15: Phenol Gravity Well
Liner Notes
One of my goals for FAWM was to use my newly acquired Kilpatrick Audio Phenol in a track. (Photo is of the actual patch.)
It is a fully patchable two oscillator synthesizer. I’m a total modular newbie having avoided the rabbit hole for many reasons, mostly financial. I wasn’t looking for this but it came my way via a trade with a nice fellow from P.E.I in late January 2025. It’s a bit of a strange beast and I’m definitely still figuring it out. No external fx or post processing were used in this track.
#experimental #generallypleasingelectronicnoise #modular #bleeps #bloops
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I've been playing a videogame called Balatro while I listen and the menu music happened to be in the same key with this song so you even managed to sample something by accident! This is really cool.
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This is like if the WGBH Boston audio logo from the late 70s did some acid. And I mean that in the best way possible! I'm surprised and impressed with anybody who can get anything semi-coherent to come out of a modular. All I ever get are robot farts.
Enjoy your new gear!
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Nice experimental work, some unique sounds! I got Vcv rack to avoid the hardware space/cost and have done some experiments with it as well from time to time, it is fun for sure!
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I am obsessed with this kind of hardware, mostly cos I know nothing about it so it seems like magic to me. This is like riding on a little rollercoaster. But a fun one, not one of those giant things. This is actually pretty humorous for some reason. Good luck in your future wrestling with the technology!!
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Ooh, west coast madness, good on you for doing a track with unknown hardware, very spacey!
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This brings me back to my Moog playing Dad’s explorations when I was a child, love it so much.