like the universe, a space of endless possibilities ~ patch notes below @annnannie annannie.bandcamp.com hermod ~ rings ~ clouds ~ All sequencing done in Hermod
So damn professional/Viritouse. Don't understand anything about what you do, but sounds absolutely right. I'm a 51 year old artist who started with music 10 years ago. Piano because I wanted to understand what Philip Glass was doing. Then two years ago I bought an Arturia microbrut, and then I fell down the rabbit hole. Mother 32, mutable, synthesis technology etc. Thank you for what you are doing, making human sounding music whit modules. So rare and, in lack of a better word, inspiring.
jonas eggen You are inspiring too. As someone who got into music at 26, I sometimes think I have come too late at the party. Stories like your make me remember it is the journey and curiosity and the feel good of these tracks and getting the knowledge along the way about it all. Sounds cheesy...but it’s the way it is!
You say: "like the universe, a space of endless possibilities". I say: "also include time into the equation". Stegosaurus lived about 150.8 million to 155.7 million years ago. Tyrannosaurus Rex became extinct about 65 million years ago. There is less years between the Trex and us than between these two dinosaurs. Geological time perspectives and the size of the universe for me makes almost anything and everything beautiful and bearable. (There is a bear in bearable) Contrary to the visual arts that I am educated in, in music time is part of the experience of the audience. But also in the making of visual arts time flies and or becomes irrelevant. I also experience and believe that music is something we find more than it is something we make. That it it is pre-human, and that it exists as long as there are ears. To me it sounds like you been doing music all your life. Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist who eventual wrote "The Time Traveler's Wife". They made a film based on this book it I read is not so good, and her paintings are ok, but this novel is one of the best I' ever read. To change direction, find new spaces, recreate your self and get new experiences or knowledge I believe defines you and your age. Cheese btw is one of the greatest inventions of man. Thank you for your reply, I did not expect that.
jonas eggen I am in constant search of wisdom that speaks to me, and I must say I did not expect this. I guess I must be doing something right to be bestowed upon something so enlightened in, out of all places, here? Now? Your words truly found home in some empty spaces I had about my purpose and role of music in my life and me. I am grateful that this is public too, and that someone else might see your perspective and kind words too. Thank you, most unexpected and welcome of you, kind stranger.
Marin Barić Thank you : ) I am glad that you found meaning in my words, and at the same time also honored and surprised. Your comment and this video is the reason that makes me surf TH-cam instead of the Face, or watching TV. I believe what we get or find has less to do with what we do or Karma than with "chance" or "random". Not in the true sense of these words, but more like what is attempted to create in computers or with eurorack modules. We are sometimes lucky or unlucky depending on what crash into or triggers events. Like a game of pool. That what we do is the result of previous events. No one lives or experience life like that, but: "Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's". Mary Schmich (From "Everybody’s Free To Wear Suncreen" th-cam.com/video/sTJ7AzBIJoI/w-d-xo.html
Ditto regarding the surfing. You choose - do you consume other content? Or are you on your way to create and leave some impression, something behind you? Nobody cares - but you. All we have to do is choose what to do with the time that is given to us...words of a great wizard :) Your words seem like they come out of some meditation practice, whose primary purpose is also to understand that all things are impermanent and transient, and that clinging to safety of non changing and autopilot routines is essentially wasting ourselves away. I wish you all the best and more on your path to further music to be stumbled upon, as you say. I have followed you and I fully expect that I will see some great music from you on your channel!
I saw ‘Clair de lune’ two days ago, yesterday I bought my first real analog synth, drum machine, hybrid synth, mixer, and recorder, as well as bought Ableton live 10. You’ve inspired me to create.
After reading your comment 15 minutes ago, I went on Amazon and bought a real vintage analog synthesizer, a $20,000 mixing board, a shitload of patchcables and a 55 gallon barrel of lube. Namaste, my brother, you've inspired to consume!
