Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

A bit of a follow-on from the Colourscape photos last autumn; here's a
couple of shots from the performance project I've been working on for
the last few weeks.

	http://www.cassiel.com/misc-images/idf-rig1.jpeg

It's a contemporary dance project, involving live audio pickup from a
set of contact mics., and a live improvised electronic sound score
performed in quadraphonic. (Why in quad? Answer: because I'd never
done it before, and since the choreographer has previously
collaborated with Hans-Peter Kuhn who did a prerecorded octophonic
score, I thought I should at least attempt quad.) The XL-7 is clearly
visible mounted in the EMS Eurorack, but there's a pair of Nord
MicroModulars mounted behind it, and in fact most of the work
(including effects processing) was done using a pair of Korg OasysPCI
cards. Each card is mounted in a Magma expansion chassis (barely
visible right at the back), and each has its controlling laptop.

And, yes, behind the rig is a large collection of galvanised
buckets. Some of these carry the contact mics. (and hence the need for
the Feedback Destroyer in the rig, since I had to deal with a big
quadraphonic PA complete with subwoofer). The buckets are for the ice
sculpture, visible (in incomplete state) in

	http://www.cassiel.com/misc-images/idf-rig2.jpeg

(The picture's a little blurred because it was taken in the middle of
a lighting test.)

If there's interest, and if I ever get my ADSL line fixed, I'll upload
some of the sound score.

	-- Nick.

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  nick rothwell -- composition, systems, performance -- http://www.cassiel.com