An exciting announcement for us at What is that Sound? Barbara Dement is a new member in our midst. She was initially an intern from CSUSM and was so good she has become our co-producer. In other news, we have recently launched on Apple Podcast. Link here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-is-that-sound or down below.

In our pilot podcast, Kenseth and Jeff explore the subject of sampling, sound design and synthesis. Jeff sampled some kitchen utensils and doors around the house and processed them through Ableton Live and a few other tools.  He also sampled his four year old twin boys.During the process the song originally written by the twins, “The Dinosaur Song, was produced.

RESOURCES FROM PODCAST 1

Designing Sound

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/designing-sound

In our second podcast, Keneseth and Jeff further explore the subject of sound design. Jeff digs into the world of creating bird sounds using the visual code sound builder, Pure Data. Kenseth talks about his job in sound designing for games using Fmod

RESOURCES FROM PODCAST 2

Bird image by Tony Clough in FreeImag

Designing Sound By Andy Farnel

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/designing-sound

Playdead Game Link

https://playdead.com/games/inside/

Article on Martin Stig Anderson

https://www.polygon.com/2016/10/6/13190524/inside-soundtrack-human-skull

In our third podcast we explore the ever expansive world of modular synths with guest Jason Begin. This is an extended podcast around two hours long broken in two parts.

Second part of our third podcast we continue to explore the ever expansive world of modular synths with guest Jason Begin. This is an extended podcast around two hours long broken in two parts. 

 RESOURCES FOR PODCAST 3

Modules that Jason uses:

Maths by Make Noise ( dual function generator / swiss army knife )

ER301 by Orthogonal Devices ( DSP sound computer )

Trigger Riot by TipTop ( trigger / gate generator matrix )

Plonk by Intellijel / AAS ( Physical Modeling synthesis )

DPO by Make Noise ( Complex dual oscillator)

Optomix by Make Noise ( dual vactrol based VCA / Low Pass Gate )

Hertz Donut 3 by Industrial Music Electronics ( FM / Phase distortion oscillator, Panharmonium by Rossum Electro Music ( Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer )

Hyperion by Synthesis Technology ( DSP multi effects processor ) Preset by Polyend ( CV storage, sequencer, CV recorder, lots more. https://polyend.com/preset/ )

Benjolin by Rob Hordiyk ( dual digital oscillator w/ rungler: stepped CV generator https://www.analoguehaven.com/epochmodular/benjolin/ )

Morpheus by Rossum Electro Music ( Stereo Morphing Z-Plane Filter )

Rene by Make Noise ( 3d Cartesian Sequencer )

Braids by Mutable Instruments ( Open Source Digital Oscillator )

uScale by Intellijel ( scale quantizer )

Resources and Recommendations from Jason:

VCV rack –https://vcvrack.com – great FREE virtual modular universe

MAX/msp – https://cycling74.com

Reaktor – https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/reaktor-6/

Electronic Music and Sound Design – Theory and Practice with Max 8 – Volume 1 (Fourth Edition) –https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8899212104/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie= UTF8&psc=1

Step by Step: Adventures in Sequencing with Max/MSP 1st Edition –https://www.amazon.com/Step-Adventures-Sequencing-Max- MSP/dp/1732590303/ref=pd_bxgy_img_3/143-9033855- 9848165?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1732590303&pd_rd_r=93b0c365-eee3-4f4a-9bec- cdeb25b6c4a1&pd_rd_w=5eXlM&pd_rd_wg=Gw0UL&pf_rd_p=f325d01c-4658-4593-be83- 3e12ca663f0e&pf_rd_r=2S2ACK1VPJVJHQ3KZY0F&psc=1&refRID=2S2ACK1VPJVJHQ3KZY0F

Electronic Music and Sound Design – Theory and Practice with Max 8 – Volume 2 (Third Edition) –https://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Music-Sound-Design-Practice/dp/8899212147/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/143-9033855- 9848165?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=8899212147&pd_rd_r=93b0c365-eee3-4f4a-9bec- cdeb25b6c4a1&pd_rd_w=5eXlM&pd_rd_wg=Gw0UL&pf_rd_p=f325d01c-4658-4593-be83- 3e12ca663f0e&pf_rd_r=2S2ACK1VPJVJHQ3KZY0F&psc=1&refRID=2S2ACK1VPJVJHQ3KZY0F

Modular Grid – plan your modular rig virtually online! – https://www.modulargrid.net https://learningmodular.com

Nord Modular- https://rhordijk.home.xs4all.nl          https://www.nordkeyboards.com/products/nord-modular- g2

YouTube – Many many many people out there making great tutorials and module demos:

https://buchla.com The innovator of “West Coast” synthesis

https://www.moogmusic.com The innovator of “East Coast” synthesis

https://dspguru.com

http://www.idreamofwires.org         <- documentary about modular synthesis revival!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_concrète

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veab3zDZLhA

Websites / Links:

https://vytear.bandcamp.com https://occultresearch.bandcamp.com/album/kingtrips-ep2

https://occultresearch.bandcamp.com/album/kingtrips-ep15                 

https://occultresearch.bandcamp.com/album/kingtrips-ep1 https://www.discogs.com/artist/189613-Vytear https://soundcloud.com/jason-begin_vytear https://twitter.com/vytear1 https://www.instagram.com/vytear/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/freedom_76/?hl=en

Jeff Ray’s Resource list: 

 Patch and Tweak, Exploring Modular Synthesis – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/bjooks-kim-bjorn-patch-and-tweak.html

VCV Rack, Eurorack Simulator – https://vcvrack.com/

VCV Tutorials by Omri Cohen – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuWKHSHTHMV_nVSeNH4gYAg

Research and Build a model of your modular rack on Modular Grid – https://www.modulargrid.net/

Some modules that Jeff Ray talked about/ used for his piece:

Maths by Make Noise – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/make-noise-maths.html

Pamelas New Workout by ALM Busy Circuits – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/alm-busy-circuits-pamelas-new-workout.html

Plaits by Mutable Instruments – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/mutable-instruments-plaits.html

Stages by Mutable Instruments – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/mutable-instruments-stages.html

Chord by Qu-bit – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/qu-bit-electronix-chord-v2.html

Magneto by Strymon – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/magneto-multi-head-tape-delay-emulator.html

Morphagene by Make Noise – https://www.perfectcircuit.com/make-noise-morphagene.html