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Mar 4, 2019 1 hr 45 min

WHY WE BLEEP 012: SUB FOCUS

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Links to Things we discuss in this Episode: Carillon Computers: https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/carillon-ac1-core-4xt Me Metropolis Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV9-XA5MPwY Intellijel Metropolis link: https://intellijel.com/shop/eurorack/metropolis/ Halls of Valhalla card for Z-DSP: https://valhalladsp.com/2014/01/18/a-new-reverb-cartridge-for-the-z-dsp-halls-of-valhalla/ Mutable Peaks: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/peaks/ Tiptop One: http://tiptopaudio.com/one/ Intellijel uScale https://intellijel.com/shop/eurorack/legacy/ Richard Devine https://richarddevine.bandcamp.com/ Ladik R-110 Random Clocked Gates http://ladik.ladik.eu/?page_id=998 (Thanks Mark on Patreon) Pamela's New Workout: http://busycircuits.com/alm017/ Surgeon https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/surgeon Beasts Chalkboard http://busycircuits.com/alm002/ Doepfer A110 http://www.doepfer.de/a110.htm Mutable Instruments Rings https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/rings/ Nerd moment, I mention there were no physical modeling commercial synths, but there were: https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/blast-from-the-past-yamaha-vl1-634920 Korg Kronos https://www.korg.com/uk/products/synthesizers/kronos2/ Yamaha Montage https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/music_production/synthesizers/montage/index.html Acorn Computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Archimedes Korg Trinity: http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/trinity.php Emulator II: http://www.vintagesynth.com/emu/emulator2.php HxC Floppy Emulator: http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/ Roland JV1080: https://www.roland.com/us/products/jv-1080/ ALM Akemie's Castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=403RuVSYYWQ Elektron Digitone: https://www.elektron.se/products/digitone/ Moog DFAM: https://www.moogmusic.com/products/dfam-drummer-another-mother Moog One: https://www.moogmusic.com/products/moog-one Northern Light Modular: http://northernlightmodular.com Make Noise Morphagene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvRTkJ7Qx2o Superbooth: https://www.superbooth.com/en/landing.html Visit Anaheim! https://visitanaheim.org/ Sub Focuses Live Show (2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtTrW9i2RB4 Monome Grid: https://monome.org/docs/grid/ Monome Arc: https://monome.org/docs/arc/ Korg Monotron Delay: https://www.korg.com/uk/products/dj/monotron_delay/ Befaco Hexmix: https://www.befaco.org/en/hexmix/ Mackie CR1202: https://knowtech.tv/the-mackie-1202/ Mutable Braids: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/braids/ Mutable Plaits: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/plaits/ Ableton Live: https://www.ableton.com/ Max For Live Granulator: https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/granulator-ii/ Prisma App: https://prisma-ai.com/ Katsushika Hokusai: https://www.christies.com/features/Hokusai-7458-1.aspx Algorithmic Painting sold for $432,000: https://www.dezeen.com/2018/10/29/christies-ai-artwork-obvious-portrait-edmond-de-belamy-design/ Grayscale Supercell: https://grayscale.info/supercell/ Mutable Shades: https://mutable-instruments.net/modules/shades/ Dada Life Endless Smile Plug-Ins: http://www.dadalife.com/plugin/ Sport Modulator: http://www.toppobrillo.com/sportmodulator2.html Shadow Boxing - Doc Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGj-bNTEIl0 Autechre NTS Sessions: https://autechre.bleepstores.com/release/98703-autechre-nts-sessions-1-4 NOTE: The tune Mylar refers to is '32a_reflected', and here's a really good article about how the 'trick' is more complex than just a reversing of one channel: https://aestheticcomplexity.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/32a_reflected/ James Holden and the Animal Spirits Album: https://open.spotify.com/album/1OiBJ2dEBhgza6geCcYslZ James Holden - The Inheritors: https://open.spotify.com/album/6ljTPjGb8hwaRT6HPJYbfb Laser Harps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_harp Colin Benders: https://colinbenders.com/ Boiler Room: https://www.youtube.com/user/brtvofficial/videos Manuel Göttsching on Making E2-E4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3fkGe8C6g0 Manuel Göttsching's E2-E4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys0HyevZpQg Phew.

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Today we meet Drum and Bass artist, producer, songwriter, DJ, and extremely good dude Sub Focus. Usually found headlining major venues and touring the World at the highest level, on a quiet Saturday morning we sat down in his London studio to chat. What followed was a thoroughly excellent geekout on modular synths and favourite modules, on production tools, software, about playing live and touring, delivering the hits, algorithms, art, open source, and Manuel Gottsching's E2-E4. If you like this, make sure you subscribe and check out more episodes. Find Nick’s tunes and follow Sub Focus at: https://www.subfocus.com - https://www.instagram.com/subfocus https://www.facebook.com/subfocus - https://twitter.com/subfocus Thanks to episode sponsors http://signalsounds.com - check them out for all your modular/synth purchasing needs.

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