Rush

In this video I tried to speed up Tempi into audio rates by using a fast Maths cycle and clock Tempi with the ‘end-of-cycle’ trigger. Then I created very high clock divisions on the channels to trigger Rene and clock the clocks of other modules like Mimeophon and Erbe-Verb. My first attempts were very messy (which was expected) but fooling around with the patch soon revealed some really cool textures.

Sometimes it sounded like city noise from all over the world, all played at once. Sometimes it’s not pretty, not even close to good, but it’s so much fun to lose some steam after more than a year of quarantine.

Cinematic Laboratory on BandCamp

Make Noise Easel

I got a lot of requests about how I racked my MakeNoise tabletop gear so I shot some actual ‘making of’ footage as I set up my own take on the MakeNoise ‘Music Easel’. This setup should at least have the 0-coast and 0-ctrl, but the recent Strega is also a worthy addition to create a 3-tier stand. I chose the MakeNoise CV Bus case to be able to add extra modules and create a custom ‘shared system’ for all kinds of sonic adventures.

I’ve picked the three core modules of the Tape & Microsound Music Machine, where Wogglebug and Maths are covered by 0-Coast & Strega, and X-OH is covered by the XPAN and the CV case output. If you want to hear the three tabletops on their own, please look elsewhere because ‘raw and mono’ is just not for me. Finally, racking the tabletops is not supported by Make Noise and may void your warranty. But MN also states the modules are yours so you can use them any way you, please. I always use them racked and never had any issues. They’re well-engineered and the CV Bus case can easily handle the load.

Mothership

I wanted to do a video about the QPAS. Since it’s inspired by the stereo filter of the Moog Voyager, I thought it would be fun to add a 3rd oscillator and explore some Eastcoast stuff.

This configuration opens up a lot of new possibilities that are impossible with the Shared’s factory layout. I have no idea how the Shared System compares to a Moog Voyager or an ARP2600 but we’re going to find out in this short series. Here’s part 01.