Today I wanted to do something a bit more energetic. After yesterday's attempt, I realized that I need to do something to make the mixing of the parts more dynamic, so I put together a control template in TouchOSC which allows me to mix levels and the lowpass filters of the different parts of the Volca Sample without having to switch back and forth between them all the time.

Shop ambience sample is from gis_sweden (https://freesound.org/people/gis_sweden/).
Photo taken from Google Maps, about a place I know pretty well.

[2023-02-13]

Sketches: Corner Shop

This song was created using only two sound samples dynamically performed using MaxMSP Munger~ Patcher and a TouchOSC companion as pictured.

They were then layered and mastered using Logic Pro along with other computer synthesized sounds using RTC Mix from the same samples.

This track is a repost for more Volume I wasn't getting out of the previous upload.

Enjoy the Ride.

LAA Silverware

LAA Silverware - Live Performed Granular Song

Recorded live on youtube on 2025-01-31

Youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/live/41-II41MrDw?si=gu5JfKYxQscO1cS3&t=1637

Youtube

Youtube Live Stream - Ping (Hugo Kant Remix) (2025-01-31)

One of the perks of living in Bozeman, MT, is that I get a great view of the sun rising and illuminating the Bridger mountain range on my way into town every morning. It’s simply breathtaking to watch the sun crest the range, and watch a sliver of light appear over the ridgeline, splitting the view to the east as the mountains seem to rise to the sky. 

Since moving to Bozeman, I’ve also been very involved in the local Bluegrass scene. As a result, the sound of the live synthesizer part is heavily influenced by the sound of string instruments. It’s an eight -voice synth in eight parts, with each part generating fifteen harmonics (for a total of 960 oscillators!) with frequency and amplitude deviation of each harmonic to keep things interesting. The various parts are then tuned similar to an Appalachian (mountain) dulcimer, allowing for I-IV-VII and I-V-VII tunings, with string volume and presence controlled by TouchOSC, while the synth is played with a Haute Pro hitbox controller, set up with “harmonica tuning” (diatonic C scale, with a button to transpose everything to C#). 

Combined with sounds recorded in the mountains (a stream on the Hyalite Lake trail and stones from Black Mountain), this is a short sonic depiction of dawn in the mountains. 

Mountain Rise

Video (Live Recording): https://youtu.be/ZBdZoVp5ES0

Hey, it’s me again

This is Memory Loop — a live recording from my ongoing Studio Diaries series, and the very first release from my new upcoming project Cycles I.

At the heart of this project is a dialogue between my acoustic piano — Mme Bechstein — and a digital environment I’ve been quietly building over the past months.
With a custom TouchOSC controller on the iPad, the whole setup has become an instrument of its own. It lets me improvise freely, shape sounds in real time, experiment with live-looping — and stay focused, fully in the flow, without distraction.

This is just the beginning.
I’ll keep refining and expanding this setup in the coming weeks, and Cycles I will grow from here — one piece at a time.

Thanks for listening.
Let me know what you think — I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Yours truly,
Sebastian

Video

Memory Loop (Live Looping Session)

See more of my work through: https://linktr.ee/ahwdesign

Ben Fuhrman, is a composer, musician, programmer, and coffee aficionado. As a result, he writes music with a focus on technology, including acousmatic, interactive, and improvisatory works. His degrees are from Michigan State University (D.M.A and M.M in composition), and Hope College (B.Mus in violin performance). His teachers include Ricardo Lorenz, Mark Sullivan, Steve Talaga, Rob Lunn, and Mihai Craioveanu. He currently is an associate professor of music technology at Montana State University.

He has had works commissioned from a number of performers, including Keith Kirchoff, Drake Dantzler, Violet, Jeffrey Loeffert, Nathan Boggert, the H2 Quartet, the East Lansing High School Orchestra, REACH Studio Art, and the MSU National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, and has been performed throughout the world. He was also the recipient of a billboard dedicated to his music from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing – possibly the first composer in the US to receive one. His solo albums Concrete Oasis and Synthesizer and Computer Works are available online, among others on the Albany Records, Argali Records, Blue Griffin, Elmstreet, and SEAMUS labels.

He maintains an active role as a performer and as assistant professor of music technology at Montana State University, and has previously taught at Oakland University and Mott Community College. For more information, check out www.benfuhrman.com

Musician/Producer

Label / Booking / Licensing: 
Bellring : contact@bellring.org

Artworks : CéMar - https://www.instagram.com/cemar_art/

Hello, I’m a composer based in Berlin, working at the intersection of classical, minimalism, and electronic music.

Thank you for listening and for adding my music to your playlists.

♡ Sebastian

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