 5 (black, lane G)
Twin Waves in odd harmonics mode via oscillating Sisters in formant mode and 2HP ADSR, 2HP VCA.
Bed 6 (grey, lane H)
Two detuned outputs of Disting wavetable VCO mixed. EG from 2HP ADSR and 2HP VCA. Wavetable position modulated by 3LFO.
Sequenced by Eloquencer quantised to C minor 7. CV and gate probability modulated slowly by Modbox Skew. CV probability is changed in the opposite direction by Shades to invert the Skew signal. The result is gradually increasing density of voices as the individual voice melodies become more invariant.
Each lane runs with a different number of steps and a different rate relative to the clock. These both help to promote randomness.
Swell reverb effect from Strymon BigSky added via the mixing desk Aux.
Audio captured via Yamaha MG12XU USB into Audacity.
Tracklist
| 6. | Generative Eloquencer | 5:14 |
Credits
License
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.
The artist Probbie is Paul Williams, born and living in Hertfordshire, U.K.
Paul has held a keen interest in electronic music and synthesisers in particular from childhood, and built his first home-made synthesiser in 1973. Having abandoned the hobby in the digital 1980s, returned with new enthusiasm in 2017 to embrace Eurorack modular synthesisers.