Name: Transitoire | Ambient Eurorack Music / Make Noise XPO & 0-Coast, Squid Salmple, Intellijel Dixie II+
Uploaded: 2023-03-23T21:28:09+00:00
Duration: 4 min 14 s
Description: I previously created a video demoing a polyphonic patch using the Squid Salmple which is at the center of this whole track. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxuHXPeAzqI The reaso

2 years ago

I previously created a video demoing a polyphonic patch using the Squid Salmple which is at the center of this whole track. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxuHXPeAzqI

The reason why I purchased the @busycircuits Squid Salmple a few months ago was to apply a unique polyphony technique with this module and my @ArturiaOfficial Keystep, using the arpeggiator. It didn't work because I was trying to record a randomized arpeggio manually.

Timing was awful.

Determined to make this technique work, I tried to time everything using the Beatstep Pro; the clock source for the Keystep and the gate source for the Squid Salmple. Recording was much better, really close to the end result I had in mind.

However, even when the Keystep was getting the clock from the Beatstep Pro and the Salmple getting the gate from it, there was a micro delay that messed with my music. I got some glitches at the beginning of the polyphonic sequence and I couldn't add melodies on top of it without feeling that something was off.

The challenge with this technique is that you need extreme precision on the recording. A fraction of a second of delay is enough to break the technique.

I wanted perfection so I continued with the experiment.

Finally, I achieved perfect precision by putting the Keystep aside and getting the notes from the Beatstep Pro as well. I was forced to migrate from a randomized arpeggio to a randomized sequence. The result isn't exactly the same, but nonetheless quite nice.

I hope you will enjoy the final result coming from this powerful technique that you can apply in your own way.

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A huge thanks to my wife Anastasiia for supporting me through my creativity.

★ GEAR ★