Hey everyone!!

Ok so currently im at SAE Institute studying audio engineering and we’ve been given a written assignment task.
I’m looking to create a patch that resembles some what, but not entirely takes from Aphex Twin and the type of patches that he may employ.

This is purely for educational purposes, so im not looking to rip off or copy cat what he has done in the past. I’m only using this artist as a reference point to have an objective nature to decided what type of patch to create.

Here are two examples to show what im exactly inquiring about
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I’m a beginner on these matters, but it seems (to me at least) that he might be using a lot of Phase vocoding & FFT timestretching and then employing a lot of midi-stuttering auto-drum roll type triggering.

it also seems like on the ‘Crappy’ track that he uses some time of ‘generative’ music midi patch, to give it this type of reigned in ‘random’ feel to me.

This is all just preliminary guess work.
But if any of you feel like you could contribute some knowledge of at least point me in the right direction. I would be eternally grateful!!

Cheers
headphuq

yeah i hear what your saying about the multi fx signal chain!

in terms of gear i have a lot of the old stuff sat here in front of me!
and i pretty much know what Aphex has gear wise

my only thing is that i wanted to use patches to breathe some new life into the machines.

i take it you can set PD MIDI settings to use external hardware? no?

sebfumaster!!

cheers for this gonna have a look into it now

just quickly going back to the patch/AU conversion, as you guys say its nigh impossible

what are my options if i wanted to make a phase vocoder patch, would i have to load audio into the patch that way, theres no way i can bus out of Logic 9 into Pure Data, is there?

because if so this is a real stress on workflow and fluidity

are there any other programmer softwares that have better AU conversion?

i was maybe thinking MAX/MSP or Max For Live?
but it seems of a bit of a kick in the teeth, to pay that money just for a nicer GUI

@ domein

did you by any chance have time to listen to the youtube links i put in the original post? If you do have time i would really appreciate your analysis so i can narrow down what areas i need to fully concentrate on.

After i have obtained a good level of programming knowledge

thanks

domein thank you very much for the message!

im already well provisioned in the craft of programming analogue drum machines, step-sequencers and the composition of these fields of hardware composition.

My problem is that i often find that my DAW of choice can limit or dictate my creative process and guide me into areas, where my initial idea doesn't exist.

There for i wanted to create things like a phase vocoder which i can then turn into a AU plugin to use within my session projects within Logic 9.

But i havent yet found much information on converting patches into AU

im working like a slave to learn PD and watching numerous tutorials and reading as much as i can, to have a solid knowledge. before i embark on my quest for 'world patch domination'!

come on guys, any help with this would be really helpful!!