by A. Lyre
Patch Notes: In electronic music, specifically modular synthesis, ‘patching’ refers to the practice of routing control voltages (electricity) and audio signals (frequencies, amplitudes). By modulating a higher frequency (sine wave, saw-wave) with a lower frequency (square wave), a synthesist can approximate the sound of dripping water — with a generous splash of reverb. This is one of many attempts, part of a recent turn in my practice from speech and language to sound and music. Water is not elastic, but attention is. Or, this is one way of describing our capacity for attention: as the theatre scholar, George Home-Cook (2015) has asserted, to attend is to stretch ourselves. Here, what starts out as dutiful execution of a formative exercise leads to … something other — but it’s kind of a stretch.
A. Lyre, July 2025.
Something Other 