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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · 2d

Working on helping to get atmospheric textures from the Vhikk X to pop behind a classic lead voice from the impressive Manis Iteritas. Gotta say, effects on Vhikk still impresses me every time I power it up. #synthsky #modularsky #ambient #eurorack #modular #music #composer #drone #dance #industrial

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · 26d

The record stop at the end though. Getting nice and gloomy for the cooler months ahead. Patch is simple with DFAM samples hits passing through VhikkX with some automated modulation.

#synthsky #modularsky #ambient #eurorack #modular #music #composer #dance #industrial #metal

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · 26d

Playing live patches - so hot right now.

#synthsky #modularsky #eurorack #modular #music #composer #edm #dance

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jul 24

Tariff-nuggets.

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jul 24

Bring them all to PBS!

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jul 24

Holy shit this Vhilkk X rips with a little granular processing. #synthsky #modularsky #ambient #eurorack #modular#music #composer #drone #industrial #metal

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jul 16

Rules are so fun to break though.

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jul 15

Kept playing with the patch from my last post and like it sped up with plucked strings better. What do you all think? #synthsky #modularsky #ambient #eurorack #modular #music #composer #idm #glitch

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jul 14

Happy Monday, all. I’ve been inspired by the great weather and positive vibes in NYC this week. Short little formant IDM jam while I wait for my Vhikk X to finally ship.

#synthsky #modularsky #ambient #eurorack #modular #music #composer #idm

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jun 23

Had my 4ms Pod 64x to keep me entertained on my last train trip. Fun to have forced focus on a smaller setup and getting to know each module better.

xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jun 21

An ode to one of the biggest early inspirations to my music making - Tool! A Plaits and Beads showcase. #music #eurorack #producer #electronic #chill

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Jun 19

Morning jam sesh. Playing with modulation on all of the patch elements, haha. #music #synthsky #modularsky #eurorack #modular #composer #ambient #drone #electronic #edm

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · May 20

Moin! Superbooth news has me jazzed. Anyone else inspired? Share!

Using Multimod as a CV distribution in ramplet mode -> CV to Beads and Cš-L for my voices. Multimod is modulating FM and noise in the rack.

#music #synthsky #modularsky #eurorack #modular #edm #electronic

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · May 4

🧛‍♀️ dance party vibes. Let’s get spooky.

#music #synthsky #modularsky #eurorack #modular #composer #ambient #drone #goth #dance #industrial

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Apr 26

Been a minute since I last posted. Here are some chill generative vibes. Plaits doing plucked strings with LFO setting CV values. Beads adding some fun granular atmosphere with a slight delay.

#music #synthsky #modularsky #eurorack #modular #idm #chill

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Apr 20

Exactly what I am looking for! Time to put some high gain through this bad boy.

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Apr 20

Getting granular synthesis into my mix with Mutable Beads. I wonder how well granular will work with heavier stuff. Anyone have tips/experience? #music #synthsky #modularsky #eurorack #modular

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Apr 4

Been needing to scratch the itch for a gritty sound for a while. Loads of random LFOs are modulating the Basimilus from the Hermod +. All drums sampled in-rack from BIA and sequenced on ko-ii. #music #synthsky #eurorack #modular #industrial

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Mar 31

The distortion is a mixture of the noise level from the Incus and the MS-20’s gain. No guitar was present in this recording.

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Mar 30

Morning coffee patch session brought me some deep industrial/black metal vibes today. All guitar sounds are from @noiseeng.bsky.social Incus Iteritas through an MS-22 filter. So fun!

#music #synthsky #eurorack #modular #industrial #metal

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Mar 25

“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”

I find peace & energy in insane sounds, sculptures, imagery, and fashion. The intriguing part - the shift over time from insane to commonplace. What insane projects do you have?

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Mar 23

There’s a machine dying to have its voice heard. The machine voice is a slow release LFO from Maths changing the Harmony on the wave table on Plaits. So fun.

#music #synthsky #eurorack #modular #edm

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Mar 16

Floating down the digital river this morning. My new module, Multimod from @makenoisemusic.bsky.social, is buffer shuffling generative CV from Mutable Marbles to make this soundscape.

#music #synthsky #eurorack #modular #ambient

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Mar 15

Super cool.

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xandrake @stephenzeek.bsky.social · Mar 15

I’ve been trying to get musical results out of my multimod since release. This is beautiful.

Fun experiment: I find it works very well putting an oscillator or sampler to the in, using the yellow algo, and putting the outs to your mixer.