MATRIXSYNTH

Noyzelab Regional Arts Fellowship - Field Report 4

You can find the full report at Noyzelab here.

"Included in this post is a look at some creative outcomes for my 2017 fellowship activities in UK/ Belgium/ Sweden/ Japan/ Regional NSW => Gigs at Cafe OTO, Trap Club, FUSE Art Space, SuperDeluxe. Chris Watson, Jez riley French and Aphex Twin mentorships, residencies at University of Hull, University of Newcastle, EMS Stockholm + a visit to ALM Busy Circuits, and Roland's Artist Liason Centre in Tokyo, and working in the field and in the studio in regional NSW for preparation of my Rainwire [Processed] installation."

Vocalise Sintectica - John Keston - ISSTA 2017

Published on Apr 19, 2018 Daryl Feehely

"John Keston performing Vocalise Sintectica at the ISSTA 2017 concert in DkIT."

On what's going on in this performance via Audio Cookbook:

"Last September 2017 I performed at the Irish Sound in Science Technology and the Arts Conference (ISSTA.ie) in Dundalk, Ireland (video by Daryl Feehely). The performance makes use of a custom Max patch controlled by an iPad, a Novation Circuit, a KeyStep, and a Minifooger Delay pedal. It occurred to me that it might be interesting to share the roots and evolution of this piece, so here goes.

In my mind the origins of the piece can be traced back to my interest in granular synthesis. In 2009 I developed a Max based instrument I titled Grain Machine. It was essentially a touchscreen controlled granular synthesizer. I used this instrument for a number of projects including Words to Dead Lips, a dance piece in collaboration with Aniccha Arts. The instrument was played via a simple iOS interface designed in TouchOSC. A performer could access five samples, granulate them on an X-Y grid, or spin a virtual wheel with friction modeling to scrub or scratch through them..."

See Audio Cookbook for the full post.

Novation // Found Sound - Rural

Published on Apr 24, 2018 NovationTV

"In the first of our Found Sound series, check out Novation’s Timmy Harbour (and our resident dog Conkers) making a beat from rural sounds, a Launchpad & Ableton Live Lite.

We recorded a bunch of sounds, imported them into Ableton Live Lite, chopped them up & dragged them all onto a drum rack, which were mapped for Launchpad Pro in ‘note mode’.

We’ve made this rural sample pack available for you to download and we’d love to hear what you create. You can grab that here:
http://bit.ly/RuralSamplePack

To discover more about the Launchpad & how to get started, visit:
http://novationmusic.com/launch-6-steps"

ARP QUADRA Analog Synthesizer (1978) Over the Clouds - 70s electronic music style

Published on Apr 24, 2018 RetroSound

"(c) 2018 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

ARP QUADRA - rare analog synthesizer from the year 1979

I used in the demo track all four synth sections (analog strings and phase shifter, poly-synth, bass-synth, lead-synth);
All played live by hand, no midi

The Quadra is a four-section synthesizer consisting of a bass-synth (monophonic), poly-synth (full polyphonic), lead-synth (duophonic), and Solina like analog strings (full polyphonic)

The synth has included a awesome 12 stage phase shifter, dual portamento controls and fantastic arpeggiator.

used by: Genesis, Pink Floyd, New Order, Joe Zawinul, John Carpenter..."