ORCA Sequencer Intro (Experimental Livecoding!) Allieway Audio 2019-01-16 | Get ORCA for free here: 100r.co/pages/orca.html - if you like it, make sure to donate to it's lovely creators :)Heya! I'm still working on my doubleknot+mosstone vid, but I wanted to make a quick informal video on this cool software in the meantime - it's pretty impromptu and not the best audio quality but I hope you still enjoy it!Let me know what you think in the comments and maybe I can do a series of videos exploring ORCA a little bit further and making some complete songs :)By the way, I didn't mention it in this video, but the couple who developed this software live in a studio on a sailboat, where they develop cool open source tools for artist! How rad is that?? :0Correction, by the way: ORCA uses Base 36 numbers, not 36-Bit, and l was thinking of UDP, not OSC (though it also has OSC capabilities).
Lorre Mill Double Knot 3 (Prototype) x Meng Qi Wingie 2 x Dirtywave M8 (Impromptu Jam) Allieway Audio 2022-07-11 | Headphones recommended! Just a fun impromptu teaser jam for some upcoming tutorial videos :) This is a prototype unit of the newest version of the Lorre Mill Double Knot (V3), which Lorre Mill kindly provided me for testing purposes - stay tuned for a full overview on what's new, starring a much snazzier-looking production unit!The audio from the DK3 is then processed by the Meng Qi Wingie 2 Resonator, which was an extremely sweet gift from my friend Meng Qi - I plan on doing a video on this soon as well, as well as maybe a custom firmware? :)The Dirtywave M8 here is just being used as a delay/reverb and audio recorder - it's such a handy thing to have around and I love mine a lot.Thanks so much for being there - I appreciate you and hope you're doing well! Sorry things have been uploaded too quickly here - in the middle of a big electrical engineering internship for the summer so been a bit swamped - more fun stuff is on the way though :)~AllieDisclaimer: I put that this was a sponsored video because I received the Wingie and DK as gifts - I wasn't paid money to make this video.
Allieway Audio KOAN mu-law Compander (Official Tutorial, Audio Demos, and Patching Technique) Allieway Audio 2022-03-14 | Hello everyone - I'm back to making videos again, and I've even started making software too, hooray! More videos coming soon; there will be one for each piece of software I release, as well as some exciting new videos on interesting hardware and software I find ^_^Apologies for the poor microphone quality, I'm using my phone to record this - saving up for a dedicated audio recorder now :) Also please note that there are some high-frequency artifacts introduced to this video's sound by youtube's compression that aren't there with the real module!If you're interested in my new VCV modules or just want to support me, please check out my newest collection of modules on the official VCV library here - thanks so much!: library.vcvrack.com/?brand=AlliewayAudioAlso, please remember to check the official manuals for a ton more detailed info and ideas for each of the modules I've made: github.com/AlliewayAudio/AlliewayAudio_Series_I/tree/main/manuals0:00 Introduction to (mu-law) Companding1:47 Koan as a waveshaper/wavefolder - exploring the Encoder and Decoder with a droning oscillator5:00 Going through the entire interface (with no signal being processed)9:13 Using KOAN alone to distort and shape a simple gated sinewave sequence12:41 Inserting a filter between the encoder and decoder sections18:55 KOAN to process human speech, creating shortwave radio textures21:35 KOAN as a standalone "analog" noise/crackle generator24:10 Processing drums with KOAN28:47 Using KOAN "backwards" (Decoder into Encoder)31:54 Outro
Cozy Catchup Video (AKA Where have you been, Allie!?) Allieway Audio 2022-03-14 | Just a cozy catchup - hope you've been well, more videos are on the way ^_^ Apologies for the poor microphone quality, I'm using my phone to record this - saving up for a dedicated audio recorder now :)If you're interested in my new VCV modules or just want to support me, please check out my newest collection of modules on the official VCV library here - thanks so much!: library.vcvrack.com/?brand=AlliewayAudioBtw, the background music in this video comes from my first album - more info on that soon! ^_^And the game is called "Shroomitect", you can get it here: punkcake.itch.io/shroomchitect
Meng Qi Gesture Arcade (in-depth overview / demo) Allieway Audio 2019-07-15 | If you like the Gesture Arcade's design, Meng Qi is making a new synthesizer in similar format called the Wing Pinger! For information, and to contact Meng Qi about his creations, visit his website: mengqimusic.comIf you want to skip my introductory ramble, go to 1:01 - If you'd like to skip my initial explanation and get to the start of the audio demos, go to 5:01 :)For those unfamiliar with the Double Knot, check out my overview videos: youtube.com/watch?v=S2TF8g6W5uE and youtube.com/watch?v=4va5MX3N6ao&t=857sThanks again to Meng Qi for allowing me the opportunity to showcase his awesome work :DStay tuned for more ORCA videos, thank you to everyone who has subscribed and supported me! If you're reading this I hope you have an awesome day! ^_^Technical difficulties song is Smooth Lovin' (incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1700077) by Kevin MacLeod - CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
Shift Register Melodies with ORCA Allieway Audio 2019-03-09 | Just playing around with another patch I made - I'm so sorry for the wait on the next ORCA tutorial video, it'll be up soon, promise.This technique is otherwise known as Hocketing - each voice in the melody is a delayed version of the preceding one, kind of like an advanced version of when you sing "row row row your boat" with each person coming in at different moments!I could have gone crazier with having each voice use it's own clock, but I wanted to illustrate the method in a simple way (plus I thought it sounded nice). Maybe in the future I'll try implementing "strumming" through all 8 voices, would probably sound lovely!Thanks to the ORCA chatroom for helping me figure this implementation of shift registers out! I'll probably go over how you can create shift registers like this in the third part of the alphabet series, when I cover the "L" (loop) object. Hope you enjoy :)The synth is a single instance of the "Harp Tube" preset for Chromaphone, by the way!
