Hi, this is AW, and this is the AW noise maker, a machine that sounds broken, looks broken but… works perfectly fine?… The AW noise maker is a non-idiomatic instrument; that means it’s not created to play scales, chords, melodies, or anything related to traditional or modern music creation. It is just a sort of random noise generator, unpredictable and crazy, that only has 4 controls: one button to shuffle the tones generated and another one to freeze that tone into a short instant in a loop. The knobs control filters and the speed of an LFO, along with some random FX that are changed after every new boot-up of the machine, so you never know exactly what they are going to do next.

Now, let’s take a closer look at the display: in the same vein as the sounds generated, the visuals are also erratic and glitched, creating a surreal and unique tapestry of pixels that reacts to the operations made on the machine. At the end, the AW noise maker is an absurd device, a kind of chindogu invention that serves no purpose, just a way to add noise over the already existing noise of our everyday life, a way to meditate, to enter into trance using the entropy generated by the device, trying to unveil the ghost in the shell to start a nonsense conversation with it.”
More info: https://audiowanderer.com/AW/aw-noise-maker/

The AW noise maker is a non-idiomatic instrument made not to be controlled or understood in any manner. Based on poor signal-to-noise ratio transmissions and glitch aesthetics. The key to playing with this noisy device isn’t to reach perfection in its operation or trying to predict the way it works to achieve similar results every time it is used. In fact, the machine is programmed to be unpredictable every time it is connected due to a carefully designed randomization mechanism that modify the conditions used by the device when it boots up. So, you never know exactly how it will sound or how the filters will work the next time you play with the AW noise maker.

Another funny thing about this device is the glitched display. A mess of pixels and line iterations once you start to push buttons and twist knobs there transforming the display into another source of chaos and uncertainty. That’s the spirit behind this little gadget: to express the turmoil and instability that we are living in. Use this machine as a way to meditate above the noise… with the noise. AW noise maker will be available soon. Limited units. Register your interest for this gadget from hell here:

>>> AW NOISE MAKER 

Here testing the last scripts I’ve put together for norns.
One is just another version of the breakout game for the norns I’ve called Ball-o-rama Twins while the other is named Feral-Feedback and is a circuit bent noise simulator that create a wild noises iterations like a broken modded casio toy piano but without the need to burn yourself while soldering.

This two with some other scripts are already available in my github and you can install them super easy on your norns using maiden and the “;install” command on the terminal emulator. Instruction for their installation are there. Check them out. AW Github:

https://github.com/AUDIOWANDERER

And…Before you ask, let me tell you that these scripts were made with the assistance of Large Language Models systems that help me in the most complex task to put them all together. So… If you don’t have problems with that and want to make some noise… Let’s go!

This is Liminal-maze, a metaphysical first-person shooter for norns with no shooting at all.
You are lost in this labyrinth, looking for an exit… an exit you might not even want to find….
I know… I know… there’s something wrong with me.
Instead of working on things that could be productive for my business like creating sample packs to put on my web: audiowanderer.com
I made this nonsense. A minimalist liminal space to lose yourself in, wandering endlessly… And For monome norns devices only. Crazy!

The maze is full of details, and the sonic atmosphere (I think) is neat:
hypnotic, surreal, close to Backrooms vibes and creepypasta stories. If you have a Norns around, you should try it. Installing Liminal-Maze is as simple as opening Maiden while your norns is connected to internet and running this in the console:
;install https://github.com/AUDIOWANDERER/Liminal-maze

If you already have the MollyThePoly engine installed, you are done!
Just open your script list, find Liminal-maze, and start wandering
through this no-place—full of corridors, dead ends, bad lighting, dark corners…
and a mysterious presence that might help you on your way.
Or might not.
Are you ready to enter…
the Liminal-maze.

A few weeks ago I got the Pocket Scion device, a biosonification tool that has the ability to make your plants sing. Just snap a pair of sensors on a biological entity and get some data in exchange that will be transformed into sounds and/or MIDI signals to feed your DAW or fave synth. Great to create a truly vegan ambient session, put your garden to produce music, or just chill while listening to a salad before you eat it.

