DESCRIPTION:
Mood Carmine Gratis Syntonic is a purely electronic ambient electro experimental music composition using various Eurorack modular synthesizer modules as sound sources, as well as some signal generation sonics for added emphasis and sub-harmonic reinforcement. The composition is very other-worldly, somewhat orchestral in execution, with chordal structures and harmonic tones enriching the overall effect of a complex texture realisation. Very haunting sequences were produced by the various modular components and sequencers. A main sequence track was created. This involved the Hex Inverter Orbitals sequencer controlling two independent Eurorack oscillators set at different pitches. The twin sequences streaming from the sequencer were regularly cross-faded by the Intellijel Azimuth VCA. In this way, two distinct sequences were rapidly exposed by cross-fading hence, creating a new sequence. The sliding tones produced give the sensation of a bowed string instrument - the "portamento" induced by the fading of sounds. The sequence was then treated via a stereo reverb. This sequence became the basis of the composition. Three more variations were produced from the root sequence track - a sequence whose pitch was increased (but tempo constant), a track whose sequence was lowered in pitch and a third whose pitch was lowered by a factor of 200%. When played altogether, a very pleasant and other-worldly chorus of tones results. Various selections from a stream of sounds created by twin Pittsburgh cross-modulated oscillators ring modulated, and a MakeNoise DPO also ring modulated controlled by the Orbital's sequences and manipulated in real-time, provided the eerie effects sounds. One was a low-frequency phasing vibration, a very strange string-like metallic drone melody - quite unlike anything else so far created, and a bubbling "laser pulse" sound. The strange ringing sound heard throughout the work was created by looping Blue Lantern ADSR modules driving four Pittsburgh oscillators, ring modulated and added and fed into a Doepfer spring reverb. These sounds were then re-processed by further ring modulation, flanging and reverb. This created a high-frequency metallic chorus, like some kind of weird lathe polishing metal. A higher auxiliary sequence was used at the end and created by using the Doepfer A-115 as a minor sequencer. An LFO squarewave from the Vermona Formulator was fed into the Audio Divider, and the output was fed into a Synthesis Technology Cloud Generator. The Audio Divider outputs were mixed to create a pleasant melody, then fed into a Doepfer spring reverb. Three tracks were created this way, and mixed to create a stereo track. Signal generation provided an inverse sinewave chord by combining sinewaves and phasing the result. A ring modulated and pitch-altered version of this sinewave chord also appears at the end of the composition. The whole composition is very surreal and with overtones of science fiction. The visuals were generated by pure video synthesis techniques - moire line patterns, XOR line combinations, background modulations, defocussed cloud-like moire effects, and a rotating star rose. All these images were mixed/blended together using non-additive mixing modes to create electronic "texture weave"- like patterns and modulation imagery. Vibration, pulsation, motion, rotation and change were all part of the unfolding of the imagery for the editing/mixing production process.