A series of experiments and improvisations using GeoShred as the playing surface.

GeoShred Experiments

A semi improvised piece, one take, no edits…
A single instance of GeoShred plays the following… (String / Channel)
E/7 BeatHawk Fretless Bass, DRC Domt Stop Bloom ARP
A/6 BeatHawk Organ and Vibraphone 
D/5 Roli Noise Strings & Horns and Harp & Pads
G/4 Roli Noise Running Icicles and DRC Submarine Transmission
B/3 Waverley Scapers Guitar Choir and BeatHawk Religious Female Choir
e/2 Roli Noise Granularity and Pipa
All strings… Roli Noise Alien Drum Kit
+ Lots of effects…

#072 GeoShred Experiment

Everything played in one take from the GeoShred surface with no edits…

#089 GeoShred Experiment #2

Another experiment in just using a single instance of GeoShred.
This time playing 7 Roli Noise Melody, 3 BeatHawk and 1 Roli Drums.
One take, no edits

#112 GeoShred Experiment #3

Never sure where these experiments are going to go…
3 instances of Roli Drums and
just one Roli Noise Melody instrument… Ocean’s Lament
All played by GeoShred, one take, no edits

#118 GeoShred Experiment #4

Another piece played entirely on GeoShred in one take with no edits.
I’d worked out the main theme beforehand on this one but still had a few surprises.
GS is playing 3 * Roli Noise, 2 * Mela 3 and 1 * Steel Guitar Pro.
Rozeta LFO used to vary a few parameters.

#121 GeoShred Experiment #5

This is basically me arsing about with GeoShred… The tricks used are…
1) In MPE mode GS sends out notes from each string on a different channel. These channels can then be mapped to different instruments.
2) Use a user modified Control surface. GS allows you to change most of the controls on the supplied preset control surfaces.
3) The sliders are controlling the volumes of channels in AUM.
4) By inverting the Midi Control Range Setting in AUM, one slider can increase the volume of one channel while decreasing the volume of another.
5) If you keep a note held down in GS you can move to a new octave and the note stays at the original octave.
6) If you keep a note held down in GS you can basically do other things like changing the Performance Settings and then come back and the note will still be playing.
7) The XY pad in GS can be mapped to whatever you want!

#123 GeoShred Experiment #6

29 channels in AUM, 20 LFO’s manipulating the volumes of the instruments.
Everything played in one take with no edits using GeoShred.
Different strings mapped to different instruments.

#167 GeoShred Experiment #7

Another experiment with GeoShred…
Actually in this case it’s an experiment in controlled feedback using A2M to convert sounds from each instance of Roli Noise to midi, then pass them through 3 Rozeta Scalers to limit how many notes are generated, then back into Roli Noise to complete the cycle.
Spirangle and Cascade are used to extend the sequence of notes.
So in reality GeoShred is just used to trigger the whole thing 😊
Not sure how musical it is but there may be some useful techniques in there 🤨
The video that explains it a bit more (and uses a slightly different set of instruments) is here… https://youtu.be/nd6UQJKpr9c

#178 GeoShred Experiment #8

Another in a series of experiments using just GeoShred to play everything. In this case 5 instances of Decent Sampler I.e.
Venus Theory Chimera Idirion
Venus Theory Chimera Reumean
Venus Theory Sub Frost Bow Textures
Folk Art Violin
Volitions Arctique
All through Attack Softener, TB Reverb and FAC Alteza

A video showing how the track was created is available here https://youtu.be/u16j5awEKdU

#253 GeoShred Experiment #9

The latest in a series of experiments using a single instance of GeoShred to control multiple instruments. In this case the instruments were Roli Noise (November Rain Guitar Lead, String and Horns, Lemon Bell and Fluid Acoustic Bass) and Roli Drums (Ambient Beats Groove Kit)
Effects were ScaleBud 2, Attack Softener, TB Reverb, MU Filter, Velvet Machine, FAC Alteza, LRC7 and MixBox.

A video showing how the track was made is here https://youtu.be/W9J8rgFax3I

#318 GeoShred Experiment #10

Everything here is created, recorded and mixed on an IPad Pro using AUM.

I use GeoShred to play everything that is not generated or sequenced.

I also have some tracks on my YouTube channel

GeoShred Experiments

GeoTony