QUADRIVIUM as Controller for the Modular Synthesizer

QUADRIVIUM as controller for the modular synthesizer from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

Quadrivium is also a software MIDI controller, you can use the orbital data to control your hardware or software synthesizers with MIDI!
12 Moons for 12 Control Changes that you can assign inside the software.
Connect it to your modular synth with a MIDI USB cable or MIDI interface!

Available at www.giorgiosancristoforo.net

Follow-up to this post.

STOCKHAUSEN - SPIRAL

STOCKHAUSEN - SPIRAL from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"An extract of my interpretation of Karlheinz Stockhausen's SPIRAL (1968)

The shortwave radio is coming from the internet thanks to the Wide Band SDR made available to the public by the University of Twente (Netherlands), all the rest is performed at the modular synthesizer Make Noise.

The performance still is not perfect, the helmet does not make life easy while reading the score and using the synthesizer, nevertheless this recording is a step ahead in my understanding of this piece.

I hope you will enjoy it.
Please take with some humour.

Helmet made by FBFX London
Costume by Barbara Livecchi
The Score is published by UNIVERSAL Editions"

Ongaku Demo and Tutorial

video upload by Giorgio Sancristoforo

"Ongaku is the sister panel of the infamous Bento japanoise box.
This panel has different features including LPGs, delays and reverb. With Ongaku you will create new sonic worlds from cavernous soundscapes to vibrant generative pads in the style of Eno’s, to unpredictable noises or super bongo action west coast style… It is so organic that it feels alive. See for yourself how the probabilistic clock can create amazing strange rhythms."

https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net

Compusynth Demo and Tutorial

video upload by Giorgio Sancristoforo

Follow-up to this post.

"Compusynth is a modular synthesizer that takes inspiration from the west coast paradigm and the mighty Altair8800, one of the first personal microcomputers available to the hobbyists in the mid 70s.

With its peculiar 128 bit sequencer, oscillators, filters, efxs and processors, Compusynth is a powerful sonic laboratory thanks to its generous resources and flexible routing with 1596 patch points!

Available at giorgiosancristoforo.net
(Windows version planned for January 2023)"

Altair 8800 as a noise/glitch generator

Altair 8800 as a noise/glitch generator from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"Dumping the memory of the Altair to unleash the monster Id of the machine."

Rehearsing JOHN CAGE - VARIATIONS VI

Rehearsing JOHN CAGE - VARIATIONS VI from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

For a Plurality of Sound Systems (Buchla200e, Radio, Tape Recorder, Max/MSP)
Score available at Edition Peters

The score is made of symbols printed on transparent plastic sheets,
the symbols set the number of available and possible sound systems
(a sound system is made of speakers, generators and components such as filters, modulators, amplifiers).
The symbols are dropped on a white sheet painted with a straight black line.
The axis of each symbol states whether the component or generator must change
or stand still (% of amount of change). Some changes are done manually, some other are made by control voltage. Amplification and surround pan are controlled (following the score) by max/MSP.
At a certain point the radio went outside the FM band, making just clicks and pops... :)

Recorded in binaural simulation, use headphones.

Update: The performance:

John Cage 100 Anniversary Performance: Variations VI

YouTube Published on Sep 10, 2012 by toborexperiment

"My performance of Variations VI at the John Cage Centennial Celebration
SEPT. 5th 2012 at Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Italy"

Gleetchlab 4 Tutorial 3: TAMS Synthesis - triple axis modal synthesis

Gleetchlab 4 Tutorial 3: TAMS Synthesis from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"Triple axis modal synthesis demonstration using acoustic samples.

TAMS process input sounds sources using a vast and growing library of peculiar resonators in dozens of materials, including gold, platinum, sapphire, uranium, ruby, silver and more...

http://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/softwares/gleetchlab-4/"

John Cage 100 Anniversary Performance: Variations VI

John Cage 100 Anniversary Performance: Variations VI from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"My performance of Variations VI at the John Cage Centennial Celebration
SEPT. 5th 2012 at Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Italy

Special thanks to:

Sandro Mussida
Elio Marchesini
Alessandra Novaga
HurlaJanus Ensemble
Inkyung Hwang
Christian Schmitz
Luca Rullo
Lorenzo Villa
Staff @ Triennale di Milano"

EMS Synthi & Buchla

Berna 3 Teaser 3

video upload by Giorgio Sancristoforo

"Using the High Precision High Pass filter to create envelopes with a pulse generator and a modulator."

Giorgio Sancristoforo's Full Blotter for Windows Released

Now available at giorgiosancristoforo.net.

