petras

Petras Saduikis: experimental, post-classical and ambient electronic music composer lately having time to create patches for modular software systems such as Voltage Modular, Softube Modular, AAS Multiphonics CV-3, Unfiltered Audio's Lion/Byome/Triad, NI Reaktor Blocks, Cardinal, and GRM Tools Atelier. Check out my music on https://soundcloud.com/snatch59

As the Applied Acoustic Systems Multiphonics CV-3 doesn't have third party modules, all the patches are self contained.

For the Cherry Audio Voltage Modular patches I have not tried to make Core only patches, and have grabbed (sometimes on a whim) from various third party modules without attempting to substitute alternative Core modules. Additional modules used are from Cherry Audio Year One/Two, Cherry Audio/MRB, Misfit Audio, MRB (Mark Barton), PSPaudioware, Unfiltered Audio, Vult, DMT Audio, and Weevil. Sometimes free third party modules are used especially from R_Ware x AW, and Synthetic Future x R_Ware. The notes panel is from PoohBear.

For the Softube Modular patches I have stuck to the Doepfer, Intellijel, 4ms, Buchla, Vermona, and Mutable Instruments modules, usually with Wasted Space reverb, and occasionally Saturation Knob, Fix Phaser and Tape Echoes.

The Unfiltered Audio LION semi-modular synth patches are self contained as are the TRIAD/BYOME patches. I have included this synth due to the interesting range of experimental oscillators. It also directly supports microtunings and the MTS-ESP tuning system - a big bonus for me! At the moment MTS-ESP is sadly missing from the other modular systems listed here.

I've started using Cardinal mainly to explore the use of Phasors, and also due it being available as a VST for use in one my DAWs. Given the large number of modules and potential for experimental use sadly to date there is no MPE or MTS-ESP support as you might expect. Also the standalone version doesn't support ASIO! Not a priority for the generative ambient/drone community?

GRM Tools Atelier is out at last for Windows, so here I go with this one!

The Reaktor Blocks patches are mainly based around Unfiltered Audio/Michael Hetrick Euro Reakt and Free Edition for Reaktor 6.3+ (found at https://www.unfilteredaudio.com/collections/reaktor), not the leagcy blocks version in the Reaktor Community Library (Euro Reakt 4.3). The download zip files include both the rack (.nksr) and ensemble (.ens). A few patches are standard Reaktor 6.3+ blocks and others use some legacy blocks from Sandy Small's Infinite Phi Collection (https://www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/9149/). For MPE I have used the free Toybox User Blocks (https://www.toyboxaudio.com/products/toybox-user-blocks-free), and Mark Harris' MPE legacy block (https://www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/8899/).

Reaktor version used: 6.5.0

My Reaktor paths:
Documents Native Instruments/Reaktor 6/Blocks/Euro Reakt
Documents Native Instruments/Reaktor 6/Blocks/Euro Reakt - Free Edition
Documents Native Instruments/Reaktor 6/Blocks/Infinite Phi
Documents Native Instruments/Reaktor 6/Blocks/Petras/Racks
Documents Native Instruments/Reaktor 6/Blocks/Toybox/Free Pack

In general I have not attempted to add performance macros (maybe one day?), but I have mostly added velocity sensitivity and mod wheel vibrato.

And do I have an actual hardware modular system? I'm afraid not, unless my Doepfer Dark Energy (the 24dB/oct one) and Dark Time count a little bit. I have number of hardware synths from the eighties, but they are not cool enough or in fashion enough to mention here :-) .

As I've used a Roli Seaboard on my live projects, it's surprising I haven't created many MPE patches. Support for MPE is certainly there from Cherry Audio's Voltage Modular, AAS's Multiphonics CV-3, Unfiltered Audio's LION, and from Softube's Modular and is welcomed. However I suspect the MPE audience on patchstorage is fairly limited, so I haven't made MPE a priority, even though using MPE is creatively inspiring, though sometimes frustrating!

Numquam eme nisi in pretio venali ... ! :-)