COMPUTER ORCHESTRA - Peter Zinovieff of EMS Before EMS

COMPUTER ORCHESTRA

via BRITISH PATHE. via Brian Kehew. Click the image for the video.
"No title - Computer composes music. Putney, London.

M/S Peter Zinovieff walking to shed at bottom of garden and going inside. Interior shots showing shed filled with electronic equipment. C/U Zinovieff pressing keys, pan to instrument with keyboard for computing. C/U machine typing information. M/S Zinovieff pressing keys. C/U as he looks at printout. M/S of him in front of masses of equipment. C/U as he operates equipment which shows mass of switches and dials. C/U of waveform on screen. The strange electronic music created starts at this point. Camera zooms back to show the dials and flashing lights. C/U more dials and switches. M/S oscilloscope showing waveforms. C/U panel showing mass of plugs. C/U Zinovieff operating equipment. C/U the oscilloscope. C/U mass of switches. C/U a footage counter. C/U Zinovieff. C/U switches, pan to more. C/U recording tape. C/U lights. M/S Zinovieff operating the equipment."

"In C" Performer for iPad & 50th Anniversary of "In C" - sfSoundOrchestra Event

iTunes: "In C" Performer for iPad - sonomatics

"Fifty years ago, Terry Riley essentially launched the Minimalism movement with the premiere of 'In C', influencing iconic composers like Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and John Adams.

Now, you are able to recreate history in the comfort of your own home.

'In C' Performer for iPad allows a single person to play 'In C', normally an ensemble work, as a solo performer. You can play the piece using the Built-In sounds, or via MIDI (through a USB camera connector or WiFi MIDI).

Double-tapping on a sliders will 'group' them together so you can adjust the volume of multiple instruments at once."

"sfSoundSummerSeries

Tuesday, July 8 2014
uptown nightclub
1928 telegraph :: oakland
donation :: 9p
active music series
presents

sfSoundOrchestra
commemorating the 50th anniversary of
Terry Riley's In C


On November 2, 1964 at The San Francisco Tape Music Center, 321 Divisidero, Terry Riley essentially launched Minimalism with the premiere of In C. Performers included Jeannie Brecken, Steve Reich, Jon Gibson, Terry Riley, Warner Jepson, Stan Schaap, Sonny Lewis, Ramon Sender, James Lowe, Morton Subotnick, Tony Martin, Mel Weitzman, Pauline Oliveros, and Phil Winsor. Although this classic work is often cited for its influence on composers like Glass, Reich, and Adams, its use of open instrumentation and dynamic form determined individually during the performance is perhaps more radical, and certainly more relevant to today’s Bay Area experimental music scene.

This performance is also the “App Release Party” of a new iPad app created by sfSound’s Matt Ingalls and Henry Warwick from Ryerson University (Toronto). Prof. Warwick will be present performing on the app as part of the orchestra. This extraordinary piece of software allows one person to play "In C", which is normally an ensemble work, as a solo performer. In this this way, and in a first-of-its-kind performance, he will be performing as an ensemble, with an ensemble.

M U S I C I A N S
Cory Wright, saxophone
Richard Worn, bass
Henry Warwick, ipad
Christina Stanley violin
Meerenai Shim, flute
Aram Shelton, saxophone
Monica Scott, cello
Larry Polansky, electric guitar
Stacey Pelinka, flute
Crystal Pascucci, cello
Theodore Padouvas, trumpet
Aaron Novik, clarinet
Lisa Mezzacapa, bass
Dominique Leone, keyboard
Benjamin Kreith, violin
John Ingle, saxophone
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
Diane Grubbe, flute
Phillip Greenlief, saxophone
Giacomo Fiore, guitar
Mark Clifford, vibraphone
MaryClare Brzytwa, flute
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe/english horn
Jacob Abela, melodica