This reminds me of hearing Hiroshi Yoshimura and the "music for nine post cards" album I used to listen while riding my motorbike in the lonely nights of China, where I used to live. Thank you so much.
I can’t decide if this describes the sound of ripples on a lake colliding and intertwining; or the interaction of particles over millions of miles in the near vacuum of space. But whatever it is for me, it’s certainly beautiful.
Neither, its the sound of spagetti being digested inside of you. But somehow in it's selflessness, the noodles accept death with closed eyes and open arms.
#1. Love seeing you patch it up. Adds a lot, for me. #2. Nice Art! I didn't really notice the extent of your sleeves before #3. Thanks as always for the beautiful music
Live patching, fantastic! That's a real performance. There's a tendency of modular performances to be people staring at knobs looking slightly bemused. Not normally very interesting. But patching from scratch, and pulling it off like this makes a really compelling performance. Well done! And your videos project such a sense of serenity. I secretly hope that behind the camera is a kitchen with dirty dishes piled up in the sink, muddy boots strewn about the floor and a teetering tower of books and papers about to topple... I don't think I could muster more than about 25 x 25cm square of anything approaching that level of calm in my house.
One of the best ones yet :) Love that the patching was done along the way, always a great aesthetic with the plants and trees outside plus the sunlight. Big ups!
Interesting interplay between human and machine. Couple times it sounded like the chaos was gonna get out of control! But the human brought it back to order, whew!😀
Dude, I'm in love with what you make. If laws in my country allowed it, I'd marry your music. I'd go in a forest with her where she could resonate with the wind and would tell her that she makes me forget about war, death and separation. She should vibrate far into the universe because if someone should know womething about humanity, it should be this sound. If I could just follow it for as long as my blood is warm, I'd be ok. Keep it up
whoa ... hang on a minute ... what just happened to me the past 6 minutes and 37 seconds ? i was so completely swept away i lost track of everything ... thanks, really beautiful ;)
Paul Fabiniak yeah I already know them, they are really great ! But there is nothing like having the physical object I think... Thanks for your answer !
Love this and the couple videos I've watched, subbed. Waiting on my case with a short list of first modules, while I soak in your work, colin Bender's work and others :)
ann annie how did you manage to keep in tempo without a metronome or a count-in? And what is pam’s workout doing there please? And...congratulations - inspirational as always.
ann annie awesome. That’s the best way to do it really. Muscle menory :) Did you clock hermod with pam’s new workout here or what is it doing please? Thanks again.
Beautiful music. I want to get into eurorack myself, but im pretty confused about the whole sequencing thing for this type of music. I noticed you using the malekko voltage block in several of your older videos, but that seems to have been replaced by the hermod in your newer stuff. Which of these sequencers would you recommend for these types of soundscapes? Looking forward to your next video!
First off, thanks for your music! really wonderful stuff, that actually decided me to start my journey into modular But I also have a technical question... Is it the akai mpk mini mkII that you are using here? 'cause I just got it and I don't manage to get it to work with hermod... But I'm using the 'usb host' while you're using the 'usb device' port. Do you think it could come from that? Have you had any other issues (I saw that other people have issues with this keyboard and hermod on the squarp forum)?
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So damn professional/Viritouse. Don't understand anything about what you do, but sounds absolutely right.
I'm a 51 year old artist who started with music 10 years ago. Piano because I wanted to understand what Philip Glass was doing. Then two years ago I bought an Arturia microbrut, and then I fell down the rabbit hole. Mother 32, mutable, synthesis technology etc.
Thank you for what you are doing, making human sounding music whit modules. So rare and, in lack of a better word, inspiring.
jonas eggen You are inspiring too. As someone who got into music at 26, I sometimes think I have come too late at the party. Stories like your make me remember it is the journey and curiosity and the feel good of these tracks and getting the knowledge along the way about it all. Sounds cheesy...but it’s the way it is!
