Modular Piano ——
system linkage: Modular synthesizer controlled by piano audio picked up by microphone send to maxmsp patch using #flucoma / Piano audio are transferred to controlled voltage being sent to Modular synthesizer through MOTU dc coupled interface;
electronics layer: one layer of ring mod with an audio of an osc ostinato created by DPO from @makenoisemusic , sequence sent by Pamela’s new workout by @busycircuits ; another layer some on spot electronics sounds including resampling sounds from morphagene by @makenoisemusic and Sample & Hold sent to Chord osc by @qubitelectronix , voices sent to VCA by @intellijel triggered by target notes(piano)
#eurorack #maxmsp #electronicmusic #modular
A year of systems finding their place in the world.
Performance, pedagogy, research, releases, enterprise.
Different formats, same questions shaping the work.
2025 set the ground.
2026 is about pushing the system harder.
#2025recap #creativecoding #systemsthinking #musiceducation #artisticresearch
Beatober entry 24: This one might be the final exploration of the current iteration of the Fractured Neurons patch ⚙️
For this session, I pushed the system into a 7/8 time signature, letting the neural glitch engine play against that uneven rhythmic grid. The result is a dense and shifting groove, where the Digitakt 2 and the Max patch constantly react to and disrupt each other’s sense of pulse.
The odd time signature adds just enough instability to make every bar feel alive, unpredictable, and full of motion. It’s a fitting way to round off this chapter of experiments with AI-powered timbre transfer, procedural glitch, and neural synthesis.
I am already sketching ideas for the next iteration, expanding the system toward deeper real-time interaction and modular control.
Would you like to see a detailed breakdown of this 7/8 neural glitch setup and how it interacts with the Digitakt 2 in real time?
#beatober #fracturedneurons #digitakt2 #maxmsp #neuralsynthesis #timbretransfer #sounddesign #proceduralaudio #liveelectronics #aiinmusic #glitchmusic #spiralynk
Beatober entry 23: The fireworks still haven’t stopped. What used to be a two-day celebration of Kali Pujo and Diwali when I was growing up now seems to stretch across an entire week, each night filling the air with bursts of light and sound. It feels fitting, then, to keep drawing inspiration from that ongoing chaos outside 💥
This entry continues the Fractured Neurons exploration, where AI-powered timbre transfer and neural synthesis intersect with procedural glitch generation. After the recent architectural updates, I wanted to see what would happen if I sequenced two contrasting drum patterns on the Digitakt 2 and let them interact with the neural glitch patch in Max.
To deepen that connection, I set up a parameter control system that maps the 2D XY pad movement to individual audio triggers received from the Digitakt 2 via Overbridge. Each hit, pulse, and transient now pushes the neural network into new territory, creating a live dialogue between rhythm and machine.
In a strange way, it mirrors the Diwali nights outside, structure and spontaneity colliding, order dissolving into texture. The line between noise and rhythm blurs, and that is where the most interesting things begin to emerge.
Would you like me to create a tutorial on setting up an interactive control system between the Digitakt 2 and Max for real-time modulation like this?
#beatober #fracturedneurons #digitakt2 #overbridge #maxmsp #neuralsynthesis #timbretransfer #sounddesign #proceduralaudio #liveelectronics #aiinmusic #glitchmusic #glitch #idm #generativemusic #electronicmusıc #experimentalmusic
Beatober entry 22: The Diwali soundscape continues outside, still echoing with fireworks and bursts of energy. Inside the studio, those explosions find a different form through the ever-evolving Fractured Neurons system 🔥
This iteration continues exploring the intersection of AI-powered timbre transfer, neural synthesis, and procedural glitch generation, but with a major update. The patch architecture has now been expanded to integrate the Digitakt 2 via Overbridge. This connection lets me juxtapose the unpredictable output of the procedural glitch engine against a steady rhythmic foundation built from a simple breakbeat on the Digitakt 2.
Using Overbridge also opens the door for deeper experimentation, where individual elements from the Digitakt 2 could be processed through the same timbre transfer and neural synthesis network, creating a dialogue between the procedural and the structured.
Under the hood, I have also updated the algorithmic logic that drives variation across the 2D XY pad matrix, which uses multi-layer perceptron regression to control key parameters of the glitch engine. These changes increase the system’s potential complexity and responsiveness in live contexts, even though some latency issues still need refinement.
Each update brings the system closer to something performable, expressive, and unpredictable, much like the fireworks still going off in the distance.
Would you like me to break down how I am combining Overbridge, AI timbre transfer, and procedural glitch synthesis for real-time performance?
