Month: May 2022

Week 26 : Controllerism and Interactivity

Ableton LINK allows you to connect devices to Ableton and match the BPM so that all devices will be synced in time. Ableton LINK has many IOS apps that are compatible from big synth brands such as Moog and Korg. In my final piece I could implement a recording from iPhone into part of the track. I downloaded a few of the Moog apps such as the Model 15 which is a modular synethesier replication, the Animoog Z which lets you do multi sensory music production, the Moog Filtration which is a realtime audio filter and effects engine and the Model D which is a MiniMoog engine.

Screenshot of the Model D App by Moog.

Samson Young

Studied music at Princeton university,

Pallazo Gundane (2017) – Subject matter of charity singles, music singles that are made to raise funds for charity, Do they know its Christmas, charity singles continued to be produced in Asia until early 2010’s but died off in 2000’s in Europe, created a story about a man working on oil rigs who thought he had a platinum charity single that he imagined he toured the world with

Models as representation of reality and approximation of the world aka science fiction. Dragon fire breath super size trumpet, nano trumpet.

Week 25: Creative Synthesis: Hardware

VCV rack is a plug-in that replicates eurorack and can be used within DAWs.

Eurorack – modular synthesis

Kraftwerk – Autobahn :

  • Moog Minimoog
  • ARP Odyssey
  • Farfisa Rhythm Unit 10 & Vox Percussion King (customised)
  • Farfisa Professional Piano
  • Schulte Compact Phasing A
  • Mutron Biphase

Parts of a subtractive synthesiser – LFO , Filter, Envelope, Oscillator, Waveform

Week 24: Creative Synthesis

Robert Moog was an East Side “engineering physisict and a pioneer of electronic music”. He is the founder of the brand Moog which have been releasing synthesisers since the 1950’s. The brand and the creator have inspired countless artists both present and past.

Subtractive synthesis is just one method of synthesis, it consists of an audio signal that is put through an oscillator into a filter then amplifier.

Attack Decay Sustain Release – Envelope

Roland - A Beginner's Guide To Subtractive Synthesis

Makoto Oshiro

He is a performer and artist Based in Tokyo, he primarily uses sound within his art but also incorporates other elements into his live setting such as light, electricity and movement of objects.

I listened to his release called Kachi Kachi which inspired me a lot within my outside of university music production. He made the sounds within the track with hand crafted instruments which consisted of an electro-mangnetic relay combined with a variable timer circuit that controls the frequency of the clicks. Moments on this track made me think of the sound of an indicator clicking in a car and I thought that a car indicator could make an interesting sample so I used it within my work.