Simon Hutchinson, Composer

New music for !

Check out my new "Hanamaki Sessions 2023" for some mobile, DAWless, experimental synth music.

Hanamaki Sessions 2023, by Simon Hutchinson 5 track album

Hey all,

You can check out my June performance of "Baion" for Kyma, Unity, and circuit-bent old radio here: https://youtu.be/YrMOZlZ5QP0?t=838 (timestamped link).

To see how it all works, check this out: https://youtu.be/efj6jjBoCwc

TENOR BOSTON 2023 - CONCERT #3: Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 5:00 pm 8th International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation; "Representation and Perception of Music Structure"Monday, May 15 to Wedne...

Failing at in :

Pd Machine Learning Fail (Unsuccessful Audio AI in Pure Data Vanilla) | Simon Hutchinson A failed attempt at machine learning for real-time sound design in Pure Data Vanilla.I've previously shown artificial neurons (https://youtu.be/PdJG5SFmVaw) ...

Experiments in diegetic game music last night

Can you play the gong in Wo Long? (diegetic music in games) #shorts Experiments in diegetic music from my Wo Long run last night.LINKS:Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonHutc/?sub_confirmation=1Official Website - ht...

Building an envelope follower in for drum-chasing synths:

Reaktor 6 Envelope Follower (Synth Oscillator Following Drum Envelopes) | Simon Hutchinson How to create an envelope follower in Reaktor 6 Primary and set your synth to automatically follow the amplitude of drums.An envelope follower is a device th...

Still thinking about digital feedback loops in

Audio Feedback Loops in Digital: Cybernetic Music in Symbolic Sound Kyma 7 | Simon Hutchinson Building some feedback loops in the digital domain using Symbolic Sound's Kyma 7.In audio feedback loops, the output of the system is fed back into an input....

I'm performing my 2018 piece "Baion" at the TENOR Conference in Boston tomorrow. Seems a good opportunity to ramble about the piece a bit:

Bidirectional OSC with Kyma & Unity3D in "Baion 倍音" (Symbolic Sound Kyma) | Simon Hutchinson Talking through bidirectional OSC (Open Sound Control) in my 2018 piece Baion (倍音), that I perform on a custom-built interface, "the catalyst".I'm performing...

Ripping off Clyde Stubblefield's famous drum break from James Brown's "Funky Drummer" on the Arturia DrumBrute Impact ( )

James Brown's "Funky Drummer" on Arturia DrumBrute Impact (imitation Clyde Stubblefield) #shorts Creating a knock-off of Clyde Stubblefield's famous drum break from James Brown's "Funky Drummer" on the Arturia DrumBrute Impact.LINKS:Subscribe: https://ww...

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Simon Hutchinson Simon Hutchinson is a creator of music, audio, and things tangentially related. His music synthesizes disparate stylistic ideas, but always focused on relationships between humans, technology, and society.

Rompling it up this week.

ROMplers - Not quite samplers (Roland JV-1010 & M-GS64 Sound Expansion) | Simon Hutchinson ROMplers are synthesizer that create sounds through samples stored in ROM (Read-Only Memory). So, unlike "samplers" they are unable to record and manipulate ...

New release, "Systems" up on Bandcamp.

Slow-evolving music made with analog Eurorack feedback systems.

Systems, by Simon Hutchinson 2 track album

Is it still if you're adding a drum machine to the inputs?

No... no, probably not, I guess.

No-Input Mixer & Drum Machine (Arturia DrumBrute Impact, Mackie 402-VLZ3, & Boss DD-6) #shorts Arturia DrumBrute Impact running into a mixer feeding back through a Boss DD-6 Delay Pedal for noisy, high-energy techno.I don't think I should call this no-...

All of a sudden, over the weekend, the views on my my YouTube videos had a bit of a bump. I’m definitely cool if the zeitgeist is coming around to some noise music!

Feedback Loops with a Mixer and Two Pedals (Mackie 402-VLZ3, Boss DD-6, and MT-2) | Simon Hutchinson Create dynamic feedback loops on a cheap mixer and pedals. With just a few pieces of equipment you can make wonderful, interactive, and unpredictable sound s...

Creating robotic drums in with a comb filter.

Pd Patch from Scratch Comb Filter (Pure Data Vanilla, No Talking) | Simon Hutchinson Building a comb filter in Pure Data Vanilla from scratch.A comb filter is a filter created by adding a delayed signal to itself, creating constructive and de...

https://youtu.be/0GN6HZnxg5w

Unapologetically Analog Eurorack Feedback Loops (Matrix Mixer Feedback) | Simon Hutchinson Slow, generative Eurorack jam, where a simple sine wave is fed back through a matrix of reverb, delays, and filters until it becomes something more sophistic...

