Post your live modular performances here (Audio and Video)

flx · Post by **flx** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:31 am

A show we played on Thursday:
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Audio Stream/Download:
https://soundcloud.com/flixxx/modular-s ... 15-cologne

Thread with more information here:
https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewt ... p?t=143700

Helmey · Post by **Helmey** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 1:45 pm

Here are a couple of my latest live tracks. These were recorded directly from my QU16 mixer onto a USB stick.

https://soundcloud.com/tedprice/723-jfa

https://soundcloud.com/tedprice/aug-02-kava-lounge-gig

Playing live with modular gear is ridiculously fun.

JFA is in-studio, the other track is live. They use the same setup. It's me on two Eurorack cases (18U) a drum machine, SH-101 and a Kaoss pad through my QU16 mixer. On the Kava gig I tried out my new ERM Multiclock that I picked up from PerfectCircuit the day before. This is from a monthly show called Fully Patched hosted by John Noble (Prettyhowtown - he's awesome). I pre-patch some sounds and melodic ideas and improvise from there.

clarke68 · Post by **clarke68** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 6:54 pm

I've been going to a monthly free improv workshop in Oakland called Doors That Only Open in Silence. The format is you set up your gear & put your name in the hat...trios (usually, sometimes quartets & duos) are chosen at random to play for 6-10 minutes. No rehearsal, prep, discussion, etc.

There's typically a good variety of instruments. This last week I had the good fortune to be paired up with these two gents:

[video][/video]

MindMachine · Post by **MindMachine** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:49 pm

That was fantastic. Really impressive with that format. Good listening between musicians.

Glad you did not draw the folks with accordion and marching cymbals. Although that might work too.

Great stuff. The idea of culture where I live is the Ronald Reagan library.

clarke68 · Post by **clarke68** » Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:56 am

MindMachine wrote:That was fantastic. Really impressive with that format. Good listening between musicians.

Thanks! There aren't a ton of free improv folks here at Muff's, I never know how this kind of thing is going to go over.

Funny fact: there actually was an accordion there that night. The guy was mostly a (fantastic) trap kit drummer...his band played a set between the two rounds of ad-hoc trios (that you can check out here. They reminded me of the Tin Hat Trio, but with extended improvisation.

The scene in Oakland is pretty fertile these days. Mills College has always brought in a steady stream of talent, but now it seems like there's new venues popping up every month. Might have something to do with all the tech bros pricing people out of San Francisco, moving the people that really make the Bay Area great to the east.

Ayab · Post by **Ayab** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:13 pm

jbartee wrote:
Just me wrote:This was Modular and Monotron through a Leslie.
Sounds outrageously good man. Really digging it.

Agreed

papz · Post by **papz** » Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:27 am

A short vid of a band I'm playing with.
The lights are real, a friend does these with retroprojectors and liquids.
Hope you'll enjoy.
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bentoncbainbridge · Post by **bentoncbainbridge** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:01 pm

[video][/video]

Ezra Bainbridge-Powers (age 10): Eurorack modular synth A/V improv
Benton C Bainbridge: Thermal Camera, Mod Synth patch, + a little wiggling

Opening set for Modular Equinox at The Schoolhouse, Brooklyn, NY, 27SEP15[/video]

Expert Sleepers ES-3 (no computer - used as random noise source), Dave Jones MVIP, Make Noise Maths, Synthesis Technology E350 Morphing Terrarium, Intellijel Planar, Mungo n0, w0, s0, g0 and Zoom with MIDI mod and Tech 21 MIDI Mouse. Thanks to Raymond Strano for loaning the FLIR thermal camera.

Helmey · Post by **Helmey** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:40 pm

Here's my live set from last night...

https://soundcloud.com/tedprice/kava-11-1-15

Tonescape · Post by **Tonescape** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 8:09 am

Had the first live rehearsal with my new project "Woofer" the other day, and I felt like sharing it with you:

https://soundcloud.com/woofermusic/woofer-live-set-1

Our setup is me on my modular system, and my partner on Ableton Live with a Push controller + he is controlling the mixer (Xone 4D). It is all synced up to a Beatstep Pro which is also my main sequencer.

Everything is improvised, no sounds have been planned beforehand. This is our concept for this project, and it is fun as hell, happy accidents and all.

solaris · Post by **solaris** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 1:02 pm

september mindfuck

[video][/video]

beaver · Post by **beaver** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:59 am

Modular+drums live set: from drones to free-jazz

[video][/video]
https://youtu.be/-IaKtqtqg-4

xnor · Post by **xnor** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:36 pm

Here's a recording of a performance I did November 20th 2015 in Portland, Oregon, USA. It was my first solo performance with my synth. I used my Serge format [mostly CGS] home-build modular + one effect [stereo memory man]. It was pretty loud and reverberant in there. The recording is direct from the mixer so I added some reverb, compression and eq after the fact.

