Audulus 3 pro tools9/3/2023 I actually like all kinds of music, loyal to no genre. Into the band Wolf Eyes right now, they speak a language I understand. Experimental/avant: Robert Ashley’s “Automatic Writing”. Also just thinking of Alan Vega/Suicide, etched in there somewhere. Kind of a latecomer to electronic stuff like house and techno, though long time appreciator of Aphex Twin. The whole “krautrock” thing sunk in a little later for me – Can, Faust and the rest, when I worked in a used record store while in college. Recently listening to Cybotron (early Detroit techno), realizing what a direct rip off they were of Kraftwerk, and kinda awesome for it. They were like beings from another planet, a gentle, humorous, ominous, well-mannered future place, and I always felt like they created a new genre. Kraftwerk too – I had one friend who was totally into them, his enthusiasm was contagious. When I was sixteen I had Eno’s Another Green World on my turntable for about 6 months straight, fascinated by it, discovered it on my own, a private pleasure. These thoughts are threaded by things that point to why I am here using Audulus, i.e., kooky keyboards and all that. I’ve been a musician for 7/8 of my life, rock-and-roll kid, post-punk guitarist/songwriter turned visual/media artist along the way. Random thoughts on music as it relates to software like Audulus~ I have a connection to Mills College, long story. In fact I just noticed one of my photos on the website header of the Buchla 100 that’s at Mills College in Oakland, CA. One that stands out was helping my friend shoot some footage for a documentary about Don Buchla (and I met him, very cool experience, though I was the cameraman so I was immediately under suspicion). I have had a few interesting moments related to mod synth world, having lived in the SF Bay Area for many years. I’m a bit of an outside admirer of all things modular, not enough hands on experience, but one silly frivolous dream I have when $ is no object (as in, probably never happen) is to have one eurorack kit for a series of compositions, closing up the kit when finished with all settings/instructions in place. Visually, I’ve always loved Bidule’s patchbay and always been frustrated by its “system” GUI (wxwidgets) for user created groups. Also worth mentioning are the impressive specs so far running Audulus 4 beta on my M1 Mac Mini.Īudulus also outshines Bidule with visuals – fresh air for me to know it is part of the mission to make a visually beautiful piece of software. Whereas Bidule’s audio engine is solid and stable and “transparent”, Audulus’ audio engine is super stable for me, too, but there’s some other little magic thing going on for me how it somehow feels new and fresh with its own unique sound – transparency of Bidule is traded for a signature sound. Bidule also has awesome “Swiss army knife” MIDI tools, and a suite of super cool fft/spectral modules. Bidule also supports audio plugins (AU/VST), as part of their early mission was to support the gnarly ecosystem of experimental audio plugins rolling out back then. I have also loved Ableton Live, and never got on board the ProTools train). For example, Bidule has plugin versions (including a MIDI FX version and multi-channel versions that work great in Logic, my DAW of choice. So Bidule is more mature, with some important features Audulus does not have. I might label both pieces of software “boutique” audio software – a parallel to mod synth world, for one. Bidule has been around since the early 2000’s and is a gem. Kindred spirits, Audulus and Bidule – important to me how both are styled to keep the focus on sound and not get too lost in the forest. Regarding digital, I’d rather build a simple crappy thing and feel closer to it than get the latest greatest plugin. I have been hacking away at digital audio for some time, at this point I have a pretty good grip on the concepts. I just like building my own noodly computer music stuff. Musician and free thinker from an era of sound making not requiring virtuosity, just a creative bend and authenticity. In general the “visual programming” type noodly modular media software world fits me. I usually try to keep things short in a medium like this. At first I was all iOS, but since jumping in I have been 99% macOS. It’s shaping up to be pretty awesome, excited about it. I’ve been lurking around a while, finally diving in a bit with the Audulus 4 beta. What an impressive bunch of work over the past couple years, wow! If anything I hope I am not behind too much on the crest of enthusiasm. Mostly I just wanted to drop by and say hello and express my respect for this community.
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