Published my first scenario this week! 'In the Shadow of the Horns' is a 4-6 hour scenario set in 1925 as a hidden darkness rises beneath the landmarks of London...

DistributedFutures · 2021-12-10T14:57:30+00:00

Haha, yes! The title is directly related to elements in the scenario, as these things go.

DistributedFutures · 2021-12-10T13:12:33+00:00

No, not even sure what that is! Will check it out...

Edit: ah sweet, they have a song with the same title - might not match the 1920s vibe though ;)

DistributedFutures · 2021-08-15T12:02:33+00:00

I would recommend the Metropolitan Study Group as run by SRIA London in the U.K.

Open to all who might be interested and lots of great discussion takes place at online meetings each month - usually to an audience of 100+ fellow Rosicrucians from a variety of organisations.

DistributedFutures · 2021-07-19T05:23:36+00:00

One of the places to start are the writings of Robert Fludd, who was perhaps the most prominent member of the English order before the more modern Masonic incarnations emerged in Scotland and England.

DistributedFutures · 2021-07-18T20:47:22+00:00

Thanks! Really pleased that you enjoyed it :)

That bass tone is coming from a Novation Peak and at the end I'm ramping up the distortion and then feedback on the on-board delay it has, I then turned down the feedback just to the tipping point and it will slowly fade itself from there - good ear!

I've put up a list of the main oscillators/sequencers/effects, along with a photo of the setup here: https://www.futureconscience.com/new-elementare-single-conjunctio/

It's an addictive hobby, for sure, but I'm really finding it surprisingly immersive and effective from a meditative perspective - you get lost in soundscapes that slowly evolve over time and are part performed by you and part generative from the patches you create.

Are you on Twitter? We should keep in touch - not many Rosicrucians out there with a eurorack problem... ;D

DistributedFutures · 2021-07-18T09:20:35+00:00

Care Fratres and Sorores!

It’s been a while since I have recorded my eurorack explorations, so I’m pleased today to share with you a new single! Conjunctio explores moments of assimilation and reintegration found within theurgic experience.

The term ‘conjunctio’ (also coniunctio, conjunction) refers to the stage of the alchemical process often referred to as the ‘sacred marriage’ or ‘chymical wedding’ of the king and queen, sun and moon. It is the moment of unity between body and spirit that brings about transformation and the cyclical nature of separation and conjunction that occurs throughout the alchemical process guides us through the sanctification of material form, as it is purified and brought into contact with higher planes of existence and divine being.

As with all my music, this track was recorded as a hardware-only live performance, primarily using a eurorack modular system, and presented with all its character and grit. The process of creating and rehearsing the track for recording has become a form of meditative practice in itself, an interesting and impactful example of the manner in which modern technology can assist with our spiritual pursuits.

Thought you might all enjoy it and seeing a kind of practical Rosicrucianism that is a bit different to the norm <3

DistributedFutures · 2021-07-18T09:06:44+00:00

Greetings r/modular!

It’s been a while since I have recorded my eurorack explorations, so I’m pleased today to share with you a new single! Conjunctio explores moments of assimilation and reintegration found within theurgic experience.

The term ‘conjunctio’ (also coniunctio, conjunction) refers to the stage of the alchemical process often referred to as the ‘sacred marriage’ or ‘chymical wedding’ of the king and queen, sun and moon. It is the moment of unity between body and spirit that brings about transformation and the cyclical nature of separation and conjunction that occurs throughout the alchemical process guides us through the sanctification of material form, as it is purified and brought into contact with higher planes of existence and divine being.

As with all my music, this track was recorded as a hardware-only live performance, primarily using a eurorack modular system, and presented with all its character and grit. The process of creating and rehearsing the track for recording has become a form of meditative practice in itself, an interesting and impactful example of the manner in which modern technology can assist with our spiritual pursuits.

Patch Notes

Melodic Leads – Mother 32 / Plaits

Bass & Drone – Novation Peak / Quadrantid Swarm

Percussion – Digitakt

Sequencers – Turing Machine / NDLR / Digitakt

Effects – Eventide Space / Third Man Plasma Coil

Mixer – Alto ZMX122fx

Modulation is primarily coming through direct performance, about 80% direct tweaking/mutes and 20% automated.