O P E N I N G S E T S
Gosling
Malocculsion

Malocculsion is the solo recording/performance moniker of Oakland based sound/visual artist malocculsion proto of Ratskin Records. Proto uses voice, tapes, loops, homemade electronics, and field recordings to create a dark mirror of the unknown through audio and visual trap door psychosis and high tension performances. Proto also runs and co-curates the Ratskin Records and Lewcid Joosebox imprints and often can be seen as the lead roadie for the Styrofoam Sanchez project. proto has solo recorded works planned for release on Tusco/Embassy and Ratskin Records.https://soundcloud.com/malocculsion-proto/malocculsion-occams-razor-2013

Danishta Rivero (Voicehandler,Blood Wedding) and Sarah Elena Palmer (EFFT, Lutra Lutra) are Gosling: an electro-acoustic soundscape project that uses analog machines and acapella effects. The Gosling code of conduct is that each improvisation adhere to the journey of the sound, without rush, fear, or assumption."

This one in via Brian Comnes.

Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Houston Warehouse Live)

YouTube via blakeeb. Sent my way via brian c - "vocoder and autotune heaven"
"Live video of Imogen Heap playing her keytar for Hide and Seek at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX. Amazing use of vocoders!"

And on the acoustic side, also via brian c:

Imogen Heap Come Here Boy

"Imogen Heap Come Here Boy 11/12/2006 @ Webster Hall, NY"

The Crazy Ass Auction Contest!

Update: And we have a winner! The Cyclone went for $202.50. Matthew came in closest guessing $175. He'll be receiving a free Native Instruments Audio 2 DJ. Thanks everyone, and thanks again to Native Instruments.

Native Instruments wrote in to let me know they would be interested in giving away a free Audio 2 DJ [previously posted] to one of MATRIXSYNTH's lucky readers. Way cool Native Instruments!

Obviously this means we must have some sort of contest. I was trying to think of some ideas including having people send in their music or vids made with Native Instruments gear, but then I thought this might not be fair to those that like to tinker more than compose. I didn't want to go with a "first person to email me wins" contest as that would obviously not be fair to those of us who have to step away to work now and then.

So... I thought, "what would be easy, fair, and something everyone could participate in?..." Also, what could I make a series of, should other manufacturers want to offer free gear through the site. One of the staples of this site have become auction posts and us sometimes scratching our heads at what gear eventually goes for. It's frequently a guessing game.

With that, I present to you The Crazy Ass Auction Contest #1! Here's how it will work. Guess the final price of this fantastically blue circuit bent modular synth. The auction ends on Aug 23, 2009. On Aug 22, send me an email with your guess on how much you think it will end for. I will only accept entries timestamped on the 23rd or earlier. The closest person to the winning bid wins the Audio 2 DJ! If there is a tie, I will list the tied submitters and we will have a second auction contest for the final winner. [And that auction ended early - new one via brian c guaranteed to stay up follows].

Update: we have a new item! A footless Oberheim Cyclone! This should be interesting. How much is it worth?! How much will it actually go for?! What the hell is it?!!!

"The Cyclone is probably the best standalone arpeggiator around, it has a lot more than the standard up down stuff you find elsewhere. There are 16 presets and 16 user definable patches, 8 transposition stages per recursion each with its own number of repeats, inversions or programmable recursions, 2 independent keyboard ranges , it will do chords as well as single notes, and it will respond to tap tempo as well as midi clock. Unit is in great shape for being 21 years old, minimal normal scuffing, has bright display , the only 'defect' is that the 4 rubber feet underneath are gone.... an easy cheap fix."

This auction ends on 8/21, so entries are due by midnight 8/20! Anything after that will be discarded. Guess away! And yes, you can guess multiple times. I'll be looking at numbers vs. email addresses. The closest number wins.

Big thanks to Native Instruments and brian c for the auction item!

Note they can only ship to the US and no PO Boxes.

