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[-] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

With all those gadgets you can come up with something palatable to the human ear. Is this the future of music? I dabble in the experimental and avant garde genre of music myself. But nevertheless, I like it. Seems like something to put on in the background while you are cleaning.

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Seems that you might be unfamiliar with modular synths, which is what you see in the vid — although that's a software synth, because real hardware ones are messy and expensive (and require patching the cables and twiddling the knobs the same way again to recreate a previous sound). Modular synths aren't new, they were around since the sixties, starting with the famous Moog — although they declined in popularity in the seventies. The Eurorack standard was developed in 1995, and is the most widespread one. There's been somewhat of a resurgence in recent-ish years, from what I understand.

Look up 'modular synth' on Youtube, there are more than a few vids showcasing the workings. Some people do live performances with smaller-size setups.

The VCV Rack software, shown in the OP vid, is free and open-source, you can install it yourself and fiddle around with the sounds. Also e.g. the tracker/synth SunVox, available on phones (but desktops too) has a modular-ish synth as one of its parts.

I would say, however, that the composition here rather harkens to the old avantgarde-electronic composers. Sorta on the minimal side with instruments fading in and out, resembles 70s-80s atmospheric soundtracks for gloomy films.

[-] HoneyMustardGas@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Wait. I once played a Moog at someone's studio. They are cool. I also played a kaos/chaos pad of I remember how they are called .

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There are different kinds of Moogs, of course: there's the Minimoog line, which are self-contained synths like those most people are familiar with; and there are the full-size System 55 and such, which are the modular ones.

Afaiu there are a whole bunch of X-Y touchpads like Kaoss Pad, both as separate controllers and integrated with others, like in nanoPAD2. And there are also apps for phones and tablets, like Bebot. These aren't particularly related to modular synths, but likely can be used with them for input.

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