Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
... One of my favorite small setups for improvisation.
It always amazes me how much more there is to discover in an instrument you *think* you fully understand. Something I like to do often in my creative practice is to narrow my focus onto one or two modules (or in this case, a small semi-modular) and to challenge myself to work only with that one tool until I feel like I have explored every corner of it.
At that point, instead of moving onto something new, I go back to the same instrument again. This time, I go with open ears and no expectations... instead of approaching it as, "what is this instrument *supposed* to do?" it becomes more about: "what is already within this instrument and/or myself that wants to emerge?"
In my experience, that point where you feel like you know everything a module does and you've reached total fluency with it is only just the beginning. There's always some combination of settings, some patch routing, some alignment of gestures that you haven't yet explored... with a whole new sound world waiting.
Now that you've gotten to know one another, you get to let go and play, listen, explore, take creative risks, and sometimes even leap through your instrument (you know that feeling when you just go for it, even though you're not sure what's going to happen? My favorite.)
Anyways, that's all to say that I'm very grateful that I'll be able to continue learning about and discovering new corners of these instruments for years and years to come. ❤️
... One of my favorite small setups for improvisation.
It always amazes me how much more there is to discover in an instrument you *think* you fully understand. Something I like to do often in my creative practice is to narrow my focus onto one or two modules (or in this case, a small semi-modular) and to challenge myself to work only with that one tool until I feel like I have explored every corner of it.
At that point, instead of moving onto something new, I go back to the same instrument again. This time, I go with open ears and no expectations... instead of approaching it as, "what is this instrument *supposed* to do?" it becomes more about: "what is already within this instrument and/or myself that wants to emerge?"
In my experience, that point where you feel like you know everything a module does and you've reached total fluency with it is only just the beginning. There's always some combination of settings, some patch routing, some alignment of gestures that you haven't yet explored... with a whole new sound world waiting.
Now that you've gotten to know one another, you get to let go and play, listen, explore, take creative risks, and sometimes even leap through your instrument (you know that feeling when you just go for it, even though you're not sure what's going to happen? My favorite.)
Anyways, that's all to say that I'm very grateful that I'll be able to continue learning about and discovering new corners of these instruments for years and years to come. ❤️
