Waveform Research Centre Report of the Past Half Year

Published on Mar 3, 2019 Dennis Verschoor

"The Waveform Research Centre is a studio based in Rotterdam. The setup is just test equipment. Which makes stuff a bit harder and cooler. Basically there are no sequencers, envelope generators and vca's in the studio. And now you probably wonder if you can actually make any music without these? Well there is also other cool stuff which doesn't exist in a (modular) synthesizer. And by learning and using these items to and synth programming knowledge cool stuff can be made. The recordings are done with the iPhone, sorry about that. And the studio is basically available for rent and it's possible to book me with it to teach you stuff."

Also see Making Music With Test Equipment.

Making Music With Test Equipment

Published on Jan 28, 2019 HAINBACH

"In which I go to the roots of electronic music by playing laboratory tools, among them a 26kg sine generator.

I have had a fascination with test equipment ever since I heard Stockhausen's early works at university. The challenges the composers of that time faced were unique, both musically and technically. So when I first visited the Waveform Research Center in Rotterdam run by Dennis Verschoor an idea started in the back of my head, that I put into reality over the past two weeks: to have my own test equipment setup to compose on. This is the very first piece I made with this setup. I still have lots to learn, but I am looking forward to expanding and combining this with tape techniques."