MIDI crazy…

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in a very odd circumstance, i do a lot of performances with musical theater. it’s super fun, hella campy, and widely challenging. cheers to diversifying!

Hey Jasper!
What app do you use to play with the laptop down?

@alex_batista,
I use NoSleep for mac.

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pic of a recent performance …

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@ithkaa looks cool! is there a sound or video recording from this performance?

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@nuun tx! still waiting for the video but here’s some audio of another piece from the same show:

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Absolutely stunning and beautiful!
Can you say some words about the instrumentation and the process?
Maybe this should be moved in the latest tracks section?

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beautiful! at 5:38 reminded me of Reich’s Proverb

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@kza thanks! the piece is built on 6 ‘freeze modules’ freezing the first 6 notes the soprano sings. from there, these frozen pitches start to shift one by one, forming a continously changing bed of harmony on which the singer is improvising (with somewhat of a score). other electronic layers were done with some m4l devices I created some time ago (ReversR, GlitchR, Microlooper, …).

The piece sat in the middle of the show which was called ‘Extremely Loud’ … it was a welcome change from the glitch/heavy metal/techno stuff surrounding it :slight_smile:

here’s a first sketch of the freezer I did for the piece (for 128 vari-bright grid; it’s quite heavy on the CPU so increase vector size if necessary).

FreezeShift.zip (512.8 KB)

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@nuun tx! that’s such a great piece!!

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recent av performance

via GIPHY

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setup last night:

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So so beautiful!! Was the rest of the stage blacked out?

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Thank you!
Yes, all black, except for five flat panel screens which were playing these silent videos of hands holding 5 of what I call Labor Camp Orchestra (LCO) Instruments:

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i frequently work at night in the dark so this is an accurate shot of my setup right now

when some of the new sessions are public i’ll post the daytime foto too (for those who care)

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Setup for my live set tonight.

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