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Guitarist Looking For Modular Home - SynthWizard - 05-25-2022
Guitarist Looking For Modular Home
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello, </p> <p>First post here, and very much a beginner to the exciting world of modular, hoping for some guidance on where to look next before buying a rig. Musician for 30 years, guitar player, lots of experience playing/recording in bands. Also have experience producing techno with VST's and plugins on Logic Pro X. </p> <p>My current project searching for a home for instrumental electric guitar composition in synth world and haven't mangled to find a workflow and 'sound' to compose with in VST land. Next avenue to explore is modular, and see if I can find some blended sounds that I like. Some more info on what I'm being drawn to at the moment. </p> <p>- My brain composes pianistically, control over the harmony is very important to me<br/> - I like to be intentional rather than random/generative<br/> - I'm not sure yet but imagine having versatility for producing up to 4 controllable voices plus beats is going to be where I want to end up </p> <p>- Guitar I typically play slightly pushed/broken up and very dynamic and present.<br/> - I don't like the sound of moving filters. No wah for this guitarist!<br/> - The two genres of modular/synth based music I'm drawn to are ambient plucks/textures and dark minimalist techno (I know, very different worlds!)<br/> - Light or dark sounds, rough textures. Play in the contrast between present (forward) and blended.<br/> - I'm really drawn to the sound of 0-coast make noise and Strega as a starting point. </p> <p>I'm looking to explore using Bitwig as the brain for system (output midi/CV and record) and a Digiface/Ferrofish 16CV to hook everything up. I'm open to using plugins or hardware for the FX part. </p> <p>Questions: </p> <p>a) Given above thoughts, which modules/cases systems would you recommend resarching?<br/> b) Is there anything that people always recommend that isn't necessary given the Bitwig brain idea? (Also happy to hook up VCV)<br/> c) Are there any problems/limitations I'm going to run into using this sort of setup that would be helpful to be aware of in advance? </p> <p>Thanks in advance everyone. It's a complex world for a beginner but hopefully with some direction I'll find my way to a fruitful starting point.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ErgoDust"> /u/ErgoDust </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/modular/comments/uxcguc/guitarist_looking_for_modular_home/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/modular/comments/uxcguc/guitarist_looking_for_modular_home/">[comments]</a></span>