It's controlled via C74's MAX. He sequences on whatever he wants, exports midi files and then they are imported to proprietary software that drives the bots.
fritz
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Doncourt <tomdcour@amnh.org>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 11:22 am
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Orchestrion becomes self-aware and replicates
I had imagined that he was creating layers of midi info using the guitar as controller and feeding into some DAW that was then informing some automation hardware....
On Oct 8, 2010, at 10:23 AM, ClayE wrote:
Metheny is controlling these "player" instruments with his guitar. Explained at 3:05 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VymAn8QJNQ
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "ClayE" <ecclesreinson@...> wrote:
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> I wonder if it has one paper roll or several synchronized rolls. Who made the rolls for Metheny's music?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIZ2Ldrr5ok
> If Metheny toured with a midi sequencer/sampler for a band, it would be a deadly boring show. Touring with this Orchestrion would not be a boring show?
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Orchestrion becomes self-aware and replicates
2010-10-08 by fdoddy@aol.com