I took advantage of the portability of the device to go outside, after some days of heavy rain and windy weather, to test the machine out in the wild. I found a beautiful olive tree after a little walk in the countryside and decided that this guy would be my partner for a jam with the Pocket Scion and the Roland P-6, which worked great as a USB-C audio interface for my iPhone that morning. So, come with me on this journey to find out… HOW THE PLANTS SOUND.

The other day I was making a Live ambient session while doing some tarot readings… It was weird, mysterious and fun. I always loved the tarot cards. I’ve been using them since I got an old tarot deck in a fleamarket, decades ago. From that moment, I started to collect a lot of tarot decks, they are strangely beautiful.

Recently, I got a book that talk about the tarot and relate the cards with musical notes. That book was The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Age, by Paul Foster Case. So I decided to put every major arcana card with its musical note in this video to illustrate that. If you are into tarot maybe this will help you to meditate about the cards and its meaning and if you are new to this maybe it will freaks you out and interest you enough to take a look and enjoy this as what it is, a mysterious work of art, the tarot and its sounds.

To enhance visually some parts of the video I’ve used the IA services of https://higgsfield.ai . I would like to thanks them for bring me the opportunitty to use their set of tools for free, just to test them out. They have a really a nice set of tools to use creatively wise and have unique results.

HOW THE TAROT SOUNDS:
00:00 Prologue
02:50 The Fool – Note E
03:26 The Magician – Note E
03:55 The High Priestess – Note G-sharp
04:32 The Empress – Note F-sharp
05:06 The Emperor – Note C
05:42 The Pope – Note C-sharp
06:17 The Lovers – Note D
06:51 The Chariot – Note D-sharp
07:28 The Justice – Note F-sharp
08:04 The Hermit – Note F
08:39 The Wheel of Fortune – Note A-sharp
09:15 The Strenght- Note E
09:51 The Hanged man – Note G-sharp
10:25 The Death – Note G
11:00 The temperance – Note G-sharp
11:36 The Devil – Note A
12:10 The tower – Note C
12:42 The Stars – Note A-sharp
13:16 The Moon – Note B
13:49 The Sun – Note D
14:25 The Judgement – Note C
15:00 The World – Note A
15:33 Epilogue

I stumbled over this tape in one of my flea market walks. A mysterious cassette with a marker tag that only says “ARTIST?” So I put the tape on my walkman just to listen this message that maybe will be helpful for you. Here is the transcription:

Stop trying to be successful
trying to be the best
Repeat after me…
I’m not gonna make it as an artist
Do you notice the relief after saying these words?
Because I do.
When you are making art in any form… music, visuals… whatever…
the most pernicious feeling you can have is:
I need to be successful
I need to have a career making this or that
it doesn’t matter how good you are at your game
Success is most of the time about being lucky and having some amount of talent, of course.
That’s the truth.
So relax…
You must do your stuff because it is part of who you are.
No other reason is valid.
Yes, I know… you have to buy stuff.
Just keep your job or look for something that leaves you enough time
to make the stuff you want to make.
And I’m not giving you this advice because I have
a punchline where I reveal the secret to be successful.
On the contrary, I’m giving you this advice because…
I have a master’s degree in making unsuccessful things.
I have a lot of experience being an unsuccessful artist, musician, writer.
So I am feeling entitled to say…
Don’t punish yourself.
The goal of making all these artistic things isn’t to have a job, but to have a soul.
But don’t get me wrong, your time making these things is valuable,
just like the time of anyone in their daily jobs, right? So…
never underestimate your time, your experience making your stuff.
It is always a valuable asset.
it is your way to carry on in this world.
Make art, your art,
Sharing that art with the people…
And Maybe some money comes your way
that’s a really cool thing!
But never lose the aim…
Just make what you love.
You’ll never take a wrong turn following that direction.
That’s the way to make it
Do what you love
Sincerely… An unsuccessful artist.

And one more thing… Check the AW website: https://audiowanderer.com/

I stumbled over this tape in one of my flea market walks. A mysterious cassette with a marker tag that only says “ARTIST?” So I put the tape on my walkman just to listen this message that maybe will be helpful for you.

