Modulations
Articles, dispatches, and journal posts from Franck Martin. Subscribe to get new posts by email.
November 12, 2026 at CCRMA, Stanford
What does an album sound like when the room itself becomes an instrument? For one evening, CCRMA's ambisonic stage room is reconfigured as a Dolby Atmos playback environment, inviting you inside two albums the way their creators heard them, as three-dimensional worlds of sound.
Out Of Space Vibration in Eclipsa Audio
How to take a Dolby Atmos audio master to an Eclipsa audio mix to release an immersive audio video on YouTube.
O.O.S.V (Out Of Space Vibration)
On October 16, Joachim Garraud (French producer and DJ, Grammy-nominated, known for his work with David Guetta and Jean-Michel Jarre) and I release "Out Of Space Vibration" — a 7-minute deep dive into old-school techno, recorded at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum near Los Angeles, on real analog synths and vintage machines. No frills, no plugins: just the vibration of oscillators, rolling sequences, and an analog warmth that can't be faked. A tribute to yesterday's clubs, made for tomorrow's.
Pigs, Packets & the Pacific
This article is built on the PIGNet email archive: 6,697 messages posted between May 1998 and November 2012 by the people who built the Internet across the Pacific Islands. I lived that story at SOPAC in Fiji, as a founder and Vice-Chair of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC), and later on the Internet Society's Board of Trustees. Here is how it looked from the inside.
Dispatch 20260919 - Ravage
I stumbled upon a list of science fiction books written by French authors. Everyone knows the books of Jules Verne, but a book I enjoyed reading was Ravage by Barjavel.
Dispatch 20260913 - CIANI ORKEST
This week I went to Meyer Sound in Berkeley to watch CIANI ORKEST.
Dispatch 20260907 - Captain Planet
I just found this recent documentary about Jacques Yves Cousteau, Captain Planet!
Dispatch 20260903 - Galaxy Electric
Mosaic was played on Galaxy Electric show. They had some nice words about it.
Dispatch of 20260829
An update on the implementation of the mailing list software on my own site.
Hello World!
Announcing to mailing subscribers of the new mailing software now hosted on peachymango
Resident Electronic Monthly
Resident Electronic Monthly is a Bay Area open mic dedicated to live electronic music.
Sound, Space, Time
Spatial Audio or Immersive Audio is gainning popularity, thanks to the processing capabilities of computers, phones, game consoles.
Spatial Audio and Physical Releases
In today's digital streaming world, capturing and maintaining an audience is crucial.
The rebirth of quadraphonic modular synthesizers
Attending a concert of Suzanne Ciani or Morton Subotnick in full surround sound is quite an experience.
Get your own Dolby Atmos Studio
I have a Dolby Atmos home studio in 5.1.4.
Quadraphonic on Eurorack
If you want to get into quadraphonic sound on a eurorack modular synthesizer, here are a few modules you may want to use.
Electronic Music History in the San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a hub for innovation in electronic music, from early academic experiments to thriving underground scenes.
An analysis of surround sound in streaming services
I have been doing some exploration in to quadraphonic audio.
Electro music in the San Francisco Bay – Some history and a list of on-going electro events
Bay Area electro history from Buchla and Suzanne Ciani to Robotspeak, Resonant Frequencies, and Resident — originally published on MerciSF.
Electronica open mic events around San Francisco
When you start making music, it is quite important to reach out to the local community.