nexus spectrogram

video upload by Todd Barton

"Here's a track from my split album with Hainbach on the Ultraviolet Light label:
https://ultravioletlight.bandcamp.com... [featured here]

I've popped it into Chrome Music Lab spectrogram software for the visuals: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
Instruments: 73-75 Serge, Buchla Music Easel, piano & prepared piano, waterphone, shakuhachi and Metasynth.
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

Waterphone and Buchla more experiments

video upload by Todd Barton

"Continuing my experiments with the Waterphone and Buchla 296e Spectral Processor. More on waterphone here: https://waterphone.com and Buchla here: https://buchla.com
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

Buchla 296e and Waterphone

video upload by Todd Barton

"Back to mad scientist experiments…."

Happy Acoustic Halloween!! From Todd Barton

Published on Oct 30, 2018 Todd Barton

Something a little different from supporting member, Todd Barton, although you have seen him with the waterphone before. :)

Be sure to see the Halloween label below for more!

Harmonic Resonator - EMS VCS3 Clone + BOSS SE-70

Published on Jul 28, 2018 100 Things I Do

"Hopefully with this clip you can play it on some nice open back headphones or good quality speakers and just chill out of a few minutes!

I thought I would have a play with the SE-70. Its been sitting around the studio gathering dust and waiting for its moment in the sun for a while. It has a preset call Sitar... basically a harmonic resonator set to around 1k to create a sitar effect. I'm sure with a Guitar it would be convincing enough in some situations and sound OK! But put some oscillators in it and move them in pitch very gradually you get a whole new effect.

Close in some ways to that of an Waterphone. Do check out Todd Barton's videos on the Waterphone if this unique instrument has slipped past you!)

In this clip I have used the VCS3 + SE-70 and Valhalla Vintage Verb"

Waterphone and Shuttle

Published on Jan 26, 2018 Todd Barton

"I'm having more fun exploring the Endorphin.es Shuttle...this time using the external audio input to the filters and fx with my waterphone. Enjoy!"

Hordijk Waterphone

Published on Nov 1, 2017 Todd Barton

"Last night's Halloween improv"

Burnt Dot Quartet: Improvised Music for Trumpets & Synthesizers Pt. 1

Published on Apr 2, 2016 Burnt Dot

"First video excerpt from Burnt Dot Quartet's February 2016 concert at the Wild Beast Pavilion, Valencia CA. A concert of improvised music for trumpets and synthesizers.

Featuring Sarah Reid and Kris Tiner on trumpets, Ryan Gaston on Euro, Frac, and Serge, and Todd Barton on Buchla, Hordijk, Euro, and waterphone. Todd performed telematically from his studio in Oregon.

Special shout out to Sahir Khan and Andrea Yasko for motion graphics and David Howe for videography.

See http://www.burntdot.com/ for more."

This one in via MATRIXSYNTH Member, Ryan Gaston.

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard Buchla Music Easel Pics

Update: audio of the performance added above.

"Here's today's live recording of our Spatial Frontiers gig at the Schneider Museum of Art
at the SOU Campus. With a rippin' (maiden voyage) Easel solo by Bruce Bayard.
I Waterphone solo (barton)
II Easel Solo (bayard)
III Easel Duet
IV Shakuhachi solo (barton)
V Easel Duet"

Some pics in via brian comnes at their Schneider Museum Quadraphonic Concert in Orgegon this afternoon.

http://toddbarton.com

Update: two more pics of the performance including one with Todd on the waterphone in via brian comnes below.

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Waterphone: Waters/Hubbert

Waterphone: Waters/Hubbert from todd barton on Vimeo.

via MATRIXSYNTH Member, Todd Barton:

"I’m really, really excited by this new official Richard Waters’ waterphone made by Brooks Hubbert. Brooks is an amazing musician and instrument builder who knew and worked with Richard. This new bass waterphone is so very resonant, responsive and expressive! It is a dream to play. For a longer audio demonstration go to:
https://soundcloud.com/user7621213/hubbert-waters-waterphone-demo
You may contact Brooks for more information at waterphoneman@gmail.com"

Waterphone-Easel Texture i

via MATRIXSYNTH Member, Todd Barton: "I'm really stoked about the new Richard Water's waterphones being loving made by Brooks Hubbert! He has totally channeled Richard's energy, spirit and further evolved the waterphone. I will make a proper demo of just the waterphone soon, but today I played live over a looped sonic bed of Buchla Music Easel analog synth textures."

Todd Barton Spatial Frontiers I - in memoriam richard waters

"Here is the set of Buchla Music Easel duet improvisations. The first piece in the performance was a for solo waterphone and can be found here: [in memoriam richard waters SoundCloud & Video below]

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard performing as the duet, Control Voltage Therapy, begin another concert series at the Schneider Museum of Art. The series continues their exploration of space as a compositional tool, this time, expanding the quadraphonic sound into all four galleries of the Museum. Besides the Buchla Easel: Electric Music Box, Barton and Bayard will be exploring other acoustic instruments beginning this Friday with the waterphone."

