Here's a riff on the Make Noise Maths "Bouncing Ball" patch. It starts and ends dry, with only the bouncing ball patch in the mix. As the patch progresses I introduce delay (MOAR BOUNCE!), reverb, and filtered harmonics to emphasize the space between the bounces.
This strikes me as somewhat futuristic sounding in a sentimentally retrograde sort of way. Perhaps what the world of possibilities may have sounded to Bucky back in the 50s and 60s. I can't think of him without thinking about his domes and my own set of magnetic Bucky Balls. The balls are what inspired the basic concept of my contribution, and his domes are what provided me with additional sonic architecture to explore ... tracing out paths of possibility. Having seen a few retrospectives of his work, and hearing a few interviews with him, I get the sense he was incredibly playful. And it's in this one area I wish I could have produced something a bit more smile inducing. I feel this piece would likely be too sterile and cold to really capture his attention. It seems to me that he'd be more interested in something more obviously human and organic.
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