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Forms
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2019
Audio and Video content created by the musician Forms
Connor James is a London, UK based producer that aims to explore the imprecise beauty of the natural world through the medium of sound.
Instagram: __forms__
Streaming & BandCamp: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/forms1/impossible-object
Connor James is a London, UK based producer that aims to explore the imprecise beauty of the natural world through the medium of sound.
Instagram: __forms__
Streaming & BandCamp: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/forms1/impossible-object
Found Time | Ambient Modular Synthesizer | (w/ Morphagene, QuBit ChordV2, Magneto, Clouds & Guitar)
Found Time
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I've had this patch sat on my desk for a few weeks now and am very happy to have finally gotten around to recording a few iterations of it and pulling it all together into this arrangement.
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Patch Notes:
Like my previous video this is made up of a single patch on the modular which was multitracked into logic and accompanied by some piano (in the form or the wonderful @spitfireaudiollp originals Felt Piano). A few versions of the patch (specifically the Guitar being played back by morphagene) were recorded. One at original pitch and then one tuned down an octave.
Piano was recorded initially in Logic and then looped longside a pulsing 'bass' note coming from Rings and a dusty drone from plaits (plaits is receiving lots of noise modulation courtesy of quantum rainbow). This repeating structure formed the basis of the whole track.
From this point a guitar loop was recorded into logic (@fender Stratocaster through Strymon Iridium directly to DAW). This loop was then chopped and loaded into morphagene as a reel.
@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC Morphagene playback was synced via hermod and clocked by PNW. For the detuned guitar random modulation PNW into organize randomly arranged the slices in the reel giving a random playback pattern. The stereo output from MG was then passed to QPAS for filtering and multing. The band pass band was recorded into the daw with the smile pass being sent to Magneto (pitch shifting delay) and clouds.
Hemod is sequencing @QuBitElectronix ChordV2 in its three voice (triad) poly mode. The voices are each going to a channel of Veils with the VCA's being opened and closed by enveloped generated by 3 channels of Zadar. The summed voices are then being sent to DistingEX for filtering and some subtle chorus.
Extra modulation of being applied throughout the patch using Quantum Rainbow, OCHD, PNW and Marbles.
All tracks were then mixed and EQ's and arranged in logic. Reverb and delay applied using @OTOMACHINES BAM and BIM and then 'mastering' was carried out using Izotope Ozone.
Once again.....
Thank you for stopping by and listening.
C
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I've had this patch sat on my desk for a few weeks now and am very happy to have finally gotten around to recording a few iterations of it and pulling it all together into this arrangement.
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Patch Notes:
Like my previous video this is made up of a single patch on the modular which was multitracked into logic and accompanied by some piano (in the form or the wonderful @spitfireaudiollp originals Felt Piano). A few versions of the patch (specifically the Guitar being played back by morphagene) were recorded. One at original pitch and then one tuned down an octave.
Piano was recorded initially in Logic and then looped longside a pulsing 'bass' note coming from Rings and a dusty drone from plaits (plaits is receiving lots of noise modulation courtesy of quantum rainbow). This repeating structure formed the basis of the whole track.
From this point a guitar loop was recorded into logic (@fender Stratocaster through Strymon Iridium directly to DAW). This loop was then chopped and loaded into morphagene as a reel.
@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC Morphagene playback was synced via hermod and clocked by PNW. For the detuned guitar random modulation PNW into organize randomly arranged the slices in the reel giving a random playback pattern. The stereo output from MG was then passed to QPAS for filtering and multing. The band pass band was recorded into the daw with the smile pass being sent to Magneto (pitch shifting delay) and clouds.
Hemod is sequencing @QuBitElectronix ChordV2 in its three voice (triad) poly mode. The voices are each going to a channel of Veils with the VCA's being opened and closed by enveloped generated by 3 channels of Zadar. The summed voices are then being sent to DistingEX for filtering and some subtle chorus.
Extra modulation of being applied throughout the patch using Quantum Rainbow, OCHD, PNW and Marbles.
All tracks were then mixed and EQ's and arranged in logic. Reverb and delay applied using @OTOMACHINES BAM and BIM and then 'mastering' was carried out using Izotope Ozone.
Once again.....
Thank you for stopping by and listening.