Dorkbot Chicago Thursday April 30 2009

"This time Brian Comnes will take us on a journey through crunchy tube labyrinths into a fiery halo of home-made distortion gear. We'll also get a close-up look at some of the technical and aesthetic differences between analog and digital distortions, climaxing in an earsplitting A-vs-D cage match."

location and more info here

via brian c, a regular here at MATRIXSYNTH

"my Metasonix ts-21 clone, a smidgen of tube theory and project build experience then a somewhat clinical side by side comparison of tube versus digital wave bending the clone, the metasonix kv-100 assblaster, the frostwave sonic alienator and alesis bitrman - sawtooth waves never sounded so sweet. free beer too !!" :)

Update via brian in the comments: "this is the unit I am showcasing - pics from an Oct 2006 matrixsynth posting " click here for more.

Todd Barton and Metasynth and Shakespeare

via brian c:
"Todd is the resident composer of Ashland Oregon's Shakespeare Festival among other things. He wrote an article a few years back on Metasynth ( see http://www.uisoftware.com/MetaSynth/index.php) . The article does a very good job of placing that software and synthesis into a context of actual music production for theatre (as opposed as to yet another TB303 groove). Metasynth allows you to visualize a sound clip as an onscreen graphix and then manipulate the image to work changes into the sound and vice versa. It's kind of like the offspring between Fruitlyoops BeepMap and SonicCharge SynPlant where sound derivation is indirect thru image manipulation. - interesting stuff indeed.

The article is at http://toddbarton.com/library/sound_advice_article.pdf

His site is pretty interesting too. www.toddbarton.com Shakespeare and synths - cool stuff -

Prithy, wouldst thou resonate with my four pole filter that I might divine thy note?

8-)

Peace
Brian"

Our best protection is our openness

"An interview with Kelli Cain and Brian Crabtree, the designers of a grid based musical interface called monome."

On precious forever


tehn with two fifty six from tehn on Vimeo.
"monome.org has more information.
tehn's other recordings live at nnnnnnnn.org"
Thanks to brian c for calling out the video in the comments.
tehn with two fifty six

Noatikl (or noatikl)

"Noatikl (or noatikl) is a powerful yet easy to use generative music tool that will help you generate new musical ideas.

It uses techniques developed over the last 17 years through our work on the award-winning Koan generative music system, techniques now used in the all-new and superior 'Noatikl'... Many years ago, Brian Eno popularised the term "generative music" to describe music that is ever-different and changing, and that is created by a system."



Some notes via via brian c who sent this one in:
"Noatikl is a generative music tool , i.e. it generates a MIDI stream over several channels from a rule based set up. The rules can be very complex providing harmonic and scale structure , CC controllers, envelopes, pitch and tempo variations etc. The rules run up against a randomizer as well so this thing will never play the same thing twice, but is always musically coherent and usually interesting. For creating long ambient pieces it is ideal. I run the standalone version on an older laptop and send the MIDI out to my Ableton Live DAW and then redirect the notes received to whatever hardware or soft synth I choose to use. What the program does for me is remove the worry and focus over the playing a keyboard and allow me to focus on tweeking the synths on top of the music for the sound quality - sort of a virtual Eno-buddy to play with. I am such a shitty keyboard player, this really is liberating, of course you can also assign that control to the program too, but I like to knob twiddle. Prior to this I would use some MIDI sequence and then use Live's random tool, but there was never any guaranteee that the random parts would fit with each other. Noatikl assures that you have compatible notes. It's also way easier than MAX which is for really nerdy types. Of course you can also make it very atonal and dissonant if you send it those rules too. It is Mac and Windows flavored and there are standalone versions as well as plug-in versions. The only limitations that are irksome is that receives but does not send MIDI clock, so you have to synch it from inside LIVE if you want to run both. It also does not work well with Live as a plug in because Live does not support multiple MIDI -outs from a single VSTi, you have to route it out and back to MID-Yoke as a work around if you want the plug in version, I just use it standalone on an old laptop. Because it just sends MIDI it is not a CPU hog. And finally it's not a synth per se, but it allows you to set up a mix of 16 soft and outboard synths in Liveall at once and let them all work together on a piece ...awesome soundwall to say the least and the best part is it doesn't sound like a TB303 ACID cliche"

Update via the comments:
via Pete Cole:
"Hi! Many thanks for mentioning Noatikl.

