<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Exploration on SARC — Studio for Advanced Research in Cybernetics</title><link>https://sarc.systems/topics/exploration/</link><description>Recent content in Exploration on SARC — Studio for Advanced Research in Cybernetics</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sarc.systems/topics/exploration/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Exploratory Sound Creation and the Trap of Modular Synthesis</title><link>https://sarc.systems/library/writings/the-trap/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://sarc.systems/library/writings/the-trap/</guid><description>The modular synthesizer promises openness but quietly funnels the user into the same few structures — an argument for an instrument whose primary material is relation, difference, and coupling.</description></item></channel></rss>