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Radiophonic Sketch #1

Radiophonic Sketch #3 - composition for spatula, cutting board, and DAW

Just trying out my new Kawai ES8.  This is using the Upright Piano sound, with the voicing set to Bright 2, recorded to WAV using the USB recorder, then trimmed and converted to MP3 in Audacity.

(The original MP3 sounds slightly better -- sounds like SoundCloud might have re-encoded it a second time for streaming.)

Kawai Upright Bluesy 1

Final-ish remix of my older orchestral piece using ValhallaRoom for reverb.

Epic Strings re-mix with ValhallaRoom

My first public performance at Boston Modular.  Used a Make Noise 0-Coast controlled by an Arturia Keystep and Korg SQ-1, run through a Zoom MS-70CDR effects pedal, and recorded by a Zoom H5.

Boston Modular June 2018 Performance

A synth-oriented improvisation using my 0-Coast/modular for bass and lead, and SR-16 for drums.  Disting is providing tape delay as usual.

Modular/0-Coast/SR-16 improv

Boston Modular May 2019 Performance at The Hearing Room

Now that I have multiple voices in my system, I've been experimenting with them using the split Duo function on my MIDI module.

For this piece, I used one of the Waveforms modulated by Batumi, then run through the PGH filter in oscillator mode for a drone, and used Beehive (Plaits) for the string/bell sounds, run through the MA35 for distortion/filtering and Disting for tape delay.  All sounds were mixed, then fed into uClouds for reverb, with one of the outputs sent back to the MA35 for feedback.

It came out pretty well, though I think I overdrove the uClouds a bit, as I forgot to reset the input gain from my earlier experiments.

Drone, String, and Bell

An experiment using mixed LFOs and stepped random from the Ultra Random Analog to generate a melody, played on distorted sine waves from the Waveforms, with reverb, delay, and reverb from the Distings.  Plaits is used in harmonic mode for a second voice.

Generative Experiment 3

My first performance at Dorchester Art Project, using my Eurorack modular synth.

- The drums were Plaits into Terci Ruina, sequenced by a Korg SQ-1.
- The lead sound was a PGH Waveforms sent through a Manhattan Analog MA35 filter, modulated by a PGH Envelope, played on an Arturia Keystep.
- The plucky/fluety accompaniment part is randomly generated, using an SSF Ultra Random Analog run through an Intellijel Scales quantizer, using an ALM O/A/x2 to limit the range.  The sound was the other PGH Waveforms, run through the PGH Filter and VCA, modulated by the PGH ADSR.
- The white noise was the noise from the PGH Toolbox run through the PGH VCA.
- Effects were Disting stereo reverb, with Disting tape delay patched between the left/right channels (for reverb -> delay -> reverb, with a bit of bleed), and a Tall Dog Electronics uClouds for the final touch before going to the PGH Outs module.
- I used a Batumi for LFO duties (vibrato, PWM, and fading the white noise), and a Bubblesound Mix6 to submix the drums.  The PGH Mixer was used to mix all the parts before running them through effects.

Dorchester Art Project January 2020 Performance

Haven't recorded too much piano lately, so I figured I'd record something.  Might try my hand at streaming at some point in the future.

More Piano Improv

Ambient-ish piano on my Kawai ES8.  Tape echo is from the Zoom MS-70CDR.

Ambient Piano 1

I performed at Drone Day 2019 at Artisan's Asylum last year.  This year, I cobbled together a streaming setup and did my first 40-minute-long set live on Facebook, complete with multiple cameras and lighting.  Okay, so they were webcams and Philips Hue, but it was quite fun!

Drone Day 2020 Performance

Piano And Organ Improv 2

An experiment using clocked recorded and live sounds, tape delay, reverb, and white noise.

Radiophonic Walk 1

Contemplative Piano 1

More strange noises from my Eurorack modular synthesizer.

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J.P. Tuttle