Mixtikl (coming any week now) is a trans-platform music mixer, player and sound designer, that runs on Windows, Mac, and Win Mobile. It includes a built-in Noatikl player; listen to your generative music compositions on the move. :)

http://www.intermorphic.com/tools/mixtikl/index.html

HTH, Pete"

via Umcorps:
"Some audio and video demos here
http://www.vimeo.com/umcorps/"

Tutorial - note to midi CC conversion in noatikl from Umcorps on Vimeo.

"This short demo looks at how to use note to midi controller conversion to create a system of midi control that conforms to the musical compositional rules in noatikl."

DOUBLE - NEGATIVE

Synthesis before synths. via brian c:

"sfSoundSeries Presents:
DOUBLE - NEGATIVE
An evening of theatrical works from the 1960's San Francisco Tape Music Center alongside chamber works composed in the "new (and old) complexity" tradition.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 : 8p : $5
ODC Dance Commons
351 shotwell st, san francisco
http://sfSound.org/series
[ Get there early - last month SOLD OUT !! ]

PROGRAM
"Play! no. 1" (1963) Morton Subotnick
Film by Anthony Martin, Tape by Morton Subotnick
Diane Grubbe, flute; Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Matt Ingalls, clarinet; Christopher Jones, bassoon;
Andy Strain, trombone; Hadley McCarroll, piano

"GeorgeWashington Slept Here Too" (1965) Pauline Oliveros
sfSoundGroup

"In The Garden" (1965) Ramón Sender
Matt Ingalls, clarinet; Alexa Beattie, viola
Christopher Burns, visuals
Ramón Sender, tape and visuals

"Divertissement no. 1" (1967) Robert Moran
sfSoundGroup and electric popcorn cooker

"In nomine á 3" (2001) Brian Ferneyhough
Diane Grubbe, flute
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Matt Ingalls, clarinet

"Intercomunicazione" (1967) Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Monica Scott, cello
Christopher Jones, piano

"Double Negative" (2007) Christopher Burns
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe; Matt Ingalls, clarinet
John Ingle, alto saxophone; Tom Dambly, trumpet
Andy Strain, trombone; Graeme Jennings, violin
Alexa Beattie, viola; Monica Scott, cello
Ann Yi, piano
Christopher Jones, conductor

The recently-released book documenting the SFTMC, "The San Francisco Tape Music Center 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde" (UC Press - David W. Bernstein, editor) will be sold in the lobby during the concert.
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10623.php

sfSoundSeries
is a concert series in the San Francisco Bay Area featuring contemporary and experimental music. Our programs reach from the latest music of the European Avant-Garde to the grittiest sounds of the West Coast Improv-Underground, encompassing the latest trends in instrumental technique, conceptual art, music theater, and electronic sound.
http://sfSound.org"

Sequential Circuits Tom cartridge set

via this auction

"Brand new - never opened. Cartridges are: Latin; basic percussion; special effects; and contemporary"

via brian c

Update via brian in the comments: "A TOM w/o cartridges is like half a dish of ice cream - this drum machine has 16 sound voixe slots but only 8 are populated on the main board - the cartrides round it out ...... what's really cool is that each voice can be pitched up 16 steps and down 16 steps and reversed so there are 16X32X2 voices or 1024 sounds in the device - and the coolest part is you can sweep the pitch with MIDI making it sound like you have 32 TUNED toms in you kit ...you can also goose the sequencer memory from 8K to 32K by populating 3 memory sockets which will yield well over a thousand sequencer steps ...my latest fun with the TOM is using AD Tattoo to sequence it ...nice combination"