"On July 4, 2013 we lost Richard Waters, inventor of the Waterphone. Here is my humble tribute to a wonderful person, friend, musician and instrument builder.

For more information: waterphone.com

In this performance the waterphone is being looped then processed through a Buchla Music Easel another amazing instrument by genius invetor/designer, Don Buchla. buchla.com"


in memoriam richard waters Published on Feb 28, 2015 Todd Barton

"this is just for visuals -- the sound did not pick up all the speakers places throughout the museum space."

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard as Control Voltage Therapy Coming to Schneider Museum of Art

Noon, Friday, February 27, 2015
Schneider Museum of Art
free of charge

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard performing as the duet, Control Voltage Therapy, begin another concert series at the Schneider Museum of Art. The series continues their exploration of space as a compositional tool, this time, expanding the quadraphonic sound into all four galleries of the Museum. Besides the Buchla Easel: Electric Music Box, Barton and Bayard will be exploring other acoustic instruments beginning this Friday with the waterphone.

The Schneider Museum of Art is located on the campus of Southern Oregon University. The performance is free and open to the public. Future concerts include guest appearances by Eden Mononym and Michael Vannice.

Control Voltage Therapy tracks can be heard here (embed below).

Kurosawa's Throne of Blood Scoring Set by Todd Barton

Throne of Blood Scoring Set from todd barton on Vimeo.

"In preparation for scoring a stage adaptation of Kurosawa's epic film, Throne of Blood, I've been sampling my performances on the following instruments: shakuhachi, ryuteki, hichiriki, sho, waterphone, pianoharp, et al. This video is just a random journey through this scoring set mapped to Native Instruments Kontakt 3/4. enjoy! Also see:
http://opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/873 and
http://www.toddbarton.com"

Some of the instruments used:  What's that doing there?! :)

Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard

Published on May 30, 2014 Mail Tribune·919 videos

"Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard present an improvisational electro-acoustic response to the installation Flood Control by Avantika Bawa at Noon on Friday, May 30."

Also see: Elegies Soundtrack by Todd Barton Featuring Buchla & Omnisphere

Update: Some additional info via Todd: "Just came across this short clip from yesterday's concert at the Schneider Museum of Art on the campus of Southern Oregon University. I'm playing waterphone and BEMI Music Easel Bruce is playing amplified/effected cello and a Buchla 208r."

Blood of my blood (excerpt)

This one in via Todd Barton

"A track from my 1983 score for the stage production of Dracula. Scored for two sting quartets (the KRONOS Quartet), JP-8 synthesizer, Roland MC-202, Wulitzer electric piano, waterphone and grand pianos.

This is an excerpt from a 12 minute piece.

For the synthgeeks, the multiple MC-202 sequences were tape-synced and all JP-8 tracks were individually performed onto an old Tascam 1/2" eight track tape deck."

Be sure to see the Halloween channel below for more Halloween posts.

Todd Barton Performance & Buchla Clinic Coming to the next Knobcon

via Todd Barton:

"I'm thrilled to announce that I will be a featured clinician at Chicago's upcoming Knobcon. With a live performance Friday Sept. 13 and a two hour clinic on Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments system on Saturday Sept. 14.

If any of you are in the area I'd love to have you drop by. Or, if you know of friends and colleagues that are into analog synthesis please forward this email to them.

For more information go to: knobcom.com

Also, please checkout my newly remodeled website at: toddbarton.com"

BTW Todd has an updated website: "This site reflects my new direction as Consulting Artist for Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments. It also lets you wander around in my many other musical explorations: shakuhachi, waterphone, genome music, chamber music, et al.

Enjoy wandering at toddbarton.com"

Envelope Detected Waterphone ii

Envelope Detected Waterphone ii from todd barton on Vimeo.

"another exploration of using the Buchla 130 envelope detector driving a few Buchla 200 modules. For more on waterphones go to http://www.waterphone.com/"

Follow-up to this post.

Envelop detected waterphone

Envelop Detected Waterphone from todd barton on Vimeo.

"a simple exploration using a contact mic on one of Richard Water's Waterphones, a Buchla 207r's preamp and a CBS 130 Envelop Detector -- all was sent to various CV ins of a 258v oscillator and a 266r Source of Uncertainty. Oh yeah, and the final output going through a Eventide Space reverb. more on waterphones here: http://www.waterphone.com/ and a better audio of a similar exploration here: http://soundcloud.com/user7621213/envelop-detected-waterphone
cheers!

Envelop detected waterphone by bartonmusic

OBP TV Interview with Composer Todd Barton

via OBP

"He’s the man behind much of the music at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. And he says, it’s OK if you don’t even notice the music. Todd Barton’s goal is to affect the mood without being obvious."

Some synth spotting in an interview with Todd Barton aka vgermuse. You should recognize the name from numerous posts. Metasynth, the Waterphone, and a pocket theremenin get a mention along with various other instruments.

Todd is currently working on the premiere of an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood in NYC by Ping Chong.