Jamming Archives - The 5th Volt

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.

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.

Robert Langer – A Patch from Scratch

Posted on December 20, 2022January 28, 2023 by The 5th Volt

In May 2022 I visited Robert and the tangible waves team at their headquarters in Murnau in Bavaria. After a series of interviews and videos about the production workflow, Robert showed me his little sanctuary, a former chapel within the building which he has rented to play music and to get inspiration for his module creations. Here, Robert is showing us his process of creating a performance from scratch in the style of Klaus Schulze who had just died a few days before we recorded this video.

Winter’s End – a meditation

Posted on September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 by The 5th Volt

Just a droning meditative piece to celebrate that winter is slowly ending and that we can look forward to warmer weather.

New Studio

Posted on August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 by The 5th Volt

Here is a little jam from my new studio setup. After many weeks of low energy, creative block and procrastination I finally took the time to sit down with my synths and try to merge them all together into a short jam.

Jamming February 2022

Posted on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 by The 5th Volt

Just jamming with the AE Modular …

Jamuary 2022 Day 2

Posted on January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 by The 5th Volt

This is my second jam for Jamuary 2022. This time I’ve been playing a lot with modulation. Random modulation of the Nyle Filter via the RBSS, LFO modulation of the Core.ae from Wonkystuff and a rhythmic modulation of the waves from the Wavetables via the SEQ8 sequencer. The cool thing in modular synthesis is that you can use a CV/Gate sequencer for so many other things than just pitch.

Happy Jaemuary 2022

Posted on January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 by The 5th Volt

My first jam in 2022 … enjoy the sounds of the Wavetable module which is going through a delay which is just so slightly modulated to produce a very satisfactory wonky sound.

Merry xmAEs 2021

Posted on December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 by The 5th Volt

This is a xmAEs patch which I came up with, as usual completely by accident with detailed explanation of the patch in the second half of the video.