passive analog 4-channel rhythmic instrument (mini-Noon) In collaboration with Eli Pechman of Mystic Circuits. Moon is the smaller, 4-channel descendent of the Noon. Activate and modulate Moon using voltage from external sequencers. No power supply needed. Analog circuits are powered momentarily by incoming gate and control voltage signals causing them to oscillate and move naturally. When Moon's channels are combined, they grow, inform and process one another in complex rhythmic ways. Momentary power increases the unstable properties and organic textures of analog circuits. The immediacy of simple controls allows for rapid alterations without patching. Each of the four channels is a unique analog circuit with its own characteristics. get triggered and powered from incoming gates or CV (provided by voltage sequencers or modular systems) increase the natural chaotic movement of electricity by removing the stabilizing elements of a constant power source facilitate the sound of electronic circuits loading and unloading, powering up and powering down attenuate incoming voltage to all four channels, and between channels access swing and groove through natural circuit-loading deconstruct programmed rhythm sequences to make surprisingly new ideas behave as a drum machine (drum brain) behave as a textural drone instrument dynamically and organically respond to different gate lengths on each channel, due to power loading characteristics of each circuit type achieve movement and textural complexity normally associated with modular instruments and feedback patching respond differently to an assortment of CV types (LFO, VCO, envelopes) treat each unique channel as a “drum voice” or a chaotic “synth voice” (but more likely somewhere in between) span touch plates with fingers, when using it as a drone instrument, to change pitch or texture attenuate the links between channels to rhythmically vary modulation between them depending upon when each is receiving CV
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