summer-seq-modular2023

five more little modular-synth etudes, with a sequencer!

summer-seq-1 (mp3 format; 8:30 -- 12.3 Mbytes)
summer-seq-2 (mp3 format; 3:57 -- 6.7 Mbytes)
summer-seq-3 (mp3 format; 5:07 -- 7.4 Mbytes)
summer-seq-4 (mp3 format; 9:50 -- 14.2 Mbytes)
summer-seq-5 (mp3 format; 3:40 -- 5.3 Mbytes)

Seth Cluett convinced me to buy a small sequencer, a Korg SQ-1, to go with the new modules I picked up at the end of the academic term (I think Seth's words were: "It's a sequencer party in a box!"). Like the previous summer-modular2023 pieces, these were all realized using my eurorack modular system, but the controller in each one was the 'party box' sequencer. As with the previous five little etudes, I tried to make each one relatively different from the others. I also tried to stay away from too many sequencer clichés; you know, the chunka-chunka teutonic-synth music that I listened to (a lot!) back in the 1980's. In summer-seq-4 for example, I used the reverb/echo 'residue' (i.e. the fade out part) from summer-seq-1 to form the long, evolving chords. Not too 'sequency'. But I couldn't resist the Deutsche-aspect in a few! Wow-wow-wow-wow!!!!

Brad Garton
July, 2023