You say: "like the universe, a space of endless possibilities".
I say: "also include time into the equation". Stegosaurus lived about 150.8 million to 155.7 million years ago. Tyrannosaurus Rex became extinct about 65 million years ago. There is less years between the Trex and us than between these two dinosaurs. Geological time perspectives and the size of the universe for me makes almost anything and everything beautiful and bearable. (There is a bear in bearable)
Contrary to the visual arts that I am educated in, in music time is part of the experience of the audience. But also in the making of visual arts time flies and or becomes irrelevant. I also experience and believe that music is something we find more than it is something we make. That it it is pre-human, and that it exists as long as there are ears.
To me it sounds like you been doing music all your life. Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist who eventual wrote "The Time Traveler's Wife". They made a film based on this book it I read is not so good, and her paintings are ok, but this novel is one of the best I' ever read. To change direction, find new spaces, recreate your self and get new experiences or knowledge I believe defines you and your age.
Cheese btw is one of the greatest inventions of man.
Thank you for your reply, I did not expect that.
jonas eggen I am in constant search of wisdom that speaks to me, and I must say I did not expect this. I guess I must be doing something right to be bestowed upon something so enlightened in, out of all places, here? Now? Your words truly found home in some empty spaces I had about my purpose and role of music in my life and me. I am grateful that this is public too, and that someone else might see your perspective and kind words too. Thank you, most unexpected and welcome of you, kind stranger.
Marin Barić
Thank you : ) I am glad that you found meaning in my words, and at the same time also honored and surprised. Your comment and this video is the reason that makes me surf TH-cam instead of the Face, or watching TV.
I believe what we get or find has less to do with what we do or Karma than with "chance" or "random". Not in the true sense of these words, but more like what is attempted to create in computers or with eurorack modules. We are sometimes lucky or unlucky depending on what crash into or triggers events. Like a game of pool. That what we do is the result of previous events. No one lives or experience life like that, but:
"Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's".
Mary Schmich (From "Everybody’s Free To Wear Suncreen"
th-cam.com/video/sTJ7AzBIJoI/w-d-xo.html
Ditto regarding the surfing. You choose - do you consume other content? Or are you on your way to create and leave some impression, something behind you? Nobody cares - but you. All we have to do is choose what to do with the time that is given to us...words of a great wizard :) Your words seem like they come out of some meditation practice, whose primary purpose is also to understand that all things are impermanent and transient, and that clinging to safety of non changing and autopilot routines is essentially wasting ourselves away. I wish you all the best and more on your path to further music to be stumbled upon, as you say. I have followed you and I fully expect that I will see some great music from you on your channel!
I saw ‘Clair de lune’ two days ago, yesterday I bought my first real analog synth, drum machine, hybrid synth, mixer, and recorder, as well as bought Ableton live 10.
You’ve inspired me to create.
Jesus christ lad, you've got some disposable income then...
how much doshv you got mate
After reading your comment 15 minutes ago, I went on Amazon and bought a real vintage analog synthesizer, a $20,000 mixing board, a shitload of patchcables and a 55 gallon barrel of lube.
Namaste, my brother, you've inspired to consume!
how you going with your collection will you upload anytime soon?
I like the live patching, that’s awesome
Your music always reminds me of Hiroshi Yoshimura. And i absolutely love you for that. You are just delightfull.
Paul Bremer i feel the same!! They are two of my favorite musicians
You may also like Chihei Hatakeyama :)
Damn! it makes my day everytime you post a new video. This is very inspiring.
Its like a new episode of your fav tv show.
This reminds me of hearing Hiroshi Yoshimura and the "music for nine post cards" album I used to listen while riding my motorbike in the lonely nights of China, where I used to live. Thank you so much.
Emergence is a beautiful phenomenon. Chaos theory from which it derives is the primer for tangible existance, or so what we perceive as existance.