C
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Pools | Ambient Modular Sketch | (w/ QuBit ChordV2, Magneto, Morphagene, Lekko and Guitar)
มุมมอง 1.3K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Pools It's been a while...again! Here is something I am calling a 'Sketch'. The skeleton of a new track that I have been working on, minimally constructed, recorded and mixed so as to allow me to share it with you without it needing to be in its final for. Videos continue to remain few and far between on the channel for the time being as I continue to be very busy in other aspects of life. Than...
Currents | Ambient Patch | (Felt Instruments Lekko, Qu-Bit Chord, Plaits, Magneto & Morphagene)
มุมมอง 1.5K3 ปีที่แล้ว
Currents Hi everyone :) hope you are all doing well. I finally got around to recording and uploading another long-form track over here on TH-cam. I've been busy recently, trying to focus on recording more ideas for songs and unfortunately focussing a little less on the video content. On top of this, I am also currently in my final year of graduate school and so a lot of my time and energy is ri...
Shallow | Ambient Improvisation | (w/ 16n Faderbank, 4ms Ensemble Oscillator, DistingEX, Magneto)
มุมมอง 6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Shallow This is the first patch and improvisation using the 16n Faderbank and Ensemble Oscillator from 4ms alongside the other regular players in my current setup. Improvised elements: The 4ms Ensemble Oscillator is playing back custom intervals and being filtered by QPAS. 4 channels of the 16n are being used here to improvide the chords being played as well as the timbre. One channel is modula...
Bound | Ambient | (w/Disting EX, Zadar, Hermod, Digitakt, Morphagene, Magneto and Chord V2)
มุมมอง 2.5K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Bound It's been a while since I've managed to sit down and record a new video performance. I'm not entirely sure what has been preventing me from being as productive as usual recently.... I think 2020 might just be taking its toll on me if I'm honest. I really liked this track as it started to come together during this past week. It really gave me this feeling of hope and excitement for some re...
Grow | Generative Ambient | (w/ Hermod, Expert Sleepers Super Disting Ex, Magneto, Morphagene, QPAS)
มุมมอง 2.1K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Grow Having been struggling to find inspiration and excitement in making music recently I decided to play around once more with the ideas of generative music making. Here I recorded a series of simple melodic/rhythmic tracks into the squarp Hermod and then on each of them utilised the combination of the Random, Scale, Swing and Chance effects in order to turn these programmed lines into slowly ...
Awake | Ambient | (w/ Expert Sleepers Disting EX, Morphagene, Magneto, Hermod, Rings and Plaits)
มุมมอง 2.6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Awake This track is built completely around the factory samples provided with the expert sleepers super disting EX utilising the multisample algorithm. Firstly chords were recorded into morphagene using one of the string sample sets provided with the disting. These chords were then spliced at the boundaries between the chords using timed gates coming from PNW (Pamela's New Workout). These chord...
Echo Voice | Ambient | (w/ Hermod, ChordV2, Morphagene, Magneto, Tape Loop, Rings and Plaits)
มุมมอง 4.3K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Echo Voice This piece is built primarily off of Rings and Morphagene. Morphagene is playing back 2 vocal samples (courtesy of my very talented girlfriend). Both C notes, one an 'ooooo' and one an 'aahhhhh'. These were imported into the Morphagene as two independant slices within a single reel and then pitched to a D using varispeed. The slices are being changed from 'ooooo' to 'aahhh' throughou...
Moments | Ambient | (w/ Morphagene, Martin&Co 00-15m, Plaits, ChordV2, Rings, Magneto & Norns)
มุมมอง 2.1K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Moments This track began with the simple droning bass generated here by QuBit Chord V2, sculpted by 4 envelopes from Xaoc Devices Zadar, filtered by QPAS and processed by Clouds in looping delay mode. Over the top of this pitched noise was added using Mutable Instruments Plaits in the inharmonic strings mode (excited by particle noise in the absence of a trigger input). A Morphagene reel I reco...
Bide | Ambient | (w/ Lekko by Felt Instruments, Morphagene, QuBit Chord V2 & Strymon Magneto)
มุมมอง 9K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Bide This piece centres entirely around a morphagene reel made using the Felt Instruments 'Lekko' sample library. 3 slices were made each containing the various 'sections' on the track and these were manually cycled through by pressing the morphagene shift button in order to progress the piece. The repeating arpeggio is generated by the QuBit Chord V2, droning in b minor with Pamela's New Worko...
