A Mental Reset | Album | SONICrider | Cyclical Dreams

A Mental Reset

A musical story about “A Mental Reset” in 19 chapters release by the Argentinian label “Cyclical Dreams”

Release date:
November 8 2024

Artist:
SONICrider

Album:
A Mental Reset

Play-time:
2:16:50 (19 tracks)

Recording:
SONICriderSTUDIO

Mastering:
SONICrider

Genre:
Modular

Label:
Cyclical Dreams

Cover-art track/compilation:
Cyclical Dreams

Cover photo track/compilation:
Cyclical Dreams

About A Mental Reset

Recorded September/October 2024, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 

All tracks are created with modular and hardware gear, recorded in stereo and mastered in Ableton via a Weiss master chain.

Beside the TipTop Audio Z-DSP’s and several modules creating atmospheric layers (using envelop followers controlling them), each track has a main “instrument”.

  • All MentelScans: are created with 3 ACL Q-LFO’s where the 1v/o inputs are chained, this makes the created wave forms unique from harsh noise till freaky bubbling sine like tunes and everything in between.
  • The Reset (words by Alan Watts – the inspiration for this album): 4MS sampler has a sound bank of several modular sounds + Waldorf Pulse 2.
  • Brain Exercise P1 and P2: Rob Hordijk Benjolin as sound and modulation source controlling Pittsburg Modular set up + live input into TipTop Audio Granular processor.
  • Rethink: ADDAC 112 granular & looping module ideal for drone like tunes.
  • Consideration: TipTop Audio Buchla set up + Pittsburg Modular chain as lead voice.
  • Coincident: a modular track played through several granular modules (ADDAC 112, Mungo g0, TipTop Audio Z-DSP).
  • Peaceful Memory: voices of a DOT plugin played with a Rample sampler module + Pittsburg Modular chain as a bass (Elektron Machinedrum for hats).
  • Breath Taking: a collection of modular VCO’s (bit detuned) creating layers + Benjolin module controlling noise sources.
  • Thoughts Trigger: Moog Matriarch + envelop follower controlling several modular sound sources.

All sound sources connected with 3 UAD Apollo 19-inch interfaces where each input has a channel strip insert managing the EQ setting obtaining space and atmosphere. All inputs summed as a stereo feed recorded into Ableton 12.

Studio monitoring: ADAM A7X plus a sub (10 inch).


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