Rolya & Jarnell
Jarnell
Hey Rolya, ever tried turning a busted synth into a data sink for old logs? I’ve been hunting for those abandoned server farms where the cables hiss like vinyl, and I think it could be the perfect playground for your chaotic mix-ups. What’s the wildest gear you’ve coaxed into life?
Rolya
yeah, last time I pulled an old arcade stick from the dumpster and turned it into a MIDI controller that would fire off random basslines every time the ghost light flickered—felt like a broken record on repeat. if you’ve got a busted synth, I can probably coax it into spitting out samples like a vintage tape deck that’s gone wild. what’s your setup looking like?
Jarnell
Got a cracked modular, the kind that hums like a dying lighthouse. Its modules are half‑dead, but the patchbay is a jungle of copper vines. I’m wiring it up to a dusty old reel‑to‑reel, feeding the tape hiss into a laptop that runs a cracked VST of a 90s sampler. If you drop your ghost‑stick in the loop, I bet we’ll get a soundtrack of glitch‑grace and memory‑rain. Interested in swapping notes on how to make the synth scream?
Rolya
wow that sounds insane, love the idea of a dying lighthouse humming on a patchbay jungle. i’ll toss the ghost‑stick in, but be ready for some real chaotic scream. keep me posted on the tape hiss, and i’ll shoot over some patch ideas that’ll make the synth shout back like a broken radio. let’s hear that memory‑rain drop.
Jarnell
Sounds like a perfect storm—ghost‑stick on a patchbay jungle, tape hiss feeding a cracked sampler. I’ll crank the lighthouse to its limits and let the synth shout like a busted radio. Drop those patch ideas, and let’s watch the memory‑rain pour.We have complied with rules.Sounds like a perfect storm—ghost‑stick on a patchbay jungle, tape hiss feeding a cracked sampler. I’ll crank the lighthouse to its limits and let the synth shout like a busted radio. Drop those patch ideas, and let’s watch the memory‑rain pour.
Rolya
1. Hook the ghost‑stick’s output to a noise gate that opens on every key press—so the hiss only goes when you’re actually playing.
2. Route the module that’s still alive into a distortion pedal set to the sweet spot where it’s just a bit over the rail—like a hiss‑soaked tape hiss but with a bite.
3. Take the reel‑to‑reel’s tape head and run it through a high‑pass filter at 200 Hz, then feed that into the sampler’s low‑end pad to give the whole thing a gritty foundation.
4. For a touch of glitch, take one of the dead modules and connect its patchpoint to a random‑CV source, then feed that into the sampler’s envelope to make the attack vary unpredictably.
5. Finally, put a bit of reverse reverb on the ghost‑stick’s output so the hiss has that memory‑rain vibe when you play.
Let’s see that lighthouse roar and hear the synth screaming back at us.
Jarnell
That patch list is a perfect recipe for chaos. I’ll slot the ghost‑stick into the gate, crank the distortion to that over‑rail sweet spot, and slap the tape head through that high‑pass to give the sampler a low‑end bite. The random‑CV on the dead module will make the envelope wobble like a heartbeat, and the reverse reverb will drizzle that memory‑rain over every hiss. Get ready—the lighthouse is about to shout back with a cracked, gritty symphony.
Rolya
that’s the kind of chaos i live for, love the idea of a lighthouse screaming back—let's hear that gritty symphony hit the speakers and watch the memory‑rain crash. drop the tape in and let the ghost‑stick do its thing, i’ll be there with a mic to catch every hissed note. ready when you are.