Hi Marc-Henri,
1) as per their website the maximum length of Doepfer patch cords is
200cm. Should you require longer lengths it is absolutely possible to use
longer cables from other manufacturers.
4) Yes. You'll notice that in the beginning of the video Ian describes the
chain as IPad running ToucOsc -> Interface Alesis IO Dock -> MIDI Out to
Kenton Modular Solo -> 4x MIDI CC + Note & Gate. So he's using the MIDI Out
of the IPad to drive a MIDI to CV converter. Since you have the BS2 and thus
such a converter you should be fine. It will be only one channel though, as
opposed to the four channels in the video.
5) Both Pierre Schaeffer and KH Stockhausen had only very rudimentary means
to create electronic sounds. Basically test oscillators and tape. Add found
sounds in the case of Schaeffer. Everything had to be added to tape, often a
single wave cycle at a time. A few minutes would take months. Envelopes and
Amps had to be painstakingly cut out with a razor and glued back onto
masking tape.
The whole control voltage thing was invented to speed up this process and
add same playability. If you care for it, a fascinating account can be found
in 'Bernstein: The San Francisco Tape Music Center (2008 University of
California Press). That being said, your BS2 supplies a lot of the
techniques that were employed in the early days. You could add
reverberation, although both the GRM and the WDR studio used an actual echo
chamber and later plate echos. A fixed filter bank would also be keeping
with the spirit of the times.
Also old school (but neither GRM nor WDR) is the Trautonium project. The
(Mixtur) Trautonium is an electronic instrument that was developed in the
1930's by Werner Trautwein and used by Hindemith and later by Oskar Sala. In
conjunction with your BS2 and an A-113, an A-104 and an A-198 (orR2M) you
can recreate a single-manual version of that.
York
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Von: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com] Im
Auftrag von Marc-Henri Arfeux
Gesendet: Samstag, 11. Februar 2012 03:50
An: doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [Doepfer_a100] Modular cases
Hello to all members !
I ordered a A100 bs2 in flycase this week but already plan to extend this
system in the future by a second case which will be of a personal conception
as regards the modules. My aim is to be able to play the two units
separately, and also to gather them in musical dialogue by patching. Since I
am a new user the questions i will ask now are may be naive, and apologize
in advance if it is the case.
1 - I would like to know the maximum length of Doepfer patch cords.
2 - I have been listening and watching the very interesting tutorial videos
by Raul Pena. On one of them (number 21) present the sample rate reduction
using T/H and and S/H with A148. During this video, Raul Pena uses a music
plays by his mp3 player, patching of course this source in the sample in of
A148. But could you tell me what kind of cord he uses to connect with his
mp3 player ? Is it a monophonic adapter as we see one on the accessories
page in Doepfer site ?
3 - Some of the Doepfer modules have usb sockets : what to they provide in
terms of computer dialogue. For instance I read the A112 Sampler allows to
store sounds by Midi Dump on a computer.
4 - Is it possible as I imagine, to control a Doepfer with an I Pad app such
as Ian Boddy does here with a Serge Modular ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHS-z466iE8
5 - A last question for today, may be the most naive : I intend to perform
and compose electroacoustic music with my Doepfer : I perfectly know any
kind of module will be creative and useful for this purpose, depending on
the patching and playing creativity of the musician. But does anyone could
advise me modules that would be more accurately devoted and or essential to
this exploration, apart those you find on the A100 bs2 ?
Thank you for you kind answers,
Have a beautiful week-end,
Marc-Henri Arfeux
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