Whatever the platform, you can expect musicians to do weird things and make noise. (It is, after all, our raison d’être .) In this case, while the input controller is an iPad or iPhone, the emphasis remains on running sound from additional gear, whether an inexpensive hardware synth in the form of a Korg monotron or the ubiquitous Ableton Live. From the iOS inbox this week… Top: nonstandard sequencing . [...]
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All photos courtesy/(C) Alessandro Cortini, for CDM. Call it cable addiction. Italian-born musician Alessandro Cortini, known for his live keyboard work with Nine Inch Nails, retreated into the studio with classic and contemporary Buchla modular synths to make “SONOIO.” Guided by his uniquely personal compositional style, he was able to wrangle that mess of chords and layers of analog sound into a genuine collection of beautifully-written songs, stacked high with Buchla timbral goodness. [...] The Moog badge, as seen here on a foot pedal, is probably the only one that could spawn a festival. [...] This’ll work great! (Artist rendering; final product may differ.) Bach manuscript image ( CC-BY-SA ) Nathan Siemers . Mock-up created by the createdigitalmusic.com Future Prediction Department… intern. [...] Among the highlights of the product releases last week, Roland has a new virtual analog synth (the SH-01) and shoulder keyboard (AX-09) that look friendly and relatively affordable (especially once you account for street price, not list). They have that convergence of certain selling points that I think will make them popular – maybe not with everyone, but with enough people that you may soon be seeing them around. And that makes them worth a little further research. [...] Image courtesy KORG, USA. Looking for all the world like it was inspired by the Gakken SX-150 synth , but packed with Korg analog electronics, the monotron has to be one of the biggest surprise announcements from a major vendor in recent [...] Émilie Simon is a fantastically-talented artist with a unique background: her work now falls clearly into pop territory, but her lineage is just as much experimental and classical. Conservatory training gave way to time at the avant garde nerve center of Paris, IRCAM . IRCAM’s Director, Cyrille Brissot, still plays alongside her – more on his wild invention in a moment. [...] |
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