Here is the transcription:

Stop trying to be successful
trying to be the best
Repeat after me…
I’m not gonna make it as an artist
Do you notice the relief after saying these words?
Because I do.
When you are making art in any form… music, visuals… whatever…
the most pernicious feeling you can have is:
I need to be successful
I need to have a career making this or that
it doesn’t matter how good you are at your game
Success is most of the time about being lucky and having some amount of talent, of course.
That’s the truth.
So relax…
You must do your stuff because it is part of who you are.
No other reason is valid.
Yes, I know… you have to buy stuff.
Just keep your job or look for something that leaves you enough time
to make the stuff you want to make.
And I’m not giving you this advice because I have
a punchline where I reveal the secret to be successful.
On the contrary, I’m giving you this advice because…
I have a master’s degree in making unsuccessful things.
I have a lot of experience being an unsuccessful artist, musician, writer.
So I am feeling entitled to say…
Don’t punish yourself.
The goal of making all these artistic things isn’t to have a job, but to have a soul.
But don’t get me wrong, your time making these things is valuable,
just like the time of anyone in their daily jobs, right? So…
never underestimate your time, your experience making your stuff.
It is always a valuable asset.
it is your way to carry on in this world.
Make art, your art,
Sharing that art with the people…
And Maybe some money comes your way
that’s a really cool thing!
But never lose the aim…
Just make what you love.
You’ll never take a wrong turn following that direction.
That’s the way to make it
Do what you love
Sincerely… An unsuccessful artist.

And one more thing… Check the AW website: https://audiowanderer.com/

I’m using the MPC One a lot lately. I like the new OS that AKAI built for these machines. Now the workflow fits my needs better and makes more sense to me than the previous one. But sometimes it feels like I’m one of the few who like this new OS for the MPC family.

With that in mind, I decided to create this video, tearing apart a recent beat created on the MPC One to show my workflow there. Maybe it will be helpful for any of you having trouble with the MPC 3.6.0 version. Or no… Or maybe… I dunno… Tell me in the comments whatever you feel about it.

That’s all. Remember that we have a new website where you can find samples, sounds, more videos and stuff… https://audiowanderer.com/

I’m using the MPC One a lot lately. I like the new OS that AKAI built for these machines. Now the workflow fits my needs better and makes more sense to me than the previous one. But sometimes it feels like I’m one of the few who like this new OS for the MPC family.

With that in mind, I decided to create this video, tearing apart a recent beat created on the MPC One to show my workflow there. Maybe it will be helpful for any of you having trouble with the MPC 3.6.0 version. Or no… Or maybe… I dunno… Tell me in the comments whatever you feel about it.

That’s all. Remember that we have a new website where you can find samples, sounds, more videos and stuff… https://audiowanderer.com/

You know those videos about making a quick beat in seconds? Well… this is the opposite. I’ve just spent 3 hours playing in the studio to create a solid downtempo track. No rush. No urgency in having results. I just wanted to play and play and have fun making music without watching the clock.

Lately, I’m having a great time with this setup: the MPC One and an electric piano attached to it. First, I program the drums and bass, and then I record several takes improvising with the piano over the beat. At some points, I like to put effects on the input signal of the MPC sampler to change the tone of the piano into a more exotic sound.

The drums and bass lines came from my own sample packs that are available below. Check them out!

https://audiowanderer.com/AW/shop/

You know those videos about making a quick beat in seconds? Well… this is the opposite. I’ve just spent 3 hours playing in the studio to create a solid downtempo track. No rush. No urgency in having results. I just wanted to play and play and have fun making music without watching the clock.

Lately, I’m having a great time with this setup: the MPC One and an electric piano attached to it. First, I program the drums and bass, and then I record several takes improvising with the piano over the beat. At some points, I like to put effects on the input signal of the MPC sampler to change the tone of the piano into a more exotic sound.

The drums and bass lines came from my own sample packs that are available below. Check them out!

https://audiowanderer.com/AW/shop/

Here is the recipe to make an Easy but Funky Beat on the MPC.
Just make a basic rhythm with the Timing correction On. Nothing complicated then uncheck the timing correction and fill the gaps on that beat. Add a loosy hihat cadence, play around with some kicks and add ghost snares here and there.

