Alternating Currents by Tenshun/10shun

The title "Alternating Currents" refers to the audio and electricity that is alternating between voltages and timbre .
I got inspiration for the title from when I was on a overnight bikepacking mission up the California coast. I saw the oceans currents violently crashing into the beach sand. The sound of the oceans waves creating a rhythm . That's where I took the picture for this project.

With these sessions I was experimenting with sequencing drums and pitch voltage on the Er-101. I played around with the loop points of each pattern to create drums and melodies that were alive and constantly evolving. I also used the Maths function on the ER-101 to add randomized melodies and drum patterns as well. This was useful for improvisation for when I can copy a pattern and hit the Maths button to see what pattern gets created. if the pattern was not to my liking I could tap it again to see what it creates. This gives the pattern a sense of someone jamming out and tinkering with the instrument until something awesome happens.

This project also has some digital bonus material which is not included on the Acetate dub-plate and 7" Flexi disc.

Tracklist

1.	AC1-1	0:31

2.	AC2-1	2:06

3.	AC3-1	4:32

4.	AC4-1	1:17

5.	AC5-1	1:36

6.	AC6-2	2:16

7.	AC7-2	3:10

8.	AC8-2	2:28

Credits

released February 7, 2022

Alternating Currents was composed using:
Orthogonal Devices ER-101 , Orthogonal Devices ER-301 , ALM Busy Circuits Pamelas New Workout, ALM Busy Circuits Px2, Ladik S-185 Gatsby, Doepfer A-150, Instruo Tanh[3], FSS MX 1.

All Sequencing was on done on the ER-101 which was triggering and sending pitch voltage to the Er-301.
ALM Px2 was sending the x24 clock out to clock the ER-101.
Pams workout was used as random voltage, trigger source and master clock.

Some of the random voltage was being sent to one channel of the A-150. And then opened up with a random trigger from Pams that was sent to one channel of S-185 Gatsby. The Gatsby was used to extend the trigger and allow the random voltage to play through or close.

I also used the A-150 to switch between two drum sounds. I had two drum sources that were coming from the ER-301, one going into IO 1 another into IO 2. I used a random trigger from Pams to switch between the drum sounds. That trigger was first sent into a channel of the S-185 Gatsby. I used the Gatsby to manually switch between the sounds using the potentiometer. If I turned the Knob clockwise it allowed the trigger to open up the switch. Depending on how far I turned the knob was how long it allowed the other drum to play from IO 2.

I used the Instruo tanh[3] as a wave shaper and overdrive source for the drums and synth sounds.

All percussion sounds were recorded from various objects around my area and then chopped and manipulated in the ER-301.

Recorded using MOTU Ultralite MK3 into Reaper.
Using a MacBook Pro 13"

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