Activated with implements, not digits

Hey,

There is a loooong, slow ramp-up to the full-on, always available music setup. But I'm getting there, and it has been fun as each part comes together. Tonight's installment (I'm following the "Prent Rodgers Make 10 Minutes of Music a Day to a Slimmer You" plan) is really for only the most bored among you, but both flavors are up:

http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.mp3
http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.ogg

Instead of using my fingers on a kbd, I've got the old DrumKAT midi controller set back up. It is going to take a while to get all the pads reset to sensitivity and do some mapping, so while I had it on and was fiddling around, I figured I'd put up a sound and mess with it. Funny thing about the Xlutop "Chainer" application ...

http://www.xlutop.com/html/chainer.html

... is that it can record anything run through it, and then save that recording (it also has a neat facility for generating samples from instruments). It not only is a great stand-alone host, but is a beaut for layering synths - just insert Chainer in a track and then stack the VSTs, playing them all like they were one big sound.

So that's how I captured < 2:00 of improvised stickage. I'm already starting to work on sections and ideas of extended pieces, but those take a long time and a lot of fussing with. I've got two more final pieces of the setup coming in the next couple weeks, and then I'm gonna settle in.

Gory details:
------------

o DrumKAT - as a midi controller
o Rhino2 - with the new Daniel Mauer DS1 patch set - Rhino gets better and better!
o GlaceVerb - an interesting, pretty damn good, and completely FREE reverb plug
o A pair of sticks and our favorite "no wrong notes" ET.

Cheers,
Jon

Quite nice JMS. it reminds me of some of the drum signal music i have heard, which is some of my African favorite. i have some recorded at some distant. killer. this is right in there. Always concentrated

Jonathan M. Szanto wrote:

>Hey,
>
>There is a loooong, slow ramp-up to the full-on, always available music >setup. But I'm getting there, and it has been fun as each part comes >together. Tonight's installment (I'm following the "Prent Rodgers Make 10 >Minutes of Music a Day to a Slimmer You" plan) is really for only the most >bored among you, but both flavors are up:
>
>http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.mp3
>http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.ogg
>
>Instead of using my fingers on a kbd, I've got the old DrumKAT midi >controller set back up. It is going to take a while to get all the pads >reset to sensitivity and do some mapping, so while I had it on and was >fiddling around, I figured I'd put up a sound and mess with it. Funny thing >about the Xlutop "Chainer" application ...
>
>http://www.xlutop.com/html/chainer.html
>
>... is that it can record anything run through it, and then save that >recording (it also has a neat facility for generating samples from >instruments). It not only is a great stand-alone host, but is a beaut for >layering synths - just insert Chainer in a track and then stack the VSTs, >playing them all like they were one big sound.
>
>So that's how I captured < 2:00 of improvised stickage. I'm already >starting to work on sections and ideas of extended pieces, but those take a >long time and a lot of fussing with. I've got two more final pieces of the >setup coming in the next couple weeks, and then I'm gonna settle in.
>
>Gory details:
>------------
>
>o DrumKAT - as a midi controller
>o Rhino2 - with the new Daniel Mauer DS1 patch set - Rhino gets better and >better!
>o GlaceVerb - an interesting, pretty damn good, and completely FREE reverb plug
>o A pair of sticks and our favorite "no wrong notes" ET.
>
>Cheers,
>Jon
>
>
>
>
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
> >
>
>
>
> >

--
Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>
The Wandering Medicine Show
KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main.html> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

Jon,

very cool....more please!!!!! and was that......12-equal?
we ought to start saying MMMM....make mostly microtonal music!

Best,
Aaron.

On Friday 04 March 2005 01:34 am, Jonathan M. Szanto wrote:
> Hey,
>
> There is a loooong, slow ramp-up to the full-on, always available music
> setup. But I'm getting there, and it has been fun as each part comes
> together. Tonight's installment (I'm following the "Prent Rodgers Make 10
> Minutes of Music a Day to a Slimmer You" plan) is really for only the most
> bored among you, but both flavors are up:
>
> http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.mp3
> http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.ogg
>
> Instead of using my fingers on a kbd, I've got the old DrumKAT midi
> controller set back up. It is going to take a while to get all the pads
> reset to sensitivity and do some mapping, so while I had it on and was
> fiddling around, I figured I'd put up a sound and mess with it. Funny thing
> about the Xlutop "Chainer" application ...
>
> http://www.xlutop.com/html/chainer.html
>
> ... is that it can record anything run through it, and then save that
> recording (it also has a neat facility for generating samples from
> instruments). It not only is a great stand-alone host, but is a beaut for
> layering synths - just insert Chainer in a track and then stack the VSTs,
> playing them all like they were one big sound.
>
> So that's how I captured < 2:00 of improvised stickage. I'm already
> starting to work on sections and ideas of extended pieces, but those take a
> long time and a lot of fussing with. I've got two more final pieces of the
> setup coming in the next couple weeks, and then I'm gonna settle in.
>
> Gory details:
> ------------
>
> o DrumKAT - as a midi controller
> o Rhino2 - with the new Daniel Mauer DS1 patch set - Rhino gets better and
> better!
> o GlaceVerb - an interesting, pretty damn good, and completely FREE reverb
> plug o A pair of sticks and our favorite "no wrong notes" ET.
>
> Cheers,
> Jon
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

--
Aaron Krister Johnson
http://www.akjmusic.com
http://www.dividebypi.com

Nice stuff, Jon! Two big Uma-thumbs up.

- Dave

Jonathan M. Szanto wrote:
> Hey,
> > There is a loooong, slow ramp-up to the full-on, always available music > setup. But I'm getting there, and it has been fun as each part comes > together. Tonight's installment (I'm following the "Prent Rodgers Make 10 > Minutes of Music a Day to a Slimmer You" plan) is really for only the most > bored among you, but both flavors are up:
> > http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.mp3
> http://www.microtonal.org/mp3/logs.ogg
> > Instead of using my fingers on a kbd, I've got the old DrumKAT midi > controller set back up. It is going to take a while to get all the pads > reset to sensitivity and do some mapping, so while I had it on and was > fiddling around, I figured I'd put up a sound and mess with it. Funny thing > about the Xlutop "Chainer" application ...
> > http://www.xlutop.com/html/chainer.html
> > ... is that it can record anything run through it, and then save that > recording (it also has a neat facility for generating samples from > instruments). It not only is a great stand-alone host, but is a beaut for > layering synths - just insert Chainer in a track and then stack the VSTs, > playing them all like they were one big sound.
> > So that's how I captured < 2:00 of improvised stickage. I'm already > starting to work on sections and ideas of extended pieces, but those take a > long time and a lot of fussing with. I've got two more final pieces of the > setup coming in the next couple weeks, and then I'm gonna settle in.
> > Gory details:
> ------------
> > o DrumKAT - as a midi controller
> o Rhino2 - with the new Daniel Mauer DS1 patch set - Rhino gets better and > better!
> o GlaceVerb - an interesting, pretty damn good, and completely FREE reverb plug
> o A pair of sticks and our favorite "no wrong notes" ET.
> > Cheers,
> Jon
> > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > > > > > >

A,

{you wrote...}
>and was that......12-equal? we ought to start saying MMMM....make mostly >microtonal music!

I'd never do that (post a 12tet here) without total confession. I did say that it was in our favorite "no-wrong-notes-ET", which I believe the consensus of the entire world was 5tet. Which was the tuning used.

Cheers,
Jon