Using mLFO to Add Minimalist-style Phase Delay to an Arp (See Pinned YT Comment!)

Описание: See the pinned YT comment for giveaway details for 3 winners to win ANY app by Achilleas Sourlas (the mLFO dev). This video shows an example of using an LFO - in this case mLFO by Achilleas Sourlas - to modulate a delay time to create a kind of phased delay effect - ie, the LFO is changing the delay time. This is inspired by some of the phase music ideas developed by minimalist composer Steve Reich, though it is perhaps not in line with a dictionary definition of what phase music is.

Here I started with a certain amount of delay (using AudioThing Reels) that I considered to sound musical given the input. I set the minimum CC output of mLFO to a value around that point and set the maximum to 127, then set a very slow rate for the delay. I then let the LFO modulate the delay time from its starting point to the longest delay time possible in Reels and let it go back top its starting point. Overall, one cycle of this took around 8 minutes. This is ‘music’ to either listen to in the background, or focus on with full focus, paying attention to the subtle changes over time, observing how your reaction to the music changes as the delay times become more or less ‘pleasing’ musically.

I am using Ioniarics as an arpeggiator, which is playing polyrhythms in 4/4 and 5/4. Combustor by BeepStreet - absolutely brilliant by the way! - a creative resonator, between the instrument (the Spacepan in Pianoteq 8) and the delay to bring some grit and unpredictability to the sound.

The notes stay the same through the entire piece, but the arpeggiation patterns change slightly, sometimes in the original order they were played in, sometimes up, sometimes downs, sometimes both, very occasionally randomly. There is always a very tiny amount of randomness even in the regular arp patterns due to the use of the west coast random function generator in Ioniarics. The arp is also putting a slight accent on every 5th note. The notes were played into the arp using Xequence AU Keys by Seven Systems. Klevgrand Grand Finale is used for a bit of quick and dirty mastering.

❇️ Some useful video links:

My Spoken Walkthrough of AUM, the host app I am using in this video:

   • (Almost!) Everything You Need to Know abou...  

Reels by AudioThing Spoken Walkthrough:

   • AudioThing Reels (Vintage Japanese Lofi Ta...  

Xequence AU Keys and Pads by Seven Systems Spoken Walkthrough:

   • Xequence AU | Keys & Pads (Seven Systems):...  

Ioniarics Polyrhythmic Arpeggiator:

   • How to make beautiful, complex polyrhythmi...  

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Although mLFO can run as a stand-alone app, the recommended way to use it is as an AUv3 plugin from inside a suitable AU Host app, such as AUM, AudioBus. Cubasis etc

mLFO AUv3 is a set of 16 programmable MIDI LFOs with a extensive set of features:
16 MIDI LFOs.
Every LFO comes with its own set of parameters, including maximum and minimum values, rate and phase.
The LFO value range can be varied according to a probability parameter, set by the user.
Wide rate range, 1/128 to 130442 beats
Available shapes: sine, triangle, square, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, ramp /18, ramp 1/4, ramp 1/2 and random.
16 assignable outputs so that you can control up to 16 MIDI entities at the same time.
Assign an LFO to any of the available MIDI CC controller on any MIDI channel on any of the available outputs.
2 trigger modes: Host and Manual so that you can sync an LFO to the host's playback or control it via a MIDI note.
Most parameters are can be automated via any Host that supports AU parameter automation
MIDI Thru.

Compatibility:

IOS and iPadOS 14.0 or later
M1 Mac, MacOS 12.0 or later