Caudal [disquiet0339] by analoc

**Production Notes**

VCV Rack is my latest obsession. It’s free, open source, versatile – and generally amazing. Most of the piece for the „Rude Mechanical“ assignment was made with a semi-generative patch.

„Caudal“ is a module from the „Vult“ modules series ([https://modlfo.github.io/VultModules/caudal/]). It’s a „a chaotic source that is based on the model of a multi-segment pendulum“ - I thought it fits the mechanical properties part of the assignment.

Two instances of Caudal with 12 outputs do a lot in this patch: They drive the levels of the sound sources (Sampler, Plaits, Fundamental VCO, Bitstream Resonator), modify its effects sections and the effects themselves, the Parameter EQ and some filters - and they even modifies themselves.

To cover the the „Rude“ aspect, I added waveshapers (plus an instance of Trash 2 afterwards) to get some grit into the piece.

Let patch run for some minutes, added a vocal sample with Vocoder and Reverb.


**Disquiet Junto Project 0339: Rude Mechanicals**

The Assignment: Record a piece of music in this imaginary genre.

Step 1: Imagine there is a genre called “rude mechanicals.”

Step 2: Imagine what might characterize the “rude mechanicals” genre.

Step 3: Create an original piece of music in the genre called “rude mechanicals.”

Six More Important Steps When Your Track Is Done:

Step 1: Include “disquiet0339” (no spaces or quotation marks) in the name of your track.

Step 2: If your audio-hosting platform allows for tags, be sure to also include the project tag “disquiet0339” (no spaces or quotation marks). If you’re posting on SoundCloud in particular, this is essential to subsequent location of tracks for the creation a project playlist.

Step 3: Upload your track. It is helpful but not essential that you use SoundCloud to host your track.

Step 4: Post your track in the following discussion thread at llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0339-rude-mechanicals/

Step 5: Annotate your track with a brief explanation of your approach and process.

Step 6: Then listen to and comment on tracks uploaded by your fellow Disquiet Junto participants.

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Length: The length of your track is up to you.

Title/Tag: When posting your track, please include “disquiet0339” in the title of the track, and where applicable (on SoundCloud, for example) as a tag.

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More on this 339th weekly Disquiet Junto project (Rude Mechanicals: The Assignment: Record a piece of music in this imaginary genre) at:

https://disquiet.com/0339/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:

https://disquiet.com/junto/

Subscribe to project announcements here:

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Project discussion takes place on llllllll.co:

https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0339-rude-mechanicals/

There’s also a Junto Slack. Send your email address to twitter.com/disquiet to join in.

Image associated with this project is by Matt Haughey, used courtesy of Flickr and a Creative Commons license:

https://flic.kr/p/4m22j4

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