NEW 2025 Panoptigon Disc - TREMOLO VIOLIN/VIOLA featuring Batya MacAdam-Somer

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"Now available from the Quilter Labs web store! https://www.quilterlabs.com/collectio...

TREMOLO VIOLIN/VIOLA features our friend, violinist Batya MacAdam-Somer (https://www.batyamacadamsomer.com/) tremolo-ing on the violin (upper half of keyboard) and viola (lower half of keyboard).

TREMOLO VIOLIN/VIOLA can only be played on Panoptigon, and is not compatible with Optigan or Orchestron.

Violin & Viola by Batya MacAdam-Somer
Edited and mastered by Pea Hicks
Disc design and mastering by Robert Becker
Jacket label art direction and layout by Michael Buchmiller"

NEW 2025 Optigan Disc - VIOLASCAPE featuring Batya MacAdam-Somer

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"Now available from the Quilter Labs web store! https://www.quilterlabs.com/collectio...

VIOLASCAPE is the latest in our "scape" series of discs, particularly suited to creating rhythmic chordal textures. Our friend, violinist Batya MacAdam-Somer (https://www.batyamacadamsomer.com/) is featured on viola.

The time signature of this disc is 11/16, which means that if you play chord changes timed in a more familiar meter like 4/4 or 3/4, the rhythms of the music repeat over a longer cycle, creating more complexity. The chord buttons are simple pizzicato patterns that can be combined to create more complex interlocking rhythms and extended harmonies. The keyboard features bowed notes in a rhythmic pattern, offset with each other to create complex composite patterns when you hold down chords. The SFX tabs are similarly bowed patterns on 5ths.

Chords:
Pizzicato Viola

Keys:
Bowed Viola

SFX:
1 - Bowed Viola Bb 5th
2 - Bowed Viola Eb 5th
3 - Bowed Viola Ab 5th
4 - Bowed Viola Db 5th
5 - Bowed Viola Gb 5th

Viola by Batya MacAdam-Somer
Arranged, edited and mastered by Pea Hicks
Disc design and mastering by Robert Becker
Jacket label art direction and layout by Michael Buchmiller"