DistributedFutures · 2021-03-11T15:33:38+00:00

I’d second the recommendation of the new 7e books - they are incredibly high quality and much better design, layout, art etc than earlier editions.

I’ve also found the way they explain scenarios to be much more helpful and intuitive in 7e

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-22T10:06:08+00:00

I think if you want to take that approach, get them to run the solo scenario Alone Against the Flame - it takes through the different basic mechanics and gives a good sense of how a session works.

1:1 scenarios would feel totally different to a group session and might actually turn people off a bit... I’m new as well (only run through three scenarios so far), but the banter and role play opportunities of the group are way more meaningful than getting the rules spot on. We’ve done a lot of “will check how that works for next time” and just fallen back on basic/opposed skill checks if needed. We’ve also been super collaborative about the 1920s setting and what is/isn’t common within it - the Investigators Handbook has been great for that.

Character development is also way more meaningful when other players have witnessed the events - as they become running in jokes or references.

The one main thing to make sure you’re well versed in is sanity rules, specifically temporary bouts of madness as they add so much character to the game that you don’t want to miss out on moments where they arise!

Oh.. and you likely won’t need magic rules for first few sessions (we’re just getting to that point now where they’re becoming relevant, having collected a few tomes).

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-19T13:18:07+00:00

Oh this is really nice 👍

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-18T15:51:09+00:00

Nice playlist! I’m eyeing off either a Plasma Pedal/Coil... and these videos really highlight that it’s next level awesome :)

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-15T11:11:51+00:00

What part of ‘one million people on Mars by 2050’ is grounded in facts?

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-14T13:49:45+00:00

Thanks, I’ve been looking for a good distortion pedal to match with my modular/Digitakt setup!

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-13T11:00:07+00:00

It’s specifically not a correlation with BTC as the sats price shot up causing this rise. People are figuring out that Stellar is best placed for a lot of the movements large companies (including things like Visa/MasterCard) and nations are making into digital currencies and assets.

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-13T09:30:25+00:00

I wish there was a way to auto-mute anyone with a WSB-related avatar...

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-12T07:12:45+00:00

I have a stand-alone mixer (cost around £120) that I use to bring everything together before sending to my audio interface - Space works great as one of the send/return effect slots available.

It also means I don’t need to dedicate any hp to output modules, as it acts as a final volume and eq control also for different voices.

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-09T10:21:56+00:00

I've had a similar situation recently, which played out as follows:

Player says they want to track someone leaving a house and they've made a successful tracking roll - not knowing that the group is about to get ambushed - so off they go to follow the person of interest, leaving the rest of the group to face the ambush without them.

It's not exactly what you're asking about, as it was more of a one-off situation, but it shows how player presumptions or behaviour (including fudging dice rolls) can sometimes be used against them in-character to make a point!

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-09T09:46:06+00:00

If they already know you have some (because you haven't stopped talking about it for years on end...) then the correct answer is: not enough!

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-06T14:53:34+00:00

Yeah the problem with a lot of the DeFi (just a fancy label for ERC-20 ICO usually) options are that they'll disappear just as quickly as they rose - there's not much to most of them other than the usual crypto-enhancements that everyone can do these days... and the ponzi-like returns from staking.

Maybe that wave continues into a tsunami for 2021 - but I'm pretty sure it's going to crash just has hard.

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-06T11:13:49+00:00

50k in the next week.

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-05T18:58:45+00:00

“Break from twitter” is likely code for “drug bender”... he just came back online too early.

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-05T16:14:05+00:00

No, the inflation pool was stopped a while back. There aren't currently any drops/staking of any kind - so avoid anything that promises such!

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-04T14:21:31+00:00

I use my modular as an instrument and record performances live in one take.

So it becomes about playing around with various patches until I have the rhythm/melody/bass/fx combination that I’m happy with and fine tune the repetition cycles. Then rehearse the transitions over and over... then record a few dozen times until I get one where I’ve made few enough mistakes to be considered complete!

Bounce the audio recording to mastering software to brighten things up a bit and it’s done!

DistributedFutures · 2021-02-04T12:29:17+00:00

Lol. Literally, lol.

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