#beatober #fracturedneurons #digitakt2 #overbridge #maxmsp #neuralsynthesis #timbretransfer #sounddesign #proceduralaudio #liveelectronics #aiinmusic #glitchmusic #glitch #idm #electronicmusic #generativemusic
Beatober entry 21: Apparently I was very wrong about Diwali festivities wrapping up yesterday. The celebrations carried on in full force today, and the soundscape outside has been nothing short of explosive 🎆
This entry continues my exploration of the Fractured Neurons system, where AI-powered timbre transfer and neural synthesis collide with procedural glitch generation. In light of the endless bursts of firecrackers and their layered cacophony, this patch felt like the perfect mirror of the world outside, rhythm emerging from chaos, form born out of unpredictable collisions.
Much like fireworks, the patch operates in bursts and clusters, its glitch-driven beats flickering between structure and disorder. Each transient is like a spark, short-lived but alive, carving its own pattern before dissolving into the next.
There is something fascinating about how both fireworks and neural systems behave, fleeting, random, but always beautiful in their imperfection.
Would you like to see a breakdown of how I use Fractured Neurons to turn procedural chaos into rhythm and form?
#beatober #fracturedneurons #maxmsp #neuralsynthesis #timbretransfer #sounddesign #proceduralaudio #liveelectronics #aiinmusic #glitchmusic #glitch
Beatober entry 20: With the Diwali festivities wrapping up, we return to the studio and to the evolving world of Fractured Neurons 🎇
In the spirit of the season, I kept things simple yet luminous, diving back into the patch to explore AI-powered timbre transfer and neural synthesis, merged with procedural glitch sound generation. This time, the focus was on shaping digital chaos through performance-oriented algorithmic control, letting unpredictability find its rhythm.
As firecrackers filled the night, I noticed a certain resemblance between their bursts and the patch’s output, unpredictable, textural, and alive. There is a strange poetry in how both fireworks and neural systems unfold, beautiful, fleeting, and difficult to predict.
Diwali is about light, renewal, and the balance between energy and stillness. In many ways, this patch feels like a sonic reflection of that balance, chaos refined into rhythm, noise into meaning.
Would you like to see how I perform and control the Fractured Neurons patch in real time during sets?
#beatober #fracturedneurons #maxmsp #neuralsynthesis #timbretransfer #sounddesign #proceduralaudio #liveelectronics #aiinmusic #diwali #festivaloflights
Beatober entry 4: A look at the Binary Star patch in motion 🛸
For this jam I programmed a basic halftime beat on the Digitakt 2 and sent its output through a timbre transfer network using a custom model trained by @khoparzi on drum breaks.
Layering the Digitakt’s tight rhythmic pulse with the model’s fractured output creates an unusual tension. The groove holds steady, yet it feels like it is constantly breaking apart and reassembling itself as the timbre transfer unfolds.
This interplay between structure and collapse is what fascinates me most about neural synthesis, the way rhythm becomes elastic when machines start to interpret it.
#beatober #binarystar #digitakt2 #timbretransfer #neuralsynthesis #maxmsp #rave #flucoma #proceduralaudio #halftimednb #sounddesign #glitchmusic
Voice and Video Music
Thank you @spliceorg for the space, support, and wonderful time 🩵🙏
Splicing powered by @flucoma in Max @c74connect and @ableton
Live Audio by @breckelli
Video Livestream by Carter Rice
#ableton #maxmsp #maxmspjitter
Beatober entry 2: A peek inside the Fractured Neurons Max patch 🌐
This recording opens with a timbre transfer experiment: procedural noise pushed through a model trained on human voices. The result feels uncanny, like a phenomenon my professor once described, when the murmur of group chatter begins to sound like a foreign language even though it is not.
As the patch unfolds, the vocal-like textures give way to a swarm of timbre-transferred artefacts, glitches, shards, and atonal fragments colliding in unexpected ways. This is one of the qualities of neural synthesis that keeps me coming back, its ability to blur the line between the familiar and the alien.
The underlying rhythm was procedurally designed to echo tabla grooves, though filtered through what I like to think of as an alien-core lens. A conversation between tradition, noise, and machine imagination.
#beatober #fracturedneurons #maxmsp #rave #flucoma #neuralsynthesis #timbretransfer #machinelearning #generativeai #generativemusic #proceduralaudio #glitch #sounddesign #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic
A little system I’ve been messing around with via the amazing SP-tools package in #maxmsp. SP-tools makes using the FluCoMa package a breeze! Highly recommended for real-time machine learning, corpus manipulation, audio analysis, etc. Sorry for the Insta unfriendly aspect ratio. #maxmspjitter #flucoma #flyingtiger #meinl