I can’t decide if this describes the sound of ripples on a lake colliding and intertwining; or the interaction of particles over millions of miles in the near vacuum of space.
But whatever it is for me, it’s certainly beautiful.
Neither, its the sound of spagetti being digested inside of you. But somehow in it's selflessness, the noodles accept death with closed eyes and open arms.
#1. Love seeing you patch it up. Adds a lot, for me.
#2. Nice Art! I didn't really notice the extent of your sleeves before
#3. Thanks as always for the beautiful music
You're taking modular new places. Stunningly beautiful, in many ways.
Very beautiful & excellent! Awesome work! 😍
Live patching, fantastic! That's a real performance. There's a tendency of modular performances to be people staring at knobs looking slightly bemused. Not normally very interesting. But patching from scratch, and pulling it off like this makes a really compelling performance. Well done!
And your videos project such a sense of serenity. I secretly hope that behind the camera is a kitchen with dirty dishes piled up in the sink, muddy boots strewn about the floor and a teetering tower of books and papers about to topple... I don't think I could muster more than about 25 x 25cm square of anything approaching that level of calm in my house.
Makes me cry, in a melancholy, humanistic way. Thank you, brilliant.
How do 4 people dislike this? It's literally the most inoffensive thing I can imagine.
ann annie posts new video > THAL band already knows it will be amazing and gives it a “thumbs up” > proceeds to watch/listen ❤️
Excellent patching! Such a warm evolving composition. So mellow, I love it!
finally some modular music that is not just ear bending noise and bleeps :-D
One of the best ones yet :) Love that the patching was done along the way, always a great aesthetic with the plants and trees outside plus the sunlight. Big ups!
she protec
she atac
but she also eurorac
And she is in fact a he lol
nooooo??
Nebojša Čelebić yeah for real...
OK,nevermind this is my favorite channel of this kind.so much good sounds.
Nebojša Čelebić You win
such a beautiful setup, this is inspiring me 1000% to learn how to make my own!
In the beginning it kind of sounds like a Koto. Beautiful.
The fact you patched this on camera increases the value of this vid 10fold.
Really apreciating your work.
Interesting interplay between human and machine. Couple times it sounded like the chaos was gonna get out of control! But the human brought it back to order, whew!😀
Always the balance of ambient music, controlling the chaos we create
This is just amazingly beautiful.
Thank you for doing what you do!
Lovely melodies, sound design and modules, etc...besides that, your music makes me feel at peace and also inspired. Thanks!!
I love watching this one grow and evolve into something so magical and beautiful. Please come play in the bay area soon. We'd love to have you.
Beautiful music, Ann .. Keep 'em coming .. 😊
Holding back the clouds, Fun ride with stormy side
Phenomenal! The textures you manage to create are unbelievable. Damn, I really need to get back into VCV rack...
Really enjoying this, more please.... 😃 🎶 💕
Bordering on the edge of chaos but always withinin reach. Brilliant.......
I'm in love with this little wire box
Absolutely Lovely
Dude, I'm in love with what you make. If laws in my country allowed it, I'd marry your music. I'd go in a forest with her where she could resonate with the wind and would tell her that she makes me forget about war, death and separation. She should vibrate far into the universe because if someone should know womething about humanity, it should be this sound. If I could just follow it for as long as my blood is warm, I'd be ok.
Keep it up
Never stop playing. And, please, never stop posting it.
This is breathtaking and human, thanks for sharing.
nice live ambient, relaxing atmosphere, I love to see your live patching! definitely good job! cheers from italy
Your patches are absolutely fantastic. Thank you for sharing
This is lovely! Thank you for sharing this track!
That is all kinds of delightful!
whoa ... hang on a minute ... what just happened to me the past 6 minutes and 37 seconds ? i was so completely swept away i lost track of everything ... thanks, really beautiful ;)
Beautiful!
Great work and what a fabulous sound!
Your stuff always hits the sweet spots. Love it all.