The Mac version was announced back on February 10. Details and demo video previously captured there.

Summer Bundle Sale at Giorgio Sancristoforo's Gleetchlab

https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/

The offer ends on September 21st, 2022

Take the chance to get them all at a fantastic price with 30% discount!

MAC OSX BUNDLE includes 10 software:
Ongaku
Bento
Berna 3
Gleetchlab 2021
Points and Lines
Quadrivium
Substantia
Gleetchdrone
Fantastic Voyage
Encoder

ONLY 110€

DNA Sonification with Waldorf Iridium

video upload by Giorgio Sancristoforo

"Just another test of my DNA software with the Waldorf Iridium, Soma Cosmos and Hologram Microcosm."

Gleetchplug's The hidden soundscape : Ultrasounds recordings (sounds above the human hearing threshold)

The hidden soundscape : Ultrasounds recordings (sounds above the human hearing threshold) by giorgio-sancristoforo

"This collection features recordings of ultrasounds (sounds above 20KHz) transferred to the human hearing band with the classic heterodyne technique. An mp3 collection will be soon released on www.gleetchplug.com"

GleetchDrone

GleetchDrone from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"GleetchDrone released!

A new stand-alone music software for drones, ambient and experiments for Apple Mac.

Download the demo here"

"GleetchDrone is a MacOS software for drone, ambient and experimental music.

It features 8 oscillators, 8VCAs and 8 AR Envelopes, a Double Stochastic Clock Generator, Double LFO, Double Random Generators, Mixer, Two LP Filters, Tape Echo and Saturation/Distortion."

Eclipse for Buchla 100 synthesizer

video upload by Giorgio Sancristoforo

"Recoded at Salon Krenek - Ernst Krenet Institut,
Krems an der Donau, Austria
Original 1967 SFTMC Buchla 100 of Ernst Krenek

Special thanks to Alethea Dawn Neubauer, Martina Pröll and Clemens Zoidl
@ernstkrenekinstitut275 @ernstkrenekinstitut"

Also see Geschichte wiederholt sich, for Buchla 100 Synthesizer.

Studio #3 Twisted Waveform Generator 259e

Studio #3 Twisted Waveform Generator 259e from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"Mostly Buchla 259e oscillator with a little help from 266e, 281e, 292e, 261e"

Introducing Substantia - Electroacustic Physical Modeling Laboratory

Introducing Substantia from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"Substantia (latin: substance), is an electroacustic physical modelling laboratory with hundereds of models. It is a modal synthesis software with integrated euclidean sequencer and recorder.

Many modal synthesis tools, so far, have a limited number of options and models. Some instruments give you just inharmonicity and dumping controls over a bank of resonators, some other offer few models like a pipe, a plate, a box, and usually a very small selection of materials: metals, plastic, wood…

Substantia has 16 different models and 23 materials, ranging from Aluminium to Nickel, Glass, Marble, Sapphire, Platinum, Gold, Nylon, Uranium and more, for a total of 368 resonant models. (The list will grow with updates).

For unparalleled precision, Substantia uses 100 Resonant Band Pass filter for each voice, for a total of 800 filters (8 voice polyphony).

You can excite the resonators with contact microphones (2 for stereo sound), samples, or white noise and experience a new exciting way to make digital sounds with human gestures. Substantia is a powerful tool to create new hyper-real sounds, from amazing bongos to luxurious glassy and metallic textures.

A must have for experimental musicians, lovers of new frontiers of sound.

Release: April 19th 2020

h12PM CET

www.giorgiosancristoforo.net"

First Buchla/Gleetchlab ride

First Buchla/Gleetchlab ride from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"A first tryout of my 200e driven by gleetchlab3 with 2 230e modules"
Be sure to see this video on gleetchplugs's Berna as well.

The Spider Web Coil tutorial for the Komaelektronik's Field Kit

Published on Apr 29, 2017 Giorgio Sancristoforo

"Build a spider web coil and use it with the Field Kit.
Tune in electromagnetic fields, add some harmonizer+reverb, drone into the wormhole.

Download here the 3D printer model and the Max7 file:
http://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net/d...

Further instructions for spider web coils:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Spide..."

Cosmic Rays Music - Prototype Realtime Score and Sequencer Software

Giorgio Sancristoforo

"Working at the prototype of my cosmic rays realtime score and sequencer software.
The software is connected to a muon particle detector that sends realtime data to the computer. The ADC values are converted to MIDI notes as well as fingering for my ancient greek kithara (κιθάρα). I will use this software and detector for my forthcoming ambient music performance κόσμος (Cosmos)."