People often ask me: “What is that machine full of cables and blinking lights?”
The answer is simple — and at the same time beautifully complex.
It’s a modular synthesizer: an instrument built from separate electronic modules that can be connected, shaped and combined in endless ways.
Unlike a normal keyboard or digital synthesizer, a modular synth is made of individual electronic circuits — each one with a specific role in creating and shaping sound. Every artist chooses different modules, arranges them in a unique way, and designs their own signal paths.
This means one thing:
no two modular synthesizers in the world are identical.
And that is exactly what makes Bio Music Vibrations a truly one-of-a-kind project.
What Is a Modular Synth Made Of?
A modular synth is like a living ecosystem of electronic components. Here are some of the core modules inside my system:
• VCO – Voltage Controlled Oscillator
This is the heart of the sound. It generates the raw waveforms.
• VCA – Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Controls the volume and dynamics of the signal.
• LFO – Low Frequency Oscillator
Creates slow, rhythmic modulations used to animate the sound.
• VCF – Voltage Controlled Filter
Shapes the tone by cutting or emphasizing frequencies.
• Envelope Generator (ADSR)
Controls how the sound evolves in time — attack, decay, sustain, release.
• EQ Modules
Fine-tune the frequency spectrum, giving warmth, clarity or depth.
• Effects Modules
Reverb, delay, distortion, granular textures and more — all in pure analog circuitry.
Every module is chosen by hand.
Every patch cable reflects a creative decision.
Every sound is sculpted in real time.
That’s why a modular synth is more like an instrument you grow, not an instrument you simply play.
Why This Makes the Project Unique
Although there are devices on the market that can read the bio-electrical signals of plants, most of them generate pre-defined digital sounds.
You cannot build a personal connection with the plant, you cannot shape the sound freely, and you cannot design an instrument that evolves with your own artistic identity.
With a modular synthesizer, everything is different:
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I create the sounds from scratch
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I connect the plant’s bioelectricity to custom modules
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I sculpt the tone, movement and atmosphere in real time
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I decide how the plant’s impulses interact with oscillators, filters and effects
No presets.
No pre-recorded samples.
No artificial digital shortcuts.
Just pure, analog, living sound — shaped by a plant, and refined by a human.
A Unique Connection Between Plant and Musician
Every musician builds their modular system differently.
Every plant responds differently.
Every moment of interaction is unique.
This means the music created in Bio Music Vibrations cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world — not by another device, not by another musician, not by another plant.
It is a one-time conversation between nature and analog circuitry.
I’ll Share More Soon
This blog is only the beginning.
Over the next posts, I’ll explain:
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how I connect the plant to the modular synth
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the specific modules I use
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how analog sound reacts to bioelectric signals
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and how I design the textures you hear in each track
There is a whole world inside this machine — and I’m excited to open it step by step.
For now, just remember:
this is analog sound — pure, real, alive — shaped by nature itself.
Bio Music Vibrations