After that Put some bass notes around. Change the sample trigger to “Note on” for those basses. That, essentially, cut fast and clean the bass. Just rising your finger from the pad and you got the the bass muted instantly. That will give a funky touch to the bassline, trust me. After that… A bit of Compression on drums. Bass booster to the bass and ready to play some smooth keys over.

Again using here the “Dirty Funk” Sample Pack, I’ve been enjoying so much this sample library. With it is so easy to build a solid Funky beat in minutes. If you want to get that vibe get this tasty sample pack here:
https://audiowanderer.com/AW/product/dirty-funk-for-the-ep133-koii/

Here is the recipe to make an Easy but Funky Beat on the MPC.
Just make a basic rhythm with the Timing correction On. Nothing complicated then uncheck the timing correction and fill the gaps on that beat. Add a loosy hihat cadence, play around with some kicks and add ghost snares here and there.

After that Put some bass notes around. Change the sample trigger to “Note on” for those basses. That, essentially, cut fast and clean the bass. Just rising your finger from the pad and you got the the bass muted instantly. That will give a funky touch to the bassline, trust me. After that… A bit of Compression on drums. Bass booster to the bass and ready to play some smooth keys over.

Again using here the “Dirty Funk” Sample Pack, I’ve been enjoying so much this sample library. With it is so easy to build a solid Funky beat in minutes. If you want to get that vibe get this tasty sample pack here:
https://audiowanderer.com/AW/product/dirty-funk-for-the-ep133-koii/

A psychedelic beat made again with the “Dirty Funk” Sample Pack. Lately, I’m having so much fun with these sounds. With them is so easy to create this kind of trippy Funky Tracks. They are great for improvise over it with the electric piano and add layers of chords, notes, textures to end up with a heavy magma of sounds, dreamy and dense. Perfect to listen and relax.

This one, I think, sounds a little bit like a Tosca production, a band that I’ve always admired by their warm and hypnotic tracks. If you like this and want to re-create this kind of production, get these samples now by clicking in the link below:

https://audiowanderer.com/AW/product/dirty-funk-for-the-ep133-koii/

A psychedelic beat made again with the “Dirty Funk” Sample Pack. Lately, I’m having so much fun with these sounds. With them is so easy to create this kind of trippy Funky Tracks. They are great for improvise over it with the electric piano and add layers of chords, notes, textures to end up with a heavy magma of sounds, dreamy and dense. Perfect to listen and relax.

This one, I think, sounds a little bit like a Tosca production, a band that I’ve always admired by their warm and hypnotic tracks. If you like this and want to re-create this kind of production, get these samples now by clicking in the link below:

Dirty Funk (for the EP133 KOII)

SO… Here we go again with the sample pack “DIRTY FUNK” but this time I’m playing with a bunch of samples on my MPC One. I’ve just updated the machine, so why not test this new collection of sounds on the AKAI device?

The session was Funky but dreamy, very psychedelic but punchy at some points. Hope you like this atmospheric funky beats and remember that you can get the “DIRTY FUNK” sample library through my website. An amazing set of sounds for the price, if you ask me. Two complete drum kits, bass sounds, horns, wah-wah guitars, and mellow keys are perfectly chopped and ready to be used in your music productions with no legal problems, because they are absolutely ROYALTY-FREE

GET these samples here: https://audiowanderer.com/AW/product/dirty-funk-for-the-ep133-koii/

I really love the K.O. II and how straightforward is. That’s why I’ve created this new sample pack, so I can play with it more often and build tight and fast this kind of minimal funk structures to fool around, based on the 70’s jazz fusion era.

With the Teenage Engineering sampler it’s pretty easy to get this sound quick. Once you have the rhythmic section accomplished, you can plug in an electric piano into the input of the K.O. II and you are ready to play like if you are in the middle of the night high as a kite, in a Miles Davis session for the record “On the Corner”. I’ve been into that vibe a lot lately; I like that organic sound, the magical feeling you can get with a minimal funky rhythm on and on and some smooth keys on the top. That’s my jam right now. Hope that you like it too.

