Jpre-recorded performance at the New Interface for Musical Expression (NIME) conference in New Zealandģ. Jat the International Digital Media Arts Association (iDMAa) conference in Winona, MinnesotaĢ.
Novation music product timelime series#
If you’re interested in experiencing SYNTAX, the series of audiovisual works I’ve referenced throughout this article, our three upcoming performances include:ġ. I hope that sharing my approach is useful or interesting. With so many choices of hardware, software, and combinations of the two the landscape of potential electronic music setups can be daunting. If I was starting on a new project and knew I was traveling with it I might have opted for the Organelle M or Monome Norns over iOS. The learning curve is steeper than conventional synths, but the rewards are well worth the learning it takes to understand this fascinating approach to sound synthesis.ĮDIT: In conclusion using iOS isn’t better and doesn’t replace small hardware setups, but it is a fast and convenient choice if you need to approximate a hardware setup/project that’s already been designed. ID700 is well worth a look for anyone after experimental sounds, long morphing drones, metallic percussion, and other worldly textures. Furthermore each point has conditional actions that can be used to pause or stop, jump to other points (making looping envelopes possible), and several other actions. The envelopes have an arbitrary number of “points” or stages that are either linear or logarithmic and each point can be modulated by anything from pressure (including MPE) and note on or off velocity to continuous or one-shot randomness. One of the things that makes it standout are the fourteen complex envelopes per voice. ID700 is unconventional, peculiar, bizarre, and I love it. For now I will say that the Buchla 700 inspired ID700 was new to me and is featured throughout this project. I will write more about these apps in upcoming articles. For the Prophet REV2 it took three apps to design the sounds I needed: ID700, Animoog Z, and an early app named Bebot – Robot Synth that’s been around since 2008.īuchla 700 iOS synthesizer ID700 by Jonathan Schatz To stand in for the Yamaha CP RdI model I used the excellent VTines, which I wrote about recently. We expect every performance to be different, however every movement also has its own signature, so I need approximations of the original sounds that behave in a similar way. In our case we’ll be performing experimental music interpreting generative, animated, graphic scores. I say “similar” knowing that that won’t do for artists who aim for their performances to replicate released recordings of their work. The next thing I needed to do was make similar sounds to what I was getting out of my REV2 and Yamaha CP. The interface is clean and only shows you what you need, but access under the hood is merely one or two taps away. Every time I wondered if AUM was capable of a feature that I needed I found it with limited menu diving. Setup and configuration was much easier than I expected. AUM even lets me even split the keyboard (not natively supported on the KeyStep) by specifying a MIDI keyboard range per track. I play everything I need to with my Arturia KeyStep. All my effects are on bus sends and controlled with my ancient bus powered Korg nano. The MIDI support is phenomenal and allowed me to configure everything exactly how I wanted. Using AUv3 in AUM conveniently allows for multiple instances of the same synth or plugin. It’s basically a mixer for iOS synths, sequencers, and signal processors supporting AU, AUv3, Audiobus, or Inter-App Audio. Toxic from SYNTAX (Mac) with ID700 (iPad)ĪUM from Kymatica by Jonatan Liljedahl made this setup possible and convenient. Visuals are often part of these sets, so usually there’s a computer and/or tablet in tow, but generally I reserve the sound making for dedicated hardware. These devices allow me to play parts and improvise in a natural and organic way. Some of the gear I’ve travelled with includes: Novation BSII, Novation Circuit, Korg Volca Keys, PreenFM2, Moog Minifooger Delay, Organelle M, Arturia KeyStep, and Korg nanoKONTROL.
Novation music product timelime portable#
This was a local performance for us in Minneapolis so I did not hesitate to utilize the best instruments I had access to.īut when those instruments are large and I need to travel light I seek out portable alternatives. Mine included a Prophet REV2, an Arturia Keylab 88, Blokus Midihub, and a Yamaha Reface CP. Mike and I debuted the piece in November, 2021 and when we did, we both had complex hardware setups. The generative, audiovisual piece is titled SYNTAX and is in collaboration with Mike Hodnick (aka Kindohm). This summer I am performing a piece at two international conferences and streaming a pre-recorded concert at a third.
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