I put out some new music today. Two pieces I recorded around June last year using the same source material but different processes. The first was made using the Max patch detailed in this post.
The second using loop pedals and tape loops.
You can listen below.
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A very short post today, to say that it’s been a slow process trying to get my head round Max over the last couple of months, but I finally have a fairly useable patch that I’ve been playing around with quite a lot.
Really this is more of a glorified sample player than a true granular synthesis patch, in as much as it has no options for multiple grains, grain density and so on. Still, I’m pretty happy with it as a complete novice to both granular synthesis and programming in general.
In presentation mode it even looks (reasonably) presentable:
Out of presentation mode, not so much:
I’m working on some new music using prepared guitar samples processed through this patch, I’ll update this post with some of it when I’m ready to share. In the mean time if you’d like to share Max patches with me please get in touch, I need all the help I can get…