Title link takes you to Project, a page dedicated to some music by Frederic Gerchambeau. The B side is done entirely on a Yamaha SY-77. The A side primarly features the SY-77 along with other synths. Make sure to check out the stories behind the music when you get there. The A side is mostly timbral soundscapes. Really good atmospheric stuff. The B side is more melodic and showcases the SY-77. "The thing is I have a strong fascination in albums recorded with a single synthesizer, such as “Switched on the Bach” from Walter Carlos (well, Wendy Carlos now…). I am always happy to know that people who recorded a whole album with a single and unique keyboard have obviously tried to explore any of its performances. I think this attitude leads to a more complete and thoughtful work rather than using a lot of different keyboards but just using their preset sounds. So Here we are, “Computed skies” is my first own album, a part of my “studies of the Yamaha SY-77”. Maybe one day, I may offer you a “recital of Emu Proteus 2000” or a “symphony for Yamaha CX-5m”, who knows …"
Very cool. Thanks Frederic!
Sounds nice. Maybe for the next album he can do it entirely with the Seekers SMS 2000.
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ReplyDeletesounds like a sy77 alright. i'm amazed at how un-noisey his patches are. pretty much every time i get to setting up the 5th or 6th osc the tone's either got a sound of white noise or very discordant "metal". also of note, the looping eg which tends to sound like it's being played backwards.
ReplyDeleteI still believe frederic does not exist, and is tied to the SMS 2000 for sure.
ReplyDeletemuhahahaha!
elhardt can't make music that good.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's good to precise that most of the sounds I used (after I carefully programmed them) are pure FM sounds. I avoided to use any filter or pre-sampled sounds. So I had a better control using only the 6 FM operators and concentrating on them. I didn't really need pre-sampled sounds, except for voices sounds, and I didn't really need filters as filter effects can be made using only the 6 operators. So by reducing the number of parameters, and by thinking only about them, I gained a sort of freedom. If you decide to use a filter if operators are enough, this filter will maybe be a limit to your creation power. So I took away the filter of my mind, using it without thinking about it, to have a wider soundscape.
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