Waldorf Blofeld | Ambient Frippertronics

Playing the Waldorf Blofeld through a 15 second delay, to create a constantly evolving sound-on-sound mosaic; this is a technique popularized by Brian Eno and Robert Fripp in the 70s and is the sonic equivalent to an artist continuously layering paint on a canvas.

Hope these ambient vibes can help instill a sense of calm during these uncertain times.

For this piece I'm using Soundtoys Echoboy set to the Memory Man algorithm. I've cranked the saturation about halfway on the delay leading to warm, smeared repeats and I've also used a generous amount of filter drive on the Blofeld itself (tube algorithm). Lastly, I've overdriven the inputs slightly on my audio interface, adding an extra layer of warmth and grit. The patch has a random LFO modulating the pitch of both oscillators, and the oscillators themselves are detuned, adding to the 'tape warble' effect. Apart from that, the patch is fairly simple, just two sawtooth oscillators and a 24db LPF set about about halfway with a bit of resonance. A tiny bit of attack and release on the envelopes. At some point I increase the attack considerably to turn the patch into a pad swell, and later I introduce some pink noise to emulate wind.

I've uploaded the sysex of the patch and you are welcome to download and use it. Link in the comments.

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