"Musician Steve Sciulli will perform on the Hartmann Neuron - a very rare electronic synthesizer on Tuesday, Nov 18th at Your Inner Vagabond. This is part of "Electric Larryville" the monthly series that "showcases the most innovative electronica that Pittsburgh has to offer."Also performing will be Bureau of Nonstandards and from Black Moth Super Rainbow Power Pill Fist
Start time is 8pm and goes until 11:30. This is an all age show and is FREE. Your Inner Vagabond is located at 4130 Butler Street, Pittsburgh. Phone: 412-6831623
The Hartmann Neuron uses a form of Artificial Intelligence and memory recognition as it develops its binaural soundscapes. It builds internal neuronic networks that offers 3 dimensional sound choices. All in glorious 5.1 surround sound! This blends perfectly with Steve's core philosophy of connecting the sacred with leading edge technologies. "These are all steps in our evolutionary journey". Steve is excited to be premiering his new instrument at Your Inner Vagabond on Nov 18th.
The Neuron was designed and built by the German designer Axel Hartmann. Around 500 of these instruments were build. This just might be the first time that this boundary breaking musical instrument is played in the Pittsburgh region. Steve will also be utilizing the Akai EWI 4000s wind synthesizer for this show.
Steve Sciulli – Musician and ambient music pioneer. Steve built his first synthesizer at the age of 10 and started the flute at 14. Founding member of the early 1980's progressive group "Carsickness" (which Trouser Press compared to Van der Graaf Generator) and the Celtic rock band "Ploughman's Lunch" along with numerous other regional and national touring musical groups. Steve along with his wife Ami make up the trance healing musical duo Life In Balance. Life In Balance has toured from Alaska to Florida and have been featured on NPR. Their CDs are available on Koch Records and The Relaxation Company. Steve's flute playing can be heard in the new Robert DeNiro and Bruce Willis movie "What Just Happened""
I thought I read somewhere that the 5.1 didn't actually get implemented? Can someone confirm that it did?
ReplyDeleteAlso that samples I heard of the Neuron were surprisingly dull but that was when it first came out. Anybody ever hear any great samples? Have a link to them?
Also, what do they mean by "binaural soundscapes.... All in 5.1 surround sound".
ReplyDeleteAFAIK, binaural (2 channels, requires headphones) and 5.1 surround (6-channel loudspeaker system) are completely different spatialization techniques and I don't think they can be combined.
Mine has 5.1. You go into Setup mode and use the sticks to position the sound. Or you can just assign each of the sounds to a different stereo out. Never thought of the machine as dull, though! It's great for making bizarre, evolving pads, and for quickly mangling raw sounds. Even though Hartmann went under, there is great support through the community: www.surroundsfx.com
ReplyDeleteI have a neuron and well... the hard drive went on it. I need a replacement and the company that sells replacement hard drives don't return my emails. Strange. The Hartmann is very dry compared to an analog synth. Eventually every sample you use sounds like a metallic noise. You just have to learn to get away from that route and you can have great fun with evolving pads. It is dull compared to an analog synth in the juice department though.
ReplyDeleteSteve Scuilli is an incredible muscian. I have all of the "Life In Balance" cds and play them all the time. I am looking forward to hearing him on the Neuron live one day. Far from being dull the Neuron is #1 in my studio in Florida. I also have a M3,Karma,Radius,Voyager,VsynthGT,Fusion and Blofeld synthesizers that I use to compose New Age Space Music which may be sampled at TranZenmusic.com. The Neuron is a very exciting synth that sounds wonderful. It may be used in mono,stereo or 5.1 surround which 5 1/4 inch outputs. The joysticks are great, really fun to use. The Neuron only sounds metallic if I want it to which is never. It can sound lush and beautiful with lots of movement. It's alive so it responds best when given lots of love.
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