Close | Ambient | (w/ Eurorack Modular/Digitone/Digitakt)
มุมมอง 16K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Close Composed and performed on the Elektron Digitone, Digitakt and Eurorack modular synth all processed by the wonderful Strymon Big Sky reverb. This one started out with the bass and arpeggio tracks provided here by the Digitone. Then, layers were added over the top using the Digitakt and Modular synth. The whole track was performed and recorded live in a single take and lightly processed in ...
Circles | Ambient | (w/ Digitakt/Digitone/Morphagene/Tape Loop)
มุมมอง 2.5K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Circles Composed and performed on the Elektron Digitone, Digitakt and Eurorack modular synth all processed by the wonderful Strymon Big Sky reverb. This one started out as a guitar sample being played back by the Make Noise Morphagene. After re-sampling the output of Morphagene repeatedly into the Digitakt the original samples were essentially lost and all that was left was an ambient canvas ov...
Burden | Ambient | (Eurorack Modular/Digitone/Digitakt)
มุมมอง 2.8K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Burden Composed and performed on the Elektron Digitone, Digitakt and my modular setup all processed by the wonderful Strymon Big Sky reverb. Electric guitar sampled to Morphagene. Accompanied by Digitone, Digitakt, Plaits, Rings and ChordV2. Cassette duplicating Digitone sequence with added saturation. Instagram: @ forms Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/forms308743226 #ambientmusic #digitakt #eurorack
Hollow | Ambient | (Eurorack Modular/Digitone/Digitakt)
มุมมอง 2.7K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Hollow Composed and performed on the Elektron Digitone, Digitakt and my modular setup all processed by the wonderful Strymon Big Sky reverb. Patch Notes: Digitone: Distorted drone sequencing modular setup . Digitakt: Playing back detuned, pitched up or reversed electric guitar samples. Also playing back woodblock samples in chromatic mode Modular: Marbles sequencing Rings and Plaits. Digitone s...
Day One | Ambient | (Eurorack Modular/Digitone/Digitakt)
มุมมอง 1.3K4 ปีที่แล้ว
Day One Composed and performed on the Elektron Digitone, Digitakt and my modular setup all processed by the wonderful Strymon Big Sky reverb. I've been trying to get used to the QuBit Chord V2 and the MakeNoise QPAS this past week or so. I feel like I'm slowly getting there but cant help but think I'm missing something. Day one represents the first steps towards making music with my updated set...
Heal | Ambient | (Eurorack Modular / Digitone / Digitakt)
มุมมอง 4.1K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Heal | Ambient | (Eurorack Modular / Digitone / Digitakt)
Lost Time | Ambient | (Eurorack Modular / Digitone / Digitakt)
มุมมอง 9655 ปีที่แล้ว
Lost Time | Ambient | (Eurorack Modular / Digitone / Digitakt)
Destruction - Ambient - ( Eurorack Modular / Digitone / Digitakt )
มุมมอง 2.1K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Destruction - Ambient - ( Eurorack Modular / Digitone / Digitakt )
Low - Ambient - (Digitone/Digitakt/Modular)
มุมมอง 1.1K5 ปีที่แล้ว
Low - Ambient - (Digitone/Digitakt/Modular)
Here - Ambient - (Modular/Digitakt/Digitone)
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Here - Ambient - (Modular/Digitakt/Digitone)
Rebuild - Ambient - (Digitone/Digitakt/Modular)
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Rebuild - Ambient - (Digitone/Digitakt/Modular)
Pause - Ambient - (Digitone - Digitakt - Modular)
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Pause - Ambient - (Digitone - Digitakt - Modular)
Fall - Ambient - (Digitone - Digitakt - Modular)
มุมมอง 7935 ปีที่แล้ว
Fall - Ambient - (Digitone - Digitakt - Modular)
Home (Digitone - Digitakt - Modular Ambient)
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Home (Digitone - Digitakt - Modular Ambient)
Rumination - Ambient - (Digitakt - Digitone - Modular)
มุมมอง 8175 ปีที่แล้ว
Rumination - Ambient - (Digitakt - Digitone - Modular)
Untitled - Ambient (Marbles/Rings/Digitone/Digitakt)
มุมมอง 8835 ปีที่แล้ว
Untitled - Ambient (Marbles/Rings/Digitone/Digitakt)
Forms : Calling (Digitone/Digitakt Ambient Jam)
มุมมอง 1995 ปีที่แล้ว
Forms : Calling (Digitone/Digitakt Ambient Jam)
Sweet overlays ❤ keep up the spectacular designs 🔥 subscribed ✨️ 🙏
2 years after… and your videos are still amazing
Drone = Chord + morphogene?
