antblanca HAG-E [Reaktor]

HAG-E is a modulation tool derived from a data sequence of the E. coli bacterium. It was developed as part of the project "Speculations and Sonic Interpretations of E. coli," organized by the HUMA Artist Group in collaboration with the Synthetic Biology and Biosystems Control Lab at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. Originally designed as an auxiliary modulator for the MONTAG-E and DRON-E instruments, HAG-E's outputs can also be routed into Reaktor Blocks or other modular setups. Internally, the bacterial data is stored in read-only buffers, which are scanned in various ways, modulating position, speed, and intensity. This sound experiment explores three evolving sequences of bacterial data, each unfolding at a different pace. It uses preset structures within MONTAG-E as a framework for sculpting sound. One MONTAG-E instance focuses on atmospheric textures, where bacterial data modulates spectral content, sample playback speed, and through the POS TO function introduces subtle shifts in pitch, dynamics, and stereo movement. The goal was to create a sense of temporal drift and slow transformation. A second MONTAG-E unit handles microsound gestures, shaping bursts of texture by modulating parameters such as sample selection, grain length and position, pitch, filtering, and modulation depth. Both sound layers respond to the same dataset, each in their own way.