I produced in the style of Rashad Becker using modular synthesis. In which I created a complex synthesiser using a VCV rack which functions similarly to what Becker uses in his tracks. In this workshop we used melodic and percussive synthesisers aswll as LFOs changing different parameters. I enjoy modular synthesis as it gives me a hands on approach to creating a sound. This workshop helped me to understand modular synthesis much better and allowed me to find the fun in playing around with attaching and removing specific modules from one another, with each producing a unique sound. I feel like I could implement this modular synthesis into my own work, as it is an efficient and fully customisable method to creating unique sounds, which can be used for anything whether that be a melody line to a bass line.

During my experience, I noticed that using modular synthesis can be a way for ideas to stem, through random LFO automation on octave transposition and envelope parameters, it allowed for completed random outputs, which at times whilst I was working on it would create inspirational sounds that I could easily see myself using in my arrangements on a DAW. It is almost as if sometimes the modular synthesis is creating the piece of music for me, through its randomness and spontaneity. I also very much enjoyed playing with the envelope of the sound to manipulate whether I wanted the sound I was creating to act as a pad, or a stab, a lead. This interested me a lot as a producer as It gives me a more hands on approach to my sound design and creation, which is usually what I was lacking in the past as I solely relied on presets. Speaking of presets, during my experience I have now developed a portfolio of modular synthetic presets that I can open and load into my DAW’s like Ableton and FL Studio when necessary