christopher-h-m-jacques
I create instruments for the Empress Effects ZOIA. -/Z/-
I also curate a ZOIA Tips & Tricks page, which can be found here: https://bit.ly/2KXIT0H -/Z/-
If you use one of my patches in something, please consider sharing the work in the comments for that patch -- so that others can get a sense of what the patch can do -- or tagging me in your social media posts. -/Z/-
If you want to get in touch with me, you can find me on the ZOIA Discord (@chmjacques; invite: https://discord.gg/tWqUWdFSE8). You can also ask patch-specific questions in the comments section of the patch's Patchstorage page or YouTube video (if a corresponding video exists). I no longer take questions via private message/direct message. -/Z/-
This is my Bandcamp; lots of ZOIA generative music to be had: https://christopherhmjacques.bandcamp.com/ -/Z/-
The answers to the two most common things people ask me about myself:
1) I am not an Empress employee.
2) My background/training is in literary analysis (specifically American antebellum novels and political tracts). I only passed pre-calculus because my teacher liked me/took pity on me. My experience with modular synthesis was pretty meager before encountering ZOIA. -/Z/-
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
This patch uses one of my favorite sound sources — duty-modulated sine waves. Four of…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
This patch began as a chance to show that sequencers are okay in generative! (They…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
What do I mean by a proportionate mixer? Let’s say you want to generate a…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
I threw this patch together as snowflakes started falling last Thursday. (It’s been a good…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
Four voices — duty-cycle modulated sines — play across the stereo field. The left and…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
This patch uses two modal voices, hard panned left and right, to create a bit…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
Although I am not a practitioner, I figured if I was streaming on Christmas morning…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
Part of the challenge I set for myself with this patch was creating space/ambience/atmosphere without…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
This repurposes the FM voice from Daybreak, using three versions and some stereo panning/filtering to…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
**This patch introduces audio feedback. Please, be careful in operation. I am not responsible for…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
Daybreak has four voices: three are PWM square wave based, and one is an FM…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
Based on some ideas from Arvo Part’s Tintinnabuli composition method. I’m definitely afraid to cite…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
This patch riffs on some of my ZS-40 ideas: there is a drone synth made…
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christopher-h-m-jacques 5 years ago
Named by Brian Groth and Charlie Johnson in the livestream chat, Forest Haunt is a…