Moog MP201

Box shot via brian c.
"SN 84. The shipping box lid requires you to cut through the label on top so I took this picture before I cut through it pretty cool, my only beef is that there is no software editor so you have to pick it off the floor to program it which means pulling up 4 CV cables, 2 MIDI cables , power and USB cables which is kind of awkward, or you can leave it on the desktop but that makes it hard to use with your foot anyway its way cool, 4 LFOs out as CV and/or MIDI CC, this will make my filters sing for sure"
Update via brian in the comments: "two other things:
1. the LFOs synch to MIDI or tap tempo as an option
2. there are 50 presets so if you plan ahead you don't have to pick it up very often"

dorkbot chicago and wheresthepartyat - new DIY Kit

via brian c
"went to dorkbot chicago tonight... ..had a blast

after a hiatus dorkbot is re-forming and meeting the last thursday of every month

tonight's presenter was todd bailey presenting his variable bit sampler called wheresthepartyat

it will soon be a kit for sale like the x0xb0x

it is a midi controllable sampler sort of like a casio sk1 engine on steroids

todd demoed it and talked about the several generations the design went thru and the design decisions along the way

totally nerdy...totally fun

see better pics [and a ton of more info] at todd's site

more on dorkbot chicago at
http://www.enemysound.com/2009/03/dorkbot-chicago-returns.html

i'm gonna do a presentation some night on digital versus analog distortion with my new metasonix assblaster and agonizer compared to a an alesis bitrman and frostwave sonic alienator

and for more on dorkbot global see http://dorkbot.org/

that's a cool organization

peace
brian"
some more images via
Where's the Party At
8-bit Bendable Sampler

CLICK FOR MORE »

Juneteenth charity release - Post​-​P​/​C / HSynf​:​:​DRNY#2 by LSZ & NYZ

noyzelab:

"LSZ and NYZ are returning with a split of new drone material for the occasion of Juneteenth, where Bandcamp donate 100% of their share to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. All income generated on our side with this split will also, now and forever, be donated to the same organization. It is the sincere hope of the two sound recordists that this music exists as a balm of comfort for escaping from a world that is far too miserable for far too many people.
Post​-​P​/​C / HSynf​:​:​DRNY#2
by LSZ & NYZ

https://pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/post-p-c-hsynf-drny-2

Prior Juneteenth releases will also raise money for the NAACP:

pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/fm40p-m46torg-blym-zero-autofugue-via-four-operators-multitrack-tape

pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/fm80-carriers-ssm-1750-multiplicatives

pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/multisignal-amplification-studies-for-the-ssm-1750

Anyone who spends $25 or more on the Juneteenth releases, in any combination, will be emailed a bonus download code for music of our choosing as thanks.

Learn more about Juneteenth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

Learn more about the NAACP LDF: www.naacpldf.org

N.B. No physical editions of Psoma 51 will be offered.
credits
released June 19, 2023

#1 W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar, June 10th, 2022 using the R-EW Audioholistics runoff system. Mastered by the Analog Botanist. #2 W/P and mastered by David Burraston. Recorded at Noyzelab on January 19th, 2022. Text and design by ABM&D. This is Psøma Psi Phi number ØΨΦLI. (c) + (p) David Burraston + Brian Grainger 2023. All lights observed."

AXiS 49 - Harmonic Table Keyboard, with Solo

YouTube via guitarDouchebaggery. via brian c.
" I'm playing the AXiS for more than a month now and since there are hardly any videos of the 49 version on youtube, I thought I'll make one.

I'm not a real keyboardist though, so don't overly criticise my solo, haha


The thing I'm using to do the pitchbending etc. is a Korg nanoPad.

You can find more infos about the AXiS 49 on http://www.c-thrumusic.com/"

Georg F - Purple Organ

" This is a jam type of song where I'm soloing on guitar, bass and organ (with the AXiS) + some riffage.

