Secrets of the Ooze (Generative + Granular Synthesis)
Channel: minimal.camera
Date: 2020-06-09

Watching TMNT (the original TV show) with my daughter :) it was my favorite show when I was a kid.

This is my first jam with the Monotron Delay (which I just got a few days ago, for $30!), and the Elektron Model:Samples (which I've had for a few months). I wrote the generative sequence on the M:S (see my past videos for tutorials on that approach), using techniques from Granular Synthesis to create the individual sounds. I then decided to see what it would sound like through the Monotron's dirty, noisy, filthy analog filter. I loved the combo, and this jam ensued!

A note on audio routing, I have the main L + R audio outputs from the M:S going into my mixer, with the levels set relatively low (hence the quiet part at the beginning). Then I have the headphones out from the M:S going into the Monotron Delay, and that outputs to another channel on my mixer. This gives me a steady, but quiet output with the Monotron Delay added as a much louder effect on top of the track. I decided to do it this way because in my early experimentation, it is too easy to turn the Monotron's filter all the way down and completely kill the sound, so this ended up being easier to use and sounded better to me.