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/236959061" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]

digitaleyes · Post by **digitaleyes** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 8:29 am

Tonescape wrote:Had the first live rehearsal with my new project "Woofer" the other day, and I felt like sharing it with you:

Nice track, keep 'em coming

digitaleyes · Post by **digitaleyes** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:11 am

fractal audio converted to midi streamed through synthesizer mixed back with fractal audio

[video][/video]

ikjoyce · Post by **ikjoyce** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:50 am

I performed my second ever gig on Saturday, and my first where I was flying solo. It was only a 15 minute piece, but went over quite well I think!
I was performing as part of the Sonik night at the Luna Lounge in Leytonstone. There were four acts plus a DJ - a mixture of ambient and psychadelia that worked really well.

For my part - I created a track called "We Come in Peace"
It was pre-patched, re-patched at the venue, and then ad-libbed and wiggled.

The opening section is a slow 'viola solo' played on a 1024 BBD on full feedback being fed repeated bursts of white noise, controlled by a pressure controller - sort of Karplus Strong synthesis. The sound effects are a Springray small tank with feedback being filtered, controlled by a joystick.
The sequences are started at 6:30 - there are three: the five note theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, an 8 note sequence derived from 'Silent Night', and a 12 note sequence from 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. All of the sequences are mixed, summed, subtracted and switched, so they aren't all that obvious (until the end when two of them are more clearly heard).
The drums are filtered white noise, and some FM'd and Ring Modded outputs from the other oscillators.
The drone that runs the length of the piece was the Dark Energy, it was in tune at soundcheck but drifted in the meantime - I couldn't work out what had changed to fix it while playing - a little frustrating but no-one else noticed, or they thought it was intentionally microtonal :-)

I really enjoyed the experience - learned that I need to quickly recheck my tuning before starting, or learn to embrace microtonality a little more!

Hope you enjoy the wigglings of a relative beginner! :-)

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There is a full recording of the gig taken direct from the mixer at my soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/ikjoyce/sonik-night-live-20151212
(Unfortunately Keenya seems to have had some stereo issues that were not noticeable on the night, and Strange Lights didn't mic up the guitars through the mixer, so their performance was MUCH louder and more impressive live - the recording really doesn't do them justice! )

Helmey · Post by **Helmey** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:07 am

Here's a recording of my live performance Sunday at AH. My first attempt at Dub on a modular. Irie!

[video][/video]

digitaleyes · Post by **digitaleyes** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:29 pm

https://soundcloud.com/digitalies/concerto-in-d-minor
triangle waveforms by intellijel and pittsburgh modular

bleeds_on_keys · Post by **bleeds_on_keys** » Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:17 am

My second ever show with the modular from the other week- first one videotaped too. By my next show, I'll have more costume stuff ready, and (hopefully!) at least one more module (the Sputnik Quad VCA/VCF).

Shortwave · Post by **Shortwave** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:39 am

clarke68 wrote:I've been going to a monthly free improv workshop in Oakland called Doors That Only Open in Silence. The format is you set up your gear & put your name in the hat...trios (usually, sometimes quartets & duos) are chosen at random to play for 6-10 minutes. No rehearsal, prep, discussion, etc.

There's typically a good variety of instruments. This last week I had the good fortune to be paired up with these two gents:

[video][/video]

Great stuff, love a bit of free improv! The piece with the clarinet and percussion was also great - I love the sound of reeds/horns being explored/abused. One of my favourite records of recent times is John Butcher's Resonant Spaces - free improv sax in a selection of strange accoustic spaces in Scotland and the Orkneys, magic stuff!

gimber · Post by **gimber** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:49 pm

This is a recording of my (short) set on November 24, 2015, next to the LA River with Modular on the Spot.

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/241317996" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]

Video and recordings of other people's sets, kindly recorded by artistcalled6 are at http://www.beatwarfare.org/mots11242015/

youkon · Post by **youkon** » Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:09 pm

edit: wrong thread

insonikum · Post by **insonikum** » Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:30 pm

End result after a few hours of sound design.
I can describe the patch if anyone is curious, but feel free to guess

https://soundcloud.com/insonikum/live-jam

papz · Post by **papz** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:09 am

Our LCDrone improvised performance in Rotterdam, past November

[video][/video]

MindMachine · Post by **MindMachine** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:21 pm

Helmey wrote:Here's a recording of my live performance Sunday at AH. My first attempt at Dub on a modular. Irie!

[video][/video]

Nice man. The crowd was into it. Didn't you just want to fire that big ole Waldorf up behind you?

Good to see Shawn got a place up and running.

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