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Yes, sounds wicked to me, too, even though that wasn't intentional at all.

Yes, it's only noise, but that was the goal :) And if it's sonically attractive, at least in parts, and not completely annoying, I'm actually happy with the result.

Thank you! And your PolyFade again does a fantastic job here!

Thank you! Yes, the poly envelope is very useful, for example to open/close a polyphonic filter. I really love the whole PolyFade module. Thank you for creating it!

Thank you! Yes, maybe every now and then. I'm currently not so often on the forums.

Thank you! Yes, the mixer mutes/fades are automated. The channels are turned on/off by a polyphonic signal that goes through a Bernoulli switch with a probablity that increases in the first around two thirds of the piece and then decreases again to the end.

Thank you for this beautiful picture of the music. I'm happy to read how it stimulates your imagination! 🙂

Hey, thank you for your kind feedback! I'm particularly happy if somebody enjoys a piece like this which can be a bit difficult to approach or just outright boring. Thank you for listening! 🙂

Thank you for your kind words! And interesting that you perceive a story in this piece. Even though it has a form of progression or arc (more for the purpose to add variation), I hadn't a story in mind at all. But after listening myself again, I hear what you mean. Perhaps, it indeed fails a bit as the laid-back dance music that I thought it would primarily be...😂

@MinorRandomNoise Hallo MN! In my Mind's Eye, I can visualize a modern expressive dance, much like the choreography featured in Hania Rani's "Dancing With Ghosts". BTW, I tend to listen to music in a beefy 5.1 Dolby Surround set-up, and the movement and depth in this piece is a joy to behold! Total Ear Candy! Cheers! Or I suppose "Prost" is more in order!

@@ToddKrill Ah, I see, this choreography is very cool! I love Hania's music and other of her performances with dancers. And thanks for the remark about 5.1 sound. My only good equipment are headphones, so I had no clue how it would sound with good speaker audio. Thank you again for listening! 🙂

Thank you, and happy new year, too! 🙂

My initial idea for the title was "A Bad Plan" (about 5 minutes before publishing) but then I thought I should save it for another piece. But I guess, God will laugh at both plans 😇

Hey, thank you for listening! I guess, it's holiday season and, perhaps, many take a break from YT. And this kind of very slow and a bit noisy music is probably not everybody's taste.

@MinorRandomNoise Well, of all the ways to approach music making, this might be in the top 10 - contrary to YT traffic. I see a solution here to exactly what I'm after. This went from Steve Roach (desert solitaire) to Pete Namlook (music for urban meditation) and beyond. Perhaps you can make a tutorial one day, or explain your workflow ? Of course we all will end up with different results - I'm just curious how you came to this point.

@@rossimatic2134 Well, my workflow is usually quite chaotic. In most cases, I just start with a small idea and add voices later along the way that I didn't plan up front. For example, the starting point of this piece was the discovery of the Surge XT Tuned Delay. I found that the module could modify the sound in a way that I hadn't heard with any other module. (The module is not self-explanatory for me, I had to read the documentation but it was worth the effort.) The chaotic modulation of the Sapphire Lark LFO is another important component that I added from the start. And I wanted to have microtonal harmonies (19edo in this case) but I believe that they don't have a very large impact and could be replaced by conventional 12edo harmonies without changing the character of the piece very much.

@MinorRandomNoise Thanks for the reply. Chaotic describes my workflow as well but success follows given enough perseverance and being open to happy accidents. But direction matters and what got my attention was some very musical sounds without being overly heavy handed with the sequencers. You've got a nice touch, sir ! I'll look into the tuned delay. I use vcv pro at this point only for midi processing, to add slew for example. For now I use arps and sequencers from vst's like UVI Falcon - but based on inspiration from stuff like yours will likely pivot one day to vcv.

Thank you for listening!

Thank you! A tutorial would need a lot of time and patience, and I have neither currently. In the end, Omri covers it all anyway! 🙂

Cool! Thank you for watching!

Hey, thank you for the tip! I will try the module the next time I come back to brass sounds.

Thank you!

There's an option in VCV Rack to adjust the cable opacity, up to making them completely transparent or invisible. Usually, I set this for the videos, otherwise you would see a big mess of cables everywhere.

Hey, thank you for your kind words! Yes, VCV Rack is awesome for small budget or just trying out making electronic music.

Thank you! Sorry, that the F button for the mixer channels wasn't clear. The Mindmeld Mixer has become such a quasi-standard in VCV Rack, I see it used all the time in patches, that I'm already used to not mention its functions anymore.

@@MinorRandomNoise I've used VCV for years, but not that familiar with a lot of the plug ins. Gets a little mysterious with all those wires and apps , trying to figure it all out on the fly.

Thank you! Hard to say how long it took. I rarely create a patch in one go, it's more every now and then when I have the time. In this case, I would guess, it was about 5 to 6 hours in total.