a better foot forward
2008-02-11 by drmabuce
Hi Wiardos
To assuage my shame over the somewhat slipshod nature of the last SNO
recording i posted. i recorded a more pulled-together performance (on
26 Jan) direct from my stage mixer to ProTools. You can find the mp3 at:
http://www.twango.com/media/drmabuse.doodles/drmabuse.10002
i called it 'Augbergine Dream' because of it's 100-ish tempo and
because maybe Edgar, Chris, Peter & Klaus were Tangerine-shaped... but
i am more Aubergine-shaped.
;'>
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There are 6 separate voices and i made notes on the patching of all
the audio paths. So if anyone is curious about a particular timbre and
you give me a time reference and a few hints, i can probably look up
which voices are playing at that moment and tell you which modules are
in play.
A few general notes i'd like to share about this piece:
-everything you hear is the synth rig. There is no drum machine in
this mix
-the lowest-pitched (non-ostinato) bass voice is produced by the Noise
Ring
-i augmented the SNO for that performance with my Omni Filter and a
spring reverb (hacked out of a hammond organ and coupled to a VCA) i
also brought a DIY dual VC-lag processor. (more on that in a minute)
-No postproduction FX were added nor were any edits made in post. It
is a straight-off-the-board mix.
-The legato sections at the beginning, the break, and at the end are
created with the following patch:
Sample-Hold -mult> VC-lag (exponential)->Paia VCO1->Omni Filter
-mult> VC-lag (linear)-Paia VCO2-----/
The effect is that while traveling from pitch to pitch the VCO's
follow different curves that take them in and out of tune along the
way. i love this effect. It's use was suggested to me by prof.
Richter. The lag processors are DIY, based on Electronotes designs and
Grant was kind enough to offer me a lot of advice on implementing the
ideas that the venerable Bernie Hutchins published. Thus the legato
glides, while containing no direct Wiard content, could be considered
Wiard by adoption.
i feel this piece is a little more representative of the actual sound
of the SNO in live performance than the piece i posted previously.
-doc
PS:It's another kind of tubby 6-minute file so i've posted it on
Twango again.It's a pretty bass-heavy piece so the aforementioned
limitations of mp3 and tiny computer speakers is an issue again. i'm
open to posting it in another downloadable location if anyone really
wants to host it.
i'm unable to find a way to get Twango to allow downloads and it
appears to me that they don't offer that option. If anyone knows
better, i'm all ears.