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My Second Collaboration with AfroDJmac - Zebra Attack Part II for Ableton Live

2011-12-31T12:00:04-07:00

I announced my first collaboration and Ableton Live pack with AfroDJmac back on December 18th. I’m happy to announce a follow-up Live Pack - ZEBRA ATTACK II.

It utilizes the same waveforms as the first Live Pack, but with a completely different different instrument rack. Here is his overview video.

For more info and to download visit: http://afrodjmac.com/2011/12/28/ableton-rack-40-zebra-attack-ii-mark-mosher-afrodjmac/

Mark Mosher
Electronic Music Artist, Boulder, CO
www.ModulateThis.com
Official Web Site: www.MarkMosherMusic.com
Listen/Download Albums: www.MarkMosherMusic.com/music.html

AfroDJMac and Mark Mosher Zebra Attack Free Ableton Live Pack

2011-12-18T17:39:00-07:00

I'm excited to announce I just finished a collaboration with NY artist AfroDJMac who's been "crushing it" by releasing an Ableton Live Pack every week for 37 weeks! It's week 38 and we collaborated on "AfroDJMac and Mark Mosher Zebra Attack [Ableton Live Rack #38]." What a great honor to be part of his series.

I used U-HE Zebra 2 to make original harmonic content from INIT. I ended up with a patch that generated 1 bar FM wave sequence. Each wave was created in real-time by modulating FM with a stepped LFO with each step at a 16^thnote at 120bpm to accommodate slicing into a rack. I resampled, and then handed off the samples to AfroDJMac. He racked them up in Ableton Live's Sampler and created an entirely new performance instrument based on the harmonic content including the ability to select a wave or sweep through the wavetable with an LFO!

AfroDJMac did a very detailed post on the rack including some production notes and screen shots of my work. I’ll included the video below but direct you to his post for the details and the download links. Enjoy and let me know what you think of the rack :^) For more of my sound design work visit patchlab.modulatethis.com. For more on AfroDJMac, see links at the bottom of this post.

Watch embedded video

AfroDJMac Links:

Mark Mosher
Electronic Music Artist, Boulder, CO
www.ModulateThis.com
Official Web Site: www.MarkMosherMusic.com
Listen/Download Albums: www.MarkMosherMusic.com/music.html

Your 2011 Modulate This Holiday Gift is Ready! - "Outpost: Airlock" Free Soundset For Zebralette Zebra 2

2011-12-10T09:56:09-07:00

Your FREE holiday gift is now ready for download!

OUTPOST: AIRLOCK is a soundset made up of patches for U-HE's free shareware synthesizer Zebralette. The patches will also load into Zebra 2. This themed soundset picks up where “Sounds from a Distant Outpost” soundset left off and again takes place at the fictional dark and distant “outpost”. This outpost exists in the same “signals universe” as my two albums REBOOT and I HEAR YOUR SIGNALS. The 12 patches in this soundset will help you experience the journey through the airlock which connects the outer ring of the outpost to the first inner chamber. You might hear creatures along the way so stay alert.

Learn More & Download

To learn more, read about project goals, production notes, performance notes, and download the soundset - visit the Outpost: Airlock web page.

Happy Holidays

Enjoy and have a safe, happy, and musical holiday season! Drop me a note if you end up using these patches for a project. Pass it on.

Mark Mosher
Electronic Music Artist, Boulder, CO
www.ModulateThis.com
Official Web Site: www.MarkMosherMusic.com
Listen/Download Albums: www.MarkMosherMusic.com/music.html

Coming Soon...Holiday Sound Set

2011-11-18T08:47:28-07:00

It's been a bit quite out here. It's been a busy summer and early fall with performances. I'm back to some sound design now. I've begun working on the Modulate This! Holiday Sound Set. Stay tuned for an update in the next few weeks.

Mark

"Alien Radio Chatter MM" - A Free Patch for ElectraX Synthesizer

2011-05-09T23:11:02-06:00

Ready to tap into an alien radio conversation? Use of FM to introduce harsh squealing-like sound. Pitch of OSC 1 (which is inaudible but causes FM movement) and filter movement via LFO. Organic and variable speed changes achieved with LFOs modulating speed of other LFOs. “Random” as a modulation source also introduces organic speed changes.

