Nikolaus Gradwohl

mother32, 0-coast, volca keys, streichfett

everything is flowing, existing structure is dissolving, time perception is completely off - days have passed but you still feel like your stuck at the beginning

waves of thought running through my mind as i try to sit and concentrate

A short track to feature speech samples from the SpeakJet Text-To-Speech Chip

two lines playing the same melody, but with different loop lengths - shifting in and out of phase

this track started with a short piano loop that was timestretched and mangled in various ways to create a string like pad

a new synth track exploring the infinte phase space of sonic possibilities

My first SynthJAM for 2019 https://www.local-guru.net/blog/2019/1/20/SynthJam-01-2019

this is the recording of a SonicPi Livecoding session made from 2 sample loops sliced and rearranged in different ways http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2018/6/23/Sonic-Pi--beatslicing-livecoding-session

a repeating yet ever changing 10 note pattern creating a world for the melody to live in

A song starting as a simple arpeggio slowly evolving into a tune http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2018/5/22/New-Song---Turn-into-a-Tune

An ambient electronic 5/4 track inspired by the -10°C we currently have outside http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2018/3/1/new-Song-Ice5

I created a set of drum samples for my volca sample using supercollider

a mix of analog and digital synths, plugins, samples, passion, fragments of half remembered dreams and an arpeggiator http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/11/28/new-Track:-Glipse-of-worlds-that-might-be

A first electronic, ambient track recorded with my new waldorf blofeld. With a little help from the Moog Mother32 and the Novation MiniNova

that moment when you are tired as f**k but still awake ...

cool down - breath - slow down - breath - relax - breath ...

I recorded a new track featuring my mother32, 0-Coast, Streichfett and the repro1 http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/7/12/New-Track:-Drops-in-the-Dark

A SonicPI Live jam with the Moog Mother 32 and the MakeNoise 0-Coast the sourcecode for this session is available in my blogpost at http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/5/15/Semimodular-meets-SonicPI

Korg Volca Bass vs Roland TB-3 http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/5/8/Battle-of-the-Bass-Machines

for every world you know there is at least one that go unnoticed http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/4/28/New-Track:-The-World-you-don't-see

a 7/4 loop meets a 4/4 loop in this polyrhytmic exploration, featuring my Mother 32, 0-Coast, MiniNova and Streichfett http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/4/11/New-Track:-Seven-meets-Four

dont wake up yet - dream on - just a few more minutes ... http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/4/4/New-Track:-Dream-some-More

calm electronic track to dream to

A Sountrack for epic sunsets

A pachelbel chord progression in 5/4

I created a new track using only my hardware-synths and introducing my new Moog Mother 32 to the studio http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/2/27/New-Track:-Melody-in-D-Minor

A chill synth track recorded to explore the possibilities of the new bitwig2 beta http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/2/21/New-Track:-Day-after-Day

a track to pause and reflect http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/2/7/New-Track:-Pause-and-Reflect

An electronic, berlin style track that developed from several arpeggio motives http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/31/New-Track:-Arpeggio

I added a 0-Coast by MakeNoise to my homestudio http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/23/First-0-Coast-jam

This is my first volca+streichfett jam this year - recorded and mixed using bitwig-studio http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/16/Volca-+-Streichfett-Jam-01.2017

A song recorded only using the Polysynth plugin from bitwig-studio http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2017/1/9/Bitwig-Polysynth-Only

The first track I recorded using u-he's newest plugin Repro~1. Every synth track is created using the plugin - the Drums come from a Volca-Sample http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/11/17/Ode-to-Repro-1

the chillout ambient soundtrack to your morning coffee http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/10/25/New-Song---Morning-Coffee

the unscratchable itch - the small but constant itching you normally don't notice because its so common to you - but its always there to remind you that being alive means to accept things that wont't change http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/6/24/New-Song---The-Unscratchable-Itch

an electronic track exploring the possibilities of pitch modulated stereo reverbs in bitwig-studio

Moment to Moment is a berlin-style chilly electronic synth track with a meditative bass loop http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/1/15/New-Song---Moment-to-Moment I also made a video for the track https://vimeo.com/154275696

I created bell sounds in bitwig-studio using a short noise pulse and some resonator banks. This is the first track I'm using them on http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2016/1/4/New-Song---Bells

A first short test recording using my new waldorf streichfett. The bass track is made using a volca bass. http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/12/29/Welcome-Mr-Streichfett

An electronic track using the u-he ACE plugin, a Yamaha B55 organ. Recorded and mixed in bitwig-studio

4 artificial voices exploring opposite pairs http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/11/12/New-Song---Where-Opposites-Meet I also made a video using blender - check it out here https://vimeo.com/150982495

A chillout track featuring a pad made from a guitar sample. Recorded in bitwig-studio http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/10/20/New-song---Rewire

an ambient track that started with slowing down a loop veeeeeery much http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2015/10/9/New-Song---Slow