Fantastic sounds! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful as always. 👌🏻
Absolutely wonderful
All I can say is brilliant and beautiful.
String theory explained with sound. Love it.
So beautiful... Inspiring
A suitcase made for travel..
Thank you, for you to be. For the music you make.
Bravo Ann!!
great vibe, beautiful sounds!
Your purposeful delicate aesthetic is right on. Reminds me to do more with less.
So beautiful..
Nice job! Thanks for sharing.
Wow. So very cool and an ambient same way!!!
beautiful sound
Absolutely organic! I love it! I use Blofeld. This modular stuff is wild. I can get Blofeld into modular territory!
Wonderfully soothing EPIC! 😘
Beautiful
Love your content
simple and clean as always. the melody really has some Asian pentatonic spirit in it.
If only I had the money... Very nice job!
Look into VCV Rack. Virtual eurorack modules on your computer and, including the ones used here, most of them are free!
Paul Fabiniak yeah I already know them, they are really great ! But there is nothing like having the physical object I think... Thanks for your answer !
Wonderful.
Well that was fucking amazing. Thank you for letting your light shine.
in looove with your music
Excellent work yet again !
Incredible love it
Love this and the couple videos I've watched, subbed. Waiting on my case with a short list of first modules, while I soak in your work, colin Bender's work and others :)
Wow just wow!
Lush pure lush xxxxx chill out and dream xx
This is amazing! That's exactly the kind of sounds I want to produce with modulars, just wanted to know where to start with...
Lovely as always. Not sure if that controller transmits velocity, but routing keyboard velocity to Rings' brightness via Hermod could be interesting
just butifull
😊✨ all smiles here
So good!
Beautiful 🙂
Always great
Amazing!!!...
love how you build the patch in the video.
Love this.
Love it!
dreamy! Merci!
love it!!
You are the love of my life
This feels like soothing Mogwai :)
magnificent
Sounds just like a guitar, this is wild
Going through ableton to loop the midi sequence I assume? Love it
nope ! All sequencing and looping done from Hermod
ann annie how did you manage to keep in tempo without a metronome or a count-in? And what is pam’s workout doing there please? And...congratulations - inspirational as always.
Honestly luck haha, working on my ear training with tuning and timing :)
ann annie awesome. That’s the best way to do it really. Muscle menory :)
Did you clock hermod with pam’s new workout here or what is it doing please? Thanks again.
Pam’s is clocking the entire system!
Lovely :)
Beautiful music. I want to get into eurorack myself, but im pretty confused about the whole sequencing thing for this type of music. I noticed you using the malekko voltage block in several of your older videos, but that seems to have been replaced by the hermod in your newer stuff. Which of these sequencers would you recommend for these types of soundscapes? Looking forward to your next video!
Yesss ;))
First off, thanks for your music! really wonderful stuff, that actually decided me to start my journey into modular
But I also have a technical question... Is it the akai mpk mini mkII that you are using here? 'cause I just got it and I don't manage to get it to work with hermod... But I'm using the 'usb host' while you're using the 'usb device' port. Do you think it could come from that? Have you had any other issues (I saw that other people have issues with this keyboard and hermod on the squarp forum)?
Yep! Had the same problem so I run the keyboard into Logic and back into Hermod as a External Midi output !
@@annannie Thanks for your reply! yeah, I guess I'll have to do the same then
why so few copies of Atmospheres Vol. 2, Ann??!!! I REALLY WANTED TO GET ONEEEEEEE
ps: love your music
Awesome job! i don't really get how do you obtain the polyfony... it looks like you are playing several notes from the rings!?. :O
Is this all one improvisation on an idea, or random? it's nice anyhow, thank you.
Mostly improvised! But I had “places” / certain phrases I was hoping to get to !
Amazing! What modes and knob positions did you set Rings to? Was it the same for both Rings?
I'm subbed!
Absolutely stunning, how much did your modular cost?