SleepMap (Posts about modular)

Electronic Orchestra Charlottenburg

David Runge — Mon, 13 May 2019 21:00:41 GMT

One of the most fun and awesome projects of the past two years (but most likely ever actually) has been the Electronic Orchestra Charlottenburg (EOC). It's an endeavor, that started in 2017 at the Electronic Music Studio of Technical University of Berlin thanks to the efforts of Henrik von Coler, who is doing a great deal of work in the field of electronic music, spatialization and composition.

Some key factors turn the EOC into something special (IMHO):

it (usually) consists of electronic and electro-acoustic musicians (e.g. modular synthesizers, DIY hardware, tape, etc.) of different genres
its sound is spread out over multi-channel systems (e.g. 12 loudspeakers in a circular setup), using spatial rendering techniques such as ambisonics
it makes use of graphic notation

So far it has been immense fun (but also a lot of work) to be part of the EOC and I'm looking forward to (at least) two more concerts this year!

If you're interested, check out the live page or subscribe to the RSS feed. There are also many pictures and binaural recordings up already. Put your headphones on and enjoy!

Modular Synth Selbstbau Workshop

David Runge — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:00:00 GMT

In the beginning there was one

Last year, when I started building Eurorack, what eventually took it's peak of craziness in building my own suitcase, I got to know the great folks at Befaco, a Spanish group of friends that started designing and eventually selling their own modules.
Back then, the NK still existed as a venue and it was host to many concerts alongside the DIY workshops of Befaco (taken care of by Florian Hanisch).
When it closed down, I had already spent some time at c-base and found it to be a great place for synthesizer workshops (I mean, what better place for synths is there, but a space station? Well, maybe cats and synthesizers at a space station!).

CCCamp 2015 Aftermath

David Runge — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:00:00 GMT

The Camp

This year's Chaos Communication Camp has been pretty damn awesome (and I'm very late to tell that... I know)!

Hardware section

David Runge — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 13:00:00 GMT

Again, it took me some time to write something of value here. But hey, it's quality over quantity, right?
I've just expanded the spectrum of this website (after doing some major visual overhauls and simultaneously dropping Markdown in favor of reStructuredText) by a hardware section.
The first page I've added is something I have been working on over the past two months: My modular suitcase (a suitcase for Eurorack modules). Go check it out, copy/ modify the source files and build one yourself (if you dare!).
More devices will follow as soon as I have the time to write about them (or the desire to document them).