Amazing and inspiring, thank you <3
Any modular i need if i want the dightakt sync connect to an eurorack?
blind as mixer?
Easily my favorite patch/piece. Jelly ❤
You really carefully thought out your set up, nicely done. Watched all your videos
This video made me reconsider selling my 4ms ensemble oscillator for the time being! What is making that subtle warbling reverb sound in the background from the very beginning to the end though? Is it the magneto?
what is your eurorack?can you share whay modular you are using in the video?
One of those rare pieces that grabs your soul Very cool and extremely appreciated hails from drauglur from germany subbed
2:30 How did you do the lovely granular texture that's like building up? What module is outputting the audio and which are the inputs? ❤
Wonderful!!
Weird question but what watch are you wearing in this? it is very nice!
Really beautiful!🤩
This is the most beautiful live ambient jam i've found. Thank you
Beautiful!!💗
Love your tracks, any new ones coming soon?!
This is brilliant! Bravo 👏.
Thank you 🙏 glad you enjoyed.
Stunning ,Utterly Stunning!
Beautiful track! I noticed you're not using an Intellijel 1uMidi or a Mutant Brain Hexinverter module for the Digitakt / Digitone. How are you connecting them to your eurorack system? What outputs / inputs are you utilizing on the back of the Digitakt? Any info would be greatly appreciated. It can be tricky to figure this stuff out 😂
Thanks 🙏 glad you like the sounds. With respect to MIDI, one of the Elektron boxes is sending midi to the other Elektron and then the MIDI Thru output of that second box is going into the mutable instruments Yarns (top left of case) which is a eurorack midi interface and sequencer. Yarns is then sending clock in the modular.
@@FormsMusic Ah! I never knew what Yarns was. Thanks! 🤟
This is beautiful!
Thank you. I’m really glad you liked what you heard.
I, too, truly enjoyed this.
Joli voyage !
what a gorgeous patch. very inspiring
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏 thanks for the kind words.
that background loop...what makes it?
There are a few things in the background including some looping guitar and then some plucky sounds going through a rhythmic/looping delay.
Stellar.
really beautiful.
//Luvin this//
Thanks so much 👍🏻 glad you liked what you heard.
this so beautiful and complex that no one can probably do a cover of it. maybe not even you after you unplug all the cables. hehe. =) and then to look for the sweet spots again. there's no save button on the rack. hee hee. thank *YOU* and thank *YOU* for the inspiration.
Yeah no save button or preset. Part of what I enjoy the most about these kinds of instruments, you have to capture stuff in the moment or deal with the fact it will be different the next time you play it. Thanks for listening and for such kind words. Really means a lot.
Great great stuff, love the ambience... What case is that you're using? Cheers!
Thanks so much. The case is from ‘Clank’.
Excellent sound, great patch notes - I think I need to get a 16n as well to get some control over my rack..
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you found the patch notes useful, its always good to get feedback. The 16n is a really fun way to add hands on control and modulation into you patches, I definitely enjoy using it.
What sound source is used for chords? As always this is beautiful, my morning piece of choice lately.
Thanks for such kind words, very happy to know I am soundtracking your morning is some capacity. The 'Chord-y' aspects of this one are mainly coming from Plaits into magneto, which is generating the asynchronous arpeggio like pattern throughout, and Chord V2 which is higher pitch flowing string-like sounds. Piano is samples played from DistingEx module and not mentioned in the patch notes is that Digitakt is playing back some sampled vocals which is the sound which is heard playing right up the end of the video. Hope this gives more clarity
Magnifique! Such a beautiful peace, big fan of how it unravels. I am also in love with your guitar tone, so deep yet clear! Very nice one here.
