Modular Maqsum

[Byron Dickens]

I wanted to try a track using nothing but Voltage Modular. I came up with the arpeggiator pattern and started messing around with this progression.  Once I started putting in the drum part, the rhythm kinda forced itself on me and then the rest was obvious.

At this point, I couldn't resist adding Bazouki but I ran it through an amp and effects

The title comes from Maqsum,  the name of the Middle -Eastern rhythm I used.

I based the melody on a folk song called Ah ya Zein.

 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2022 by bdickens

[Wookiee]

What is that growl in opening bars, it sounds like a square wave with the filter wide open and quite possibly being heavily over driven?

Not sure I am hearing a sequence as such?

[Byron Dickens]

Nasty dirty, filthy, isn't it?

 

It is actually just the default saw from oscillator 1 and pulse from osc 2 from the ARP  module with some ring modulation.

The arpeggiator pattern doesn't start until the tune kicks in and its just an octave pattern.

[DeeringAmps]

A bit on the long side, but if the goal is to keep the dance floor moving; I get it.
Kind of a Rave thing?

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[jwnicholson78]

Oh no.  I went to listen, but got this: 

[Bajan Blue]

cool track, enjoyed the listen

Nigel

 

[Byron Dickens]

Thanks for the listens

@jwnicholson78The link in the OP does work. Try again.

 

@DeeringAmps I  confess to near total ignorance of rave music. I had in mind a hybrid of some kind of electronic space music and Arabic pop/ folk.

[Xoo]

Reminds me of this 

Which apart from making me feel very old as I was at the gig, is no bad thing in my book at all.

 

[Old Joad]

Cool, I really like this. the snare sounds like you're hitting a track can lid?

[Dream Art Scientists]

Sounds good! 

[Hidden Symmetry]

enjoyed the blend of Arabic & electronic styles on this track.