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There's always trade-offs, but I think it's definitely my preferred way to work.

The piccolo monos! 😄

Thank you! I'm still learning all that it can do, but even from the start it does really interesting stuff. I'm looking forward to spending more time with it going forward!

That's great! Hope you have a lot of fun with it. 😁

It continues to amaze me. A really exciting module to use.

I'll have to give that a listen. Thanks!

Thanks! I'm feeling good about this one 😄

Thank you! It's definitely a style of patching that I'm drawn to.

Thank you! Some of my favorite things too 😁

Thanks! You too!

Happy jamuary! The new year needs to get a little raucous! 😁

The Nibbler could definitely do a lot of interesting things here. Perhaps the math is just escaping me, but I can't think of a way to get the odd number clock divisions for /5 and /7 with the Nibbler, which I wanted for the particular subharmonic relationships to the main pitch of the oscillator in this patch. But the Nibbler is great, especially with some modulation. It's definitely going to be part of tomorrow's patch 😁

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Thanks. You too!

I appreciate that, thank you! Looking forward to a new year with all sorts of new and interesting sounds! 😁

Thanks! Looking forward to a new year of fun, weird sounds! 😁

Thanks!

Thanks! I'm really happy with the visualizations too. I'm interested in documenting less immediate/improvised work on my channel in the future, and I think the spectrograms will be a useful tool for doing that.

Thanks! I don't play on Bedrock, so idk if there are any timing/functionality differences specifically. But the ideas should translate the same, and I would expect it to work almost identically. Let us know what you find! 😁

That sounds really interesting. I've been thinking there's good rhythm stuff to play with in minecraft's noteblock systems, but I didn't think there was much to be done with the sound itself. That's a great tip for future exploration!

Thank you! I'm looking forward to exploring this more in the new year!

The plucks are created using the mute buttons on the mixing board channels. Bring the volume up while muted, and then unmute for a sharp attack. The speed at which you bring the fader back down will control the decay. It's a technique that I picked up from watching Hainbach. I believe he learned it from the folks at Willem Twee Studios.

Thank you! I'm quite intrigued with the possibilities of these long, high-feedback delays for developing a performance. It's a neat way to work.

@@kilo_llama Seeing your work with delays makes me think about using effects again. I don't use them because it can be difficult with dense material (feedback and drone). It is a reminder that working with space and silence can be a good thing. Patience.

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for listening!

Thanks!

Agreed. I think it makes an excellent case for the idea that complexity is more interesting than randomness.

Sounds like fun!

For sure. The slow modulation from the interference patterns plus the formant-like resonances are very vocal. You might say that the mixing board begins to breathe with a patch like this.

Thank you! How to cover as much merzbow sound as possible with just the mixing board is a big motivating question for how I've been exploring the instrument.

I bet it would sound great! There are a lot of modular building blocks that could complement the mixing board for feedback.

Thank you!

Yes! I hope to keep this idea front of my mind as I continue making music.

That would definitely simplify things. And make things more complex! 😆

This is the "Monos CV" version of the device, which has a modular-level audio input on the top, as well as cv control for filter cutoff and noise rate. I'm using a preamp offscreen (Ears) to boost the Volca up to modular level.

Thanks for listening!

@@kilo_llama I think you know I was kidding

😄 modem might have done a bit too much modulating!

That sounds like a great afternoon. Thanks for listening!

Thanks! It's a surprisingly versatile instrument! Generally speaking, the understanding that I've developed about feedback patching like this is that mixing boards and many other pieces of equipment can handle up to their own maximum levels in feedback without much issue (though I'd still be cautious about anything too precious). The thing you have to watch out for is running that hot signal into some other piece of equipment that isn't able to handle it-especially things like speakers. But if you're careful with your output levels, it's not a problem.

Thank you! It makes me very happy to read that 😁

I often like to think of it like a little battered craft on the ocean. Thanks for listening!

Thanks! I'm having a lot of fun with it.

Love it!

Thank you! I use Sonic Visualizer. www.sonicvisualiser.org/ I started with the "Print" preset, but it took a good bit of time just fiddling with parameters from there to get something that I liked.

I'm glad it's helpful! For me, I find it helpful to just take small steps and focus on consistency and direction. I don't know exactly where I'm heading with this project, but I trust that taking care of the little things (and staying open to listening) will take me somewhere that I like.

Thank you. I'm glad to hear it's helpful for people beyond me 😁.