Thinking about the time we made French House with an Alesis 3630 and Commodore 64 ( ).

Commodore 64 French House (C64 SID and Alesis 3630 Side-chain compression) | Simon Hutchinson Making some chiptune French house using the Commodore 64 and Alesis 3630.Here, I’m using Paul Slocum’s CynthCart to turn my old C64 into a SID synthesizer. W...

Enjoy some calming music based on an electronic model of a squid axon

Squid Axon Generative Music in VCV Rack (Subtractive Synth & NLC Squid Axon) | Simon Hutchinson A simple subtractive synth (square-wave through a low-pass filter) controlled by the Nonlinear Circuits "Squid Axon" module.I planned to record a different v...

Since the weather is starting to get warmer, a quick bump for my synth noise improvisations last summer in Hanamaki last summer.

Ihatov MU: Eurorack 54HP Improvisation at the Hanamaki "English Coast" (花巻イギリス海岸) | Simon Hutchinson Finally getting outside with my 54HP portable Eurorack synth, doing some noisy improvisations on the Hanamaki (花巻) "English Coast."I took my synth out on a h...

Talking through the concept of an artificial neuron, the fundamental component of machine learning, from an audio perspective.

Hopefully this can help demystify AI by showing artificial neurons as just mixers (well, nonlinear mixers).

Artificial Neurons and Nonlinear Mixing (machine learning for audio engineers) | Simon Hutchinson Talking through the concept of an artificial neuron, the fundamental component of artificial intelligence and machine learning, from an audio perspective.I'v...

A larger for making ambient-ish music in (patch details in description).

VCV Rack Artificial Neural Network (NLC Neurons to Mutable Instruments Rings) | Simon Hutchinson An artificial neural network (ANN) of Nonlinearcircuits "Dual Neuron" modules pinging some Mutable Instruments "Rings".Flow here is left to right. The four L...

Using the Nonlinear Circuits "Dual Neuron" to drive a simple generative subtractive synthesis patch in . It's a two-neuron music brain.

Simple Generative Synth with VCV Rack Nonliear Circuits Neuron #shorts Using the Nonlinear Circuits "Dual Neuron" to drive a simple generative subtractive synthesis patch in VCV Rack. It's a two-neuron music brain.Three slow LFO...

It's . If you weren't aware, that means that bandcamp waives its revenue share for the day, meaning that artists get pretty much all of the money you spend on bandcamp today (well, not taxes...).

I don't have anything new this month, but if you've been holding off buying some music from your favorite artists, today is the day to do it!

(I've also got a bunch of free music up too, if you just want to download - https://simonhutchinson.bandcamp.com/)

Simon Hutchinson Simon Hutchinson is a creator of music, audio, and things tangentially related. His music synthesizes disparate stylistic ideas, but always focused on relationships between humans, technology, and society.

Networking two analog neurons to create a artificial neural network. The neurons are fed different control voltages (and fed back into each other), and the outputs control pitch and the triggers for the notes.

Got a "Neurons and Nonlinear Mixing" explanation video in the works for the coming weeks, so stay tuned.

Generative Music from a Two-Neuron Neural Net (NLC Neuron) #shorts #eurorack #experimentalmusic Networking two Nonlinearcircuits (NLC) Neurons to create a Eurorack artificial neural network. Neurons are fed different CVs (and fed back into each other), ...

Happy to announce that I’ll be performing my 2018 game piece, “Baion”, and the TENOR Conference in Boston this May (https://fb.me/e/2FcRd2MFU).

I’m dusting off my controller, called “The Catalyst” (pictured here. Yes, the radio), and making sure the connection still works between my game and Kyma.

This piece was premiered at the 2018 Kyma International Sound Symposium in at UC Santa Cruz, and I haven’t had a chance to perform it since. I’m discovering, though, that I have copious notes about the “lore” of the piece included in the folder with all the files.

For a taste, here are the program notes:

Baion draws its inspiration from several distinct sources including northern Japanese shamanism, noise music, isochronic tones, and one-button games.

Baion is performed on “The Catalyst” a custom interface that facilitates both performer and audience transition into an altered state. Kyma and Unity communicate via bidirectional OSC, enabling interactive, adaptive audio and visuals.

