Ambient Experiments with Music Thing Modular Workshop System

Recently acquired a DIY kit for this amazing instrument created by @MusicThingModular and distributed by @explodingshed (very cool for EU residents).

I had the chance to solder it in an ideal environment, which took me around five and a half hours.

Lately, I’ve been exploring the system and getting to know it better, inspired by @mylarmelodies’ great demo video, among many others.

Beyond the “usual” zones that anyone with some Eurorack experience would recognize, there’s this very special module: the Computer — with its many functionalities provided by different Computer cards, and the incredible community developing around it.

In this jam, I’m using @chris_j_yt’s Utility Pair card (which includes 25 modules, loadable in pairs into the Computer), and more specifically here:
Karplus-Strong, using the onboard contact microphone as the sound source
Delay, to further emphasize the resonant textures

I was clearly inspired by a jam Chris recently shared on Instagram.

I also added a second voice using an FM’d sine wave (they sound SO good!), triggered by a looping envelope and processed through a Boss DD-8 pedal. Apart from this external effect, all sounds come from the MTM Workshop System.

Patch Notes : https://tinyurl.com/mwb3j6r3

Hope you enjoy — I certainly had a lot of fun making it.

Cheers,
Bertrand