Performance Notes:

Mod Wheel changes Radio Frequency
After touch modulates the filter 1 which is set to “Vocal” creating an alien voice like quality.
Timbre changes across keyboard.

Soundclip: Alien Radio Chatter Patch for ElectraX by MarkMosher

Download patch: "Alien Radio Chatter MM.fxp”

"Emits a Photon" - Free Camel Audio Alchemy Patch by Mark Mosher

2011-01-31T21:42:19-07:00

What does it sound like when you mangle the sound of a florescent light being switched on with granular syntheis? "Emits a Photon" is the answer - a free granular synthesis patch for Camel Audio Alchemy. This sample was recorded in my dorm at Electro-Music 2010 Festival. Listen to the audio demo for some notes on how I created this patch. Modwheel controls filter.

To install:

In your Alchemy\Presets folder create a sub-folder called "Modulate This Patch Lab"

Download patchlab_emits_a_photon.zip

Unzip all files into the new folder

From Alchemy click "File->Load" then select "Emits a Photon MM.acp" and click "Open"

Emits a Photon Demo for Camel Audio Alchemy Patch for Patch Lab by MarkMosher

Waldorf Largo - Dolphin Jump Gate

2011-01-25T00:37:12-07:00

I’m very excited to start working with Waldorf Largo! It's shares 98% of it's architecture with Blofeld so it's been great experience to work with the architecture in soft synth form. I’ve actually created quite a few patches and thought I’d share one of my more crazy atmospheric patches called “Dolphin Jump Gate” as it shows off the awesome comb filter and FM on the Largo.

I have the filters setup in “Serial” mode. Filter 1 is a comb filter which colors the sound and Filter 2 is low pass to control brightness.

Modulate Notes:

Velocity controls Filter 2’s envelope velocity. Since filter 2 is set to a high-pass filter there more velocity you play with the brighter the overall sound.

Mod Wheel controls intensity of LFO1 which modulates Cutoff for Filter 1. Sweeping modulation cause a shearing effect. Mod Wheel also modulates Filter 1 panning.

Try playing some chords to create sub-harmonic “beating” effect. Turn the FM paramer up for Oscillator 3 to get even more sparkle.

Dolphin Jump Gate MM Demo for Waldorf Largo Patch for Patch Lab by MarkMosher

DOWNLOAD .FXP FILE

FAW Circle Patch - Ancient Astronaut

2011-01-11T23:25:08-07:00

A motion pad with vocal characteristics. Mod Wheel controls FXPingPong2Time. Use the Mod Wheel to add change speed and pitch of delays. I programmed “Crusher” so the patch works with it off and on. In the sample below, I use the same MIDI clip with Mod Wheel automation and record first with the crusher off and then with the crusher on. The Sequencer modulates resonance and bit crushing intensity.

One reason I like using Circle is it’s really easy to route modulation and quickly grasp modulation routings. Just drop the colored circle from a modulation source and drop it on a modulation target.

I left you a little home work this time. When you download the patch, you’ll notice that the patch responds with fixed velocity. To add keyboard velocity as a modulator for volume, drag the blue circle to the VGA Level source. You can change the intensity of the effect by following the instructions in the call out.

Ancient Astronaut Demo for FAW Circle Patch for Patch Lab by MarkMosher

Download .cpf File

Absynth 5 Patch - Fractal Pad MM

2011-01-03T09:37:49-07:00

A motion pad using Fractalize with a stepping envelope to modulate oscillator A.Granular synthesis is used for oscillator B using factory wave sample Cello-Class.wav. These oscillators have a metalic sparkling sound at the high end of the keyboard. In lower octaves this sounds more choir-like. On Oscillator C I'm using wave morphing with a cloud filter which sounds a bit like a class "computer" sci-fi sound. In the performance section there is an X/Y pad to add Oscillator C into the mix. Performance control 3 is assigned to Osc 3's Cloud filter and modulates grain randomness.

Absynth 5 Fractal Pad by MarkMosher

Download .ksd (Asynth 5, Kore 2)

(ElextraX) Switched-On Dark MM

2010-12-27T22:41:00-07:00

Analog synth with bell like quality with a slight bend at the beginning of the note giving it that "Switched-On" quality. Mod Wheel adds brightness and distortion.

Patch Lab - ElectraX Switched-On Dark by MarkMosher

Download Patch as .fxp