(Also in the expansive “lore” document, it makes reference to crafting your own catalyst being akin to Jedi making a lightsaber…. 2018 Simon was a real character.)

A few weeks back, I set out to make a short tutorial about sequencing in , but got WAY too long winded. So this first part is just about making a LPG.

Teachers really just like the sound of their own voices.

Reaktor 6 Low-Pass Gate (LPG) / Sequencing in Reaktor Primary Part 1 (of 3) | Simon Hutchinson I set out to make a tutorial about making a simple sequencer in Reaktor 6 Primary, and got way too long-winded, so this first part is just about making a low...

Understand internet-based, no-input feedback loops in less than 8 minutes!

Zoomscapes Pecha Kucha (Internet-Based Audio Feedback Loops) | Simon Hutchinson A "pecha kucha" (short talk) that I presented at the Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology 2022 biennial conference on and my internet-based...

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Simon Hutchinson Simon Hutchinson is a creator of music, audio, and things tangentially related. His music synthesizes disparate stylistic ideas, but always focused on relationships between humans, technology, and society.

Bring together my "Interactive Hardcore System" and After Later Audio Benjolin V2 for some wonderful noise.

Benjolin Synthcore (After Later Audio Benjolin V2 & Pd Drumming) | Simon Hutchinson Making wild music in a boring Sweater.I shared about my "Interactive Hardcore System" earlier in the week (https://youtu.be/_kecqnOUWqc). Here I am putting i...

Interactive Hardcore Music System

Pure Data Interactive Hardcore System (Pd Vanilla Interactive Drum Machine) | Simon Hutchinson A Pure Data interactive system that plays hardcore drumbeats when it's not receiving any audio input.At the start of winter break, I wanted to make some musi...

New music! Check out "Benjolin Synthcore" on bandcamp if you want some interactive screaming into the void. (Explanation video dropping tomorrow)

Benjolin Synthcore, by Simon Hutchinson 13 track album

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Some documentation from Rolling Ryot's "Ghost Line X" sound installation that I participated in last November:

Ghost Line X - vector-sound installation Ghost Line X is a massive immersive sound and light installation that investigates vector sound. The experience exhibits multi-channel compositions designed ...

Creating a "clamping VCA" in vanilla. Then getting carried away and making some .

Pure Data Clamping VCA with [clip~] (TR-808-style Envelope in Pd Vanilla) | Simon Hutchinson Creating an ambient music machine in Pure Data Vanilla with a "clamping VCA" that adds subtle distortion, imitating the envelopes in Roland TR-808.I made a c...

Collaborating with Will Klingenmeier to make more internet feedback loops with Zoom and Kyma 7.

Kyma 7 Feedback Loops Over the Internet (with @SpectralEvolver ) - Zoomscapes | Simon Hutchinson Using the latency from videoconferencing software as a delay for feedback loops, this time with Kyma 7 processing the signal at both ends, creating (noisy) e...

Revisiting a Christmas classic:

Uninspired Composer Makes Christmas Music in the Laziest Way Possible | Simon Hutchinson Let's see if we can make experimental electronic music sound Christmassy just by adding sleigh bells--a semiological approach to making holiday music.Adam Ne...

Getting into the holiday spirit while maintaining loyalty to experimental music.

Pure Data Live Audio Processing of Sleigh Bells (Interactive Noise Music System) | Simon Hutchinson Doing some live processing of sleigh bells in Pure Data to create an "Interactive Holiday Noise Music System."Since it's mid-December, let's make some holida...

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New music on up on bandcamp! "Slow Songs" of melodic feedback.

https://simonhutchinson.bandcamp.com/album/slow-songs

New music on up on bandcamp! "Slow Songs" of melodic feedback.

https://simonhutchinson.bandcamp.com/album/slow-songs

Stealing Noise Engineering's idea for a clamping VCA (which they, in turn, stole from Roland's TR-808) and building it in .

Clamping VCA in Reaktor 6 Primary with "Mod. Clipper" (TR-808-style envelope) | Simon Hutchinson Building a "clamping VCA" in Reaktor for subtle distortion, imitating the envelopes in Roland TR-808.Normally, an amplitude envelope for your synths are just...

Trying to tame the matrix

Matrix Mixer Feedback Drone (Eurorack Analog Feedback Loops) | Simon Hutchinson A noisy Eurorack feedback loop controlled by a matrix mixer.Here Make Noise Maths is my oscillator, running into my matrix mixer (Doepfer A-138M). The mixer ...