I tried to make it sound like a certain band that's famous for it's use of the hammond organ... something with "purple"....

For anyone who's interested in the gear:
Epiphone SG into an Orange Tiny Terror
Fender Richie Kotzen Tele into a Cornford Roadhouse 30
Warmoth Strat into a BB Preamp into an Orange Tiny Terror

All Guitar Amps went into a Mesa Boogie Roadking 2x12 in my isolation box.

AXiS 49 used a Native Instruments B4 II plugin

Squier Jazz Bass into a Focusrite Twintrack Pro Platinum (direct)

The silly cloud animation was done with FlightGear (free flight simluator)

I hope everything in the video is in sync thanks for watching"

Julia Dales- beatbox battle world champs wild card audition

YouTube via JD5squeak. via brian c.
Not sure if this one belongs on MATRIXSYNTH-C... Is it about the "synth" or the "music?" You tell me...
"ulia Dales (age: 17 country: Canada) Beatbox battle world champs wild card
More : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PjIAPEg47g"

Julia Dales Beatbox at talentshow

"Julia Dales beatbox at talent show turn up your speakers so its quality sound"

Wooden noise drone synth

YouTube via jakewaldron. via brian c.

xy.cx::Synths

http://xy.cx/synth/

A synth site spotted by brian c:
"He has manuals, etc and history for the following
Kawai K5000S (Additive)
Yamaha VL1 (Physical Modeling)
Korg Z1 (Physical Modeling)
Alesis QS8.2 (Sample/Subtractive)
Nord Modular (Modular Analog Synthesis)
Yamaha TG77 (Frequency Modulation)
Yamaha EX5R (Various)
Kurzweil K2500R (Sample/Subtractive "VAST")
Korg Wavestation A/D (Vector)
EMU E-Synth (Sampler)
Korg MS2000BR (Analog Modeling)
Technics SX-WSA1R (Acoustic Modeling)
Korg Oasys PCI (Various)"

RARE PAIA JOYSTICK CONTROLLER

via this auction

You can find a scan of the manual along with quite a few other docs at the Synth Docs Archive.

via brian c

Access Polar TI Giveaway on Novamusik

Looks like Novamusik is giving away an Access Polar TI. Click here for more info. BTW, I have always had the best service from Novamusik - highly recommended.

via brian c

WAV2Evolver Waveform Generator for the DSI Evolver Line

I was chatting with Brian Comnes about waveform editors for the DSI Evolver. There are the SoundTower and Vyzor editors that give you access to the full parameters of the Evolvers, but if you just want to create and upload waveforms, Brian let me know about WAV2Evolver, a free online editor that does just that. Thank you Brian!

See if you can make out my lame attempt at a waveform to the left. Note you can have only one point along the horizontal plane. I actually never thought about that before.

Update: the output is a .wav file so this could be useful for other synths and applications.


Some details from http://wav2evolver.beigemaze.com:

"WAV2Evolver is an online waveform conversion application for users of the Dave Smith Instruments Evolver family of synthesizers.

It allows you to upload WAV files containing single-cycle waveforms, and then download them as system exclusive files that the Evolver can understand. You may also download waveforms as RAW PCM files or new WAV files. The RAW and WAV files downloaded from this application use Evolver-friendly 128-sample, 16-bit PCM.

WAV2Evolver is also a waveform sharing application. You may view and download waveforms that others have generated, and you may share waveforms that you have generated. I encourage you to share your waveforms, although this is completely optional.

WAV2Evolver is an HTML5 application. If it's not working for you, please try using an up-to-date web browser. WAV2Evolver was written with the following technologies: jQuery and Bootstrap were used to construct the interface; PHP was used for the web services that transfer data to and from the application; the waveform conversion tools are written in C. The icons are by Glyphicons.

All of the code for this project is open-source, and can be found on GitHub.

Special thanks to forum user Razmo for his invaluable help in proving out the conversion code, long before I had an Evolver of my own."