[sdiy] Ideas for synthesizing an electric violin?

[Derek Holzer]

Hi Mike,

Steina Vasulka worked with her violin and analog audio and video 
synthesis for years before moving on to MIDI/computer systems.

Check out "Violin Power (1969-1978)" for lots of ideas. What I like the 
best is that the same signal-processing techniques were applied to the 
audio and the video:

http://tinyurl.com/yp6omn

or here:

http://www.curatorforoneday.nl/art_play.php?id=223

Unfortunately, the whole 10 minute video is only available from the 
Montevideo institute in the Netherlands to screen at 
festivals/universities/etc. These short clips show a bit more what was 
done only with image processing. Later there is quite a bit of 
ring-modulation, "decimation"-sounding effects and resonant feedback 
filters. Again, image and sound both! Extremely noisy! I screened this 
video for quite a few art-school classes a while back, and people really 
loved it...

best!
d.

mike ruberto wrote:

> Anyway, I was wondering if anybody has done something like this before
> - running an electric violin through their modular..
> I would love to know what was done and hear some examples.


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