Got Make Noise 0-CTRL couple weeks ago. Wanted to do something with it. This is eurorack live performance using 0-CTRL. I try to get back to playing guitar now that we are past January. January was bit stressful. Had to keep these videos simpler which mean more experimental music.
I was quite confident with image generation until I got to this one. Getting images didn't go too well. Had to crop all the images to make them useful. Prompts did produce what I wanted. Had to use these because I want to keep weekly schedule. Maybe I wanted something too obscure with this one.
Music comes from two ideas I played around. I had not used Barp 2600 since getting eurorack. I tested it to figure out if I want to keep it in setup. Ended up with sound I wanted to use in something. Another idea comes from Monorail's slap-back trick video. Wanted to do something with it too. This is the result.
Last week I spent more time on home studio than usually. I made some changes which lead to trouble shooting and learning new setup. When it came time to make music for this video I thought I could do something easier this time. I added Lyra-8 to setup. When I play with it without intention to record anything I can easily get something interesting from it.
It all changed when I started to set it up to make some music with it. It was much harder when you try to make something you can release with it. I wanted to try Wogglebug's frequency to voltage function and Strega's envelope follower. I couldn't go full chaos with Lyra-8.
This was quite good song for rearranged studio. None of the elements were possible before the rearrangement. Either something wasn't part of the studio or it couldn't be used like I use it here. I didn't plan it but I guess I wanted to explore new things I could do in studio and it lead to this. I will do these experimental songs from time to time now that I have both of my experimental synths (Lyra-8 and Strega) in setup. Eurorack can also be used for experimental music. Won't be forgetting more traditional music.
I haven’t written anything about my homestudio for a while. I think I can write something about it since I feel it is now in state which you could say ready. You can use any other word which means it doesn’t need any changes for now. No major investments needed.
I made kind of new year’s resolution but not really to stop buying new music gear for a year. If something breaks I will buy replacement and upgrades are allowed but nothing really new for a year. I broke that already once because one plugin I have been looking for sometime was in sale for small price. I could have done without it but it was cheap. Next breaking of this plan might happen with Make Noise’s DXG. I could justify it by saying it is upgrade to Optomix. DXG is stereo low pass gate. Optomix is mono low pass gate. Both are same size. Optomix is in stereo system. Having stereo low pass gate would make more sense. I am not sure if I will get DXG or not. Need see and hear more of it. Optomix might be better in some patches.
It is bit weird to have feeling your home studio can do everything you could want from it considering the size you can dedicate to it. Bigger real studio could do much more but I couldn’t expect more from space I have dedicated. I think starting to record guitar and bass gave me this feeling. Everything just clicked. I stopped thinking what I could need in future. I started to think what I can do with what I currently have.
One of the last changes I made was to start using audio interfaces outputs. I added pedal board which allow me to use stereo pedals with everything. Now I can use different synths’ external inputs from DAW. Have planned to do that for ages. Finally did it. Should have done it much earlier.
The last change was hardest to make. I took Minibrute 2S away from setup and replaced it with Lyra-8. I had not used Minibrute 2S since I got eurorack cases. Played with it for a while but I couldn’t justify keeping it in setup when Taiga and other modules can do almost everything it can. Yes there is difference in sound but it creates other option which doesn’t really matter. I can do much more with Taiga case than with Minibrute 2S. Only thing Minibrute 2S can do what Taiga case can’t do is sequencer trick I use in video below. I don’t use external sequencers too often. That video is only time I have done something I have released with external sequencer.
I think it is good idea to limit unnecessary options. Lyra-8 gives something no other synth gives. Have had Lyra-8 for several years. I have used it only in one video. It has been more of a therapeutical thing I use every now and then when I need to get my mind away from something. Not sure what to do with BARP 2600. Haven’t used it either since I got eurorack cases. It can still stay because it doesn’t free space like Minibrute 2S did.
I am almost same point with camera gear. There are two lenses I kind of want to get. I could replace older lenses with them. I could call that upgrade which it would really be. My GAS has got to a point where I have started to think about selling gear without getting anything new. Weird feeling.
This went all over the place. If you know music theory you may notice there are some weird key and chord changes. I played one part in wrong key when I composed this but it sounded good at that time. I kept it that way.
Stable Diffusion decided to try to use words of prompt in generated images. I used words forgotten restaurant in prompt. Stable Diffusion misspelled it quite a few different ways. I didn't fix them for this video since this is kind of demo. It is the mood that matters not the correct spelling.
This video was made and released 2024. I told in last post why I was behind the schedule here.
I start 2024 with bang. This is first video where I play bass and guitar. I have previously released music where I play them but this is first time on this channel. Had more time during holidays. Thought this is best time to try playing real instruments. It was smoother than I expected. Previously I have had issues with lag. Lag makes it harder to play. This time I didn't have such issues. Probably because I didn't use VSTs when playing like I did before.
Spent more time learning image generation. You can expect more images of people from now one and more variety on generated images.