Day 104 - Experiment In "Found Sound"

I'd never paid a lot of attention to the "found sound" movement. Sample is certainly ubiquitous enough in electronic music that I typically don't give a second thought when I hear some grainy recording of old timey radio or television as a prominent part of a piece. '50s sci-fi cinema seems to be a common well into which to dip a musical brush, and naturally you'll hear the Amen break a dozen times over the course of any electronica playlist worth its salt, but it has never really been part of my creative palette.

Enter the Make Noise Morphagene, a so-called "tape and microsound" module released a month or so ago. I first saw a demo from NAMM 2017, and, while I thought it was pretty interesting, I didn't think it was a great match for the music I like to make... initially. As demos and tutorials started trickling out last month, I realized that this module could have some truly fantastic sonic potential and decided I'd give it a try, knowing that if I didn't like it I could surely find it a good home.

After a few days of playing with it, I can comfortably say that not only do I really like this module, but I can imagine it becoming a prominent tool in my toolkit, perhaps even completely reshaping my creative workflow. I can see myself starting to carry a portable recorder to collect interesting sounds to feed to the Morphagene, as if the module were the temple of some dark Pagan god and I were its faithful disciple. I certainly need to do some research on field recording before I get to that point, sure, but suffice it to say: I am pretty jazzed about the Morphagene.

Above you will see a quick experiment I whipped up yesterday after a few minutes with the Morphagene. Enjoy and carpe diem!