The 5th Volt

AE Modular: Making a Berlin School Track

Posted on April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 by The 5th Volt

This is a beginner friendly tutorial on how to make a track from scratch in the Berlin School style like Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream. It is using only basic modules from the Synth Explorer from tangible waves.

Samplyr Drone

Posted on February 25, 2024April 1, 2024 by The 5th Volt

This improvisation was made only with the Samplyr module from tangible waves and a sample from excellent tape loop sample pack made by HANDMUSICTAPELOOP. You can get it here: https://handmusic.bandcamp.com/album/tape-loop-sample-pack

tAEpestry – An AE Modular Drone

Posted on January 14, 2024January 14, 2024 by The 5th Volt

This drone got out of hand. It started with two oscillators and 4 filters then some modulation of the filters, some delay and then a bass, some percussion and playing some notes on the keyboard with real time modulation of delay time via the mod strip.

AETHER WAVES VOL. 5 – RELEASED!

Posted on November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 by The 5th Volt

For the 5th year in a row we’ve been making these community albums where all proceeds support Musicians without Borders.

This album is again filled with jaw dropping good tracks, please have a listen and buy the album for a great cause.

Live at Electric City

Posted on September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 by The 5th Volt

Last weekend I was invited by Ed of Elk Elektronik to perform at the Electric City event. This was held at a cosy little bookstore in downtown Wollongong. Synths and books are my favourite things in life, so I felt like I was in heaven and had a wonderful time playing to a sympathetic audience of electronic music enthusiasts.

AE Modular Mini Systeme

Posted on September 9, 2023November 3, 2023 by The 5th Volt

Fun with the MicroStAEtion

Posted on August 5, 2023August 6, 2023 by The 5th Volt

I was inspired by Matt Wand’s jam at Superbooth and have been thinking about the little case for a while since. I think it is perfect for really getting to know one or two modules really deeply without being distracted by all the other modules in a bigger rack.

Here are my first two videos I made with this rack and I’m sure more will follow in the next few weeks.

Jamming the GRUNGE Filter with the SEQ8

Using the arpeggiator on the Arturia Keystep to jam.

Superbooth 2023 – HAND Hear what you see

Posted on May 14, 2023August 6, 2023 by The 5th Volt

Sascha is a really consummate artist and his work flows between the rhythmical (he’s a drummer by trade), the ambient (he gives workshops on how to make music with tapeloops) and the visual. For his visuals he’s interested in making sound visible by using old, fluorescent oscilloscope and sending audio into them which he programs using Pd, a graphical programming language for programming sound.

Please check out his gallery of images on his website: https://hearwhatyousee.de/

Superbooth 2023 – Matt Wand jamming with a tiny AE modular

Posted on May 13, 2023August 6, 2023 by The 5th Volt

Matt came prepared to Superbooth and smuggled this tiny system onto the premises. As you can see there is less than a handful of modules in there, but they pack a big punch as you will hear in this video.

Superbooth 2023 – Wonkystuff’s New MIDI Micromodules

Posted on May 12, 2023July 18, 2023 by The 5th Volt

I interviewed John from Wonkystuff and he demonstrated his new MIDI system complete with micromodules.