Cascade Modulo Sequencing with ORCA Allieway Audio 2019-02-07 | If the tuning sounds wonky, it's because I'm using a microtonal tuning, namely 8 equal divisions of the perfect twelfth (8EDT, for my microtonal homies). It's my favorite tuning, along with it's bigger brother 16edt, and I use them both a lot!So sorry for the wait on the next ORCA video, things have been hectic! Figured I'd upload a patch I've been really enjoying recently while you're waiting - I'll explain it in-depth in the next ORCA video, it's incredibly simple but you can get lots of beautiful generative patterns! :DI screwed the patch up at the end by trying to change the generator's (X) clock rate, was a bit silly of me to do so without pausing but I didn't wanna interrupt the pretty patterns! I'll try it again in my next vid, and explore some other possibilities too :)The synth I'm using here is Serum btw, just a simple patch based on the 3rd harmonic/subharmonic.
ORCA Sequencer - Guided Tour №1 (Rhythm and Math!) Allieway Audio 2019-01-23 | Download ORCA here: 100r.co/pages/orca.htmlNOTE: Some of the functions in this video have been altered since it was posted. I'll be going over the more relevant changes in my next video of this series, just figured I'd give a heads-up! Make sure to check the github for an up-to-date function reference! github.com/hundredrabbits/OrcaThis video is the first in a multi-part series covering all the letters of the alphabet (each letter being a function) in the ORCA livecoding language! This episode covers all the basic math objects and also the handy-dandy jumpers! Apologies for the slightly clipped audio btw, it'll be fixed in future videos in the series.Thank you so much for the awesome feedback and encouragement for the last video, I hope you enjoy this series - let me know if you have any questions and I'll respond as quickly as I can :)Have fun!Note for the curious - all functions which have a minimum and maximum (like R and I) work from the minimum to the maximum-1: so if you have a random with a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 8, you'll get random numbers between 0 and 7, never 8. Just wanted to clarify that! I should also note that I covered the Clock object in this video despite it not being part of the acronym "I FRY JAM" - A corrected acronym would be "CRY IF JAM".Also, if you're following along, try playing around with velocity (the fourth input) and note length (the fifth input) of your midi events also! You can gets tons of fun velocity and length fluctuations which enliven a rhythm by having them increment up and down, or choose random values between 0 and F! Play around! ^_^
Lorre-Mill Keyed Mosstone (in-depth overview / demo) Allieway Audio 2018-12-14 | I'm back again with a new in-depth explanation / video manual / rambleathon, this time about Lorre-Mill's newest synth, the Keyed Mosstone!I originally intended this video to have a longer demo/screwaround session at the end after all the talking, but I realized after finishing my initial overview that I was actually very close to running late for a date I had later that day - one of the problems with shooting hour-long videos in one take! I'll be making a more extensive jam session video very soon, with MUCH less talking :)Speaking of problems with hour-long vids, my phone's camera is quite nice but has a frustrating limitation - it can only handle vids of 2gb, and anything longer will cause it to stop recording and start up a new vid, leaving a noticable second-long gap. I'll try to record in several parts in the future to try to avoid getting cut off - for this video, I interspersed the cuts (there are two) with a transcript of the few words missed.By the way, I did realized after finishing up that I forgot to illustrate the sound of the second random's digital noise when applied to various sound parameters (e.g. wavefolding), which is an important aspect of the synth's sound - I'll make sure to cover this first thing in my next video on the Mosstone! Also, another minor correction - the gate output in the very bottom left of the synth is actually a trigger (spike) output, not a gate: it just does a quick trigger when you press any (circle) key. Handy for triggering the randoms!Let me know what you think, and if you have any other questions about this synth, or requests for future videos, especially featuring the knot and mosstone, as they are the best of friends!
Lorre-Mill Double Knot: Exploring Drones! Allieway Audio 2018-10-09 | DISCLAIMER: I do not recommend using touch-jacks as I do in this video without sufficient understanding of the risks involved in touching something metal that's connected to a power outlet. I do not accept liability if you hurt yourself during reckless use of touch-jacks!My last video was focused on explaining the double knot's different bits and exploring it's rhythmic possibilities, so I figured my next video on it should show off it's amazing capacities for creating sonic textures at audio rate!I get a little lost in this video, toward the end - playing with this synth tends to put me in a sort of trance that's a bit hard to escape at times - you get tangled up in the knots I suppose :DA lot of this video's audio is very dry for explanation purposes, but hopefully the end of the video shows how powerful this synth can be with for drones with some fx processing (I'm using the OTO Bam for reverb, by the way). Also, the audio in this vid is mono to prevent you only hearing the synth through one ear at parts of the demonstration, but you can imagine how crazy the stereo image of the knot's two sides can be at if you mix in stereo!Leave a comment and tell me what you think, I'm hoping to make a lot more videos now that I've got a less shitty tripod, so I appreciate any feedback! Hope you enjoyed ^_^
Lorre-Mill Double Knot (in-depth overview / demo) Allieway Audio 2018-08-27 | TO SKIP THE BORING EXPLANATION SKIP TO 17:06A couple years too late, the first video of the Double Knot on the internet with any explanation of what the heck is going on! Everything here is improvised and mainly didactic but I hope it at least shows you why I love this thing so much. I haven't even touched the surface of the many tricks I have learned so far!Let me know what you think :)EDIT: Just rewatched, and I'm now aware that the time signature at 28:15 was 4/4. I think I may have forgotten how to count at that moment :P
