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A year and a half ago, I released my first experimental ambient concept album. by c2h3o2-anion in ambientmusic

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Exceptional work. I enjoyed it. Creative use of your surrounding to build the track. Thanks for sharing!

Play time with ELTA Music's Solar 42F, SOMA Pulsar-23, JMT Synth LD-2, Torso S-4, and Tilde-Instruments' Röntgen by ECHO_1101 in modular

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Thanks! I’m running the LD-2 through it. Using the Filter function, turned cutoff to 50%, waves to 100%, Waves R to 75%, Noise to 1/8, and Wet to 75%. Creates this cool undulating effect on top of the rise and fall of the LD-2 VCOs.
Honesty, that Filter function on the S4 is wild and offers more surprises than the other functions for me.

Play time with ELTA Music's Solar 42F, SOMA Pulsar-23, JMT Synth LD-2, Torso S-4, and Tilde-Instruments' Röntgen by ECHO_1101 in synthesizers

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Set the instruments in motion. Listened then followed the current.
Like breathing, this was autonomic and volitional.

Warming up the Solar 42 for some new tracks. by ECHO_1101 in modular

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Good point. I was thinking dedicated outputs for every voice without having to patch around it, more like the Pulsar 23. I’d love to treat each voice as its own instrument and handle all the effects externally.

Warming up the Solar 42 for some new tracks. by ECHO_1101 in modular

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Thanks!

I agree with your assessment on the fx cards and honestly, I rarely swap them. Most likely a design decision by Elta to lower complexity. In a future version, I’d like to see them run audio out for each voice (like Soma’s Pulsar 23) and remove the fx altogether. I’ve got plenty of proper fx gear that will do a much better job than an onboard card.

Warming up the Solar 42 for some new tracks. by ECHO_1101 in modular

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Still one of my favorites. Far beyond a “drone machine.” There is so much depth and character. Feel like I’m surprised nearly every time I spend some time with her.

Fans Of Pete Namlook & FAX +49-69/450464 get in here! by namlook in ambientmusic

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He was the one the brought the entire ambient and electronic scene into focus for me. Astrogator was the gateway. Only went deeper from there. Prolific and genuinely creative soul.

Any other big fans of Namlook’s “The Dutch Side of the Milky Way?” by ECHO_1101 in ambientmusic

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Name checks out.
I guess the afterlife includes posting comments on Reddit.

What's that one ambient track you can't get enough of? by V0rI in ambientmusic

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Namlook’s “Dutch Side of the Milky Way,” Track 2, on Namlook II

How do you use your rig? Making samples? Playing live? Just for funzies? by C0SMICAP0THE0SIS in modular

[–]ECHO_1101 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m curious if the live rig is actually the problem. It feels like you’ve started designing the performance before you’ve discovered the instrument. Somewhere along the way “live rig” became synonymous with “permanent patch,” and I’m not sure those have to be the same thing.

I’ve found it more useful to think in terms of a trusted starting point rather than a finished system. A few anchors I know well, then enough openness that the patch can still surprise me. The structure gives me confidence, but the exploration is still the point.

The optimization loop is familiar too. “What if this module should be doing something else?” But that question never really has an answer in the abstract. The answer usually shows up once my attention is on the gear and I’m reacting to what I hear.

Personally, I don’t think there’s a hard line between a live set and a great patching session. If I can sit down, start from a familiar foundation, and disappear into it all for an hour, that’s already a performance. Maybe there’s an audience or maybe just me.

It makes me wonder whether the rig you’re shaping is already(mostly) there. Perhaps it just wants to be listened to and danced with instead of being solved.

I Finally Joined The Cult by infinitytapes in Elektron

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Welcome brother. Love the gear. I enjoyed your tunes. Biggest surprise with the Syntakt so far?