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Greg Gorlen
Ctrlvlv051

Album US 2014 on Control Valve label
Electronic (Abstract, Experimental)

this release was made in pure data in two (long) nights in 2014 but draws from four years of experimentation with the program and encouragement and advice from raub roy, erik schoster, and andrea pensado. the patch consists of one wavetable oscillator split hard left/right in the stereo field; each channel subsequently follows the classic vco -> low pass filter -> vca routing. the other sound source is a sample of a tr 707 kick drum which triggers on the downbeat. the remainder of the patch consists of two 8-step sequencers, one of which controls tempo while the other controls pitch and filter cutoff, as well as more subtle modulations such as portamento speed, etc. before recording a take, i set the 8 pitches and 8 different metronome speeds, tweak the envelope and portamento speed and apply any further routing ideas, and change the waveform in the wavetable. during real-time recording, the performance consists entirely of modifying the number of steps and direction of each sequencer. compression and minor edits were done in cubase. the intention is to realize a piece which pushes boundaries of rhythm and texture using only the most basic elements and concepts from the lineages of "acid techno" and "extreme computer music." thanks to roger h. smith for releasing this piece.

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