☺️ Thank you 🙏 really means a lot to hear that. Especially the guitar tone complement. Having the strymon iridium has really got me reaching for my guitar way more. Being able to record nice sounding guitar, directly to an interface has been a game changer for me. Most guitar recording setups are not very small apartment friendly 😅. Anyways, thanks for the support as always.
@@FormsMusic i did NOT want to hear about how good the Iridium is. I've been wanting one for a while so your comments have not been helpful to my savings haha
Ah I’m sorry 😞 I actually sold my Digitakt and used that to grab the iridium. Strange swap maybe but like I said it’s definitely made a difference to how I’m making music at the moment.
@@FormsMusic well it sounds so great so definitely a good call!
@@FormsMusic I finally splurged and found a used one!
Err Sorry Just looked At Your Comprehensive Notes On The Track... Sorry To Have Wasted Your Time Its All In There lol.
😅 no worries, always happy to answer questions. But glad you found the info you were looking for. I mainly loop in the DAW “. Or at least my loops get initially looped in the DAW. After they are in Logic I sometimes tidy them up a bit and then export them to samplers in my modular setup.
@@FormsMusic Thanks So Much I use my Daw for loops I have yet to use a real modular set up I am experimenting with VCV Rack I very much like the idea of a real set up its a bit of a steep curve... Again thanks for chatting Really nice of you.
Hello Again Quick Question If I May? Do You Loop Thr Guitars With A Pedal Or In A Daw Best Regards
Absolutely fantastic! Subed
😊 Thank you! Both for the kind words and the support. It means a lot 🙏
Oh my, that's just gorgeous 👏👏👏
☺️ Thanks so much 🙏
what brand are the patch cables?
These are by a company called ‘Polar Noise’ 👍
@@FormsMusic thnx! just found out they are based in the Netherlands, that's where I live. Never heard of this company.
Ah nice that’s convenient! Yes they recently relocated from the UK to the Netherlands.
@@FormsMusic Just ordered a bunch :). I see that these are shielded, I have issues with crackle & jitter once in a while. Let see if this helps.
Great! Hopefully you enjoy the cables. They are good folks to support 💛
Sorry To Use A Overused Thingy but..... OMG I am a guitar player that got stuck in regular patterns and ways... this is clearly the way out, now if only i had your talent .....
I similarly came from guitar playing and really struggle to get out of the same patterns and progressions I always go to….looping and chopping things up has definitely helped me a lot recently.
@@FormsMusic Hello Thats Very Nice Of You To Reply Now Thats Interesting I HaveJust Started To Do That With A Sampler🎸Thats Given Me A Real Boast!
You're welcome! It's the nice part of social media, we get to talk about what we enjoy doing with other people who enjoy similar things. hope you have fun sampling and slicing that guitar.
@@FormsMusic Just Working On Some Things As We Speak I Love The Randomness To It Again Nice To Talk I May just Bung Something On Here... All The Best.
Lovely guitar looping & as usual, always a pleasure!
Thanks so much for stopping by and listening 🙏
Devine
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love this
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damn thats lush
😊 ‘lush’ is always good in my books. Thanks for stopping by and listening 🙏🏼
Very clever. Will have to check out the 16n faderbank.
Yes it’s a great combo, would definitely recommend checking it out.
oof reminds me big time of sigur ros
What a compliment! 💛 thanks for stopping by and listening.
This is the exact setup I am currently putting together! This is wonderful <3
Amazing! hope you have fun with your new setup, Its definitely a fun one. Thank you fr stopping by and for such kind words.
@@FormsMusic and i basically have done it... but now I am deep in. Help me. I have an addiction.
Question though, what are you running as a mixer?
Sorry to hear you have caught the modular bug!! 😉 as a mixer I run a Mackie 1202 VLZ4 and use that for its 2x aux send to introduce Reverb, delay etc. Hope that helps
Wonderful composition, love the piano chords! I am curios, what is the source of the piano sound?
Thank you very much, thanks for stopping by. The piano is a VST instrument called Lekko produced by a company called Felt Instruments. I highly recommending you’re looking for a unique and characterful piano.
This sketch makes me melting. Thank you! 🌊
Thank you so much for topping by. Means a lot to hear you enjoyed what you heard.
I think it's perfect as it is my friend 👌
🙏 Thank you