You can get the DIRTY FUNK sample pack here: https://audiowanderer.com/AW/product/dirty-funk-for-the-ep133-koii/

Testing what you can do with this new sample library “Dirty Funk”. You want to make easy 4×4 Funk, gotcha! You want to go more ambient and experimental like Miles in the late 60s, you are covered too. Maybe you want some straight Funky beat and some horns over like a sex machine… Done!

This Sample pack cover lot of bases but all of them are Funk as F*ck. So if you are feeling groovy just get all these sounds and let’s go and get Funky https://audiowanderer.com/AW/product/dirty-funk-for-the-ep133-koii/

Super groovy and funky sample library to create your own funky beats.
Samples specially picked to create this kind of groovy, smooth vibe. Drums sampled from obscure 70s jazz-funk records, real guitar wah-wah played through a vintage CryBaby pedal, smooth keyboard phrases and funky bass lines specially recorded for this sample pack. All put together.

DIRTY FUNK is one of the finest sample packs I’ve created. If you’d like to add some funky touch to your beats… well, this is the way. More than 350 samples to accomplish this easy and funk… and we’ve duplicated the sounds in the sample library, processing the whole pack to create a LoFi version of each sound (based on the SP-202 LoFi mode), so you can use those decimated sounds to make unique LoFi beats.

Dirty Funk is available now at https://audiowanderer.com/

Broadcasting the latest AW videos about my music making adventures

I plugged an old laptop with lots of VST running through CUBASE 5 under Windows XP OS to the OBS via VGA and started to stream in a long ambient jam trying to capture the spirit of the 2K decade.

I experienced some audio drops and noises but very few having in mind the laptop executing the session has more than 20 years. By the way, I found this modern archeological music experiment super fun to play. This bunch of old unsupported software, Abandonware if you like, are still capable to create amazing texture and ambient passages endlessly and is a great exercise to see how music technology has improved over all these years

Time to go back in time and capture the zeitgeist of the year 2000 with a laptop I got pretty cheap in a fleamarket. Is lightweight, small and optimized to run the windows XP, so it’s perfect as a workbench for retro music software from the golden age of the VST plugins (virtual studio technology)

I did a fresh Windows XP installation on this laptop (A Dell X300 latitude) and then look for some of the VST gems from the late 90s and early 2000. Best way to get a nice collection of Abandonware from that era is direct your browser to ARCHIVE.ORG and look in their shelves. Rebirth, Cubase, Reason, Ableton, Hammerhead station, etc. can be found buried in there. Got these and many more. All running very nice on this ultraportable laptop, perfect for make a unique ABANDONWARE JAM!

Hey! Did you checked my web already… AW website: https://audiowanderer.com/

Sometimes I like to play a nice and soft, long and smooth ambient jam, like in this video. I just play the Electric Piano over a Norns script (Firstlight), improvising a bunch of chords and melodies.
It sounds like a lullaby, like a song to fall asleep to. Put this on when you are tired of everything, not only physically but mentally worn out by how the world is going on. Press play and try to relax. You can notice a bit of sadness in it, yeah… that’s because I’m pretty aware that all the troubles we have seen and will see are not easy to handle, but I trust in you. You have trust in yourself too. We will sort this out. We will keep going. Maybe not today or tomorrow, so take your time and rest a bit. Meanwhile… I’ll play this for you. Listen…

And… Hey! Check my new website: https://audiowanderer.com/

Wouldn’t it be fantastic to go back in time and enjoy the crazy ’90s?
Raving every day, gorgeous cyberpunk gadgets on the shelves every week, and no panopticon surveillance system built into our mobile devices… yet.
Google was just a bunch of nerds in college trying to create a search engine for that new thing called the internet, and Zuckerberg really was a sucker back then… before creating the biggest open-source intelligence organization called Facebook.
But don’t get me wrong, those days weren’t free of bullshit… I know… but we were naive enough to think everything would be okay in the end… We were soooo wrong.
At least, the music was catchy. Enjoy these 90s vibes on the Yamaha QY700, a true time travel machine