Posted on 24/05/2016
Timestretching audio became a household term with the advent of Akai’s S-1000 sampler in 1988. A special feature in the sampler allows you stretch out the duration of the sample by adding extra samples that are interpolated values in between the original samples. This gives quite a dramatic and robotic effect, that was widely used […]
Posted on 24/05/2016
ANA is definitely a well-equppped subtractive synth, capable of producing all standard virtual analog flavours. Plenty of everything, and a large modulation matrix caters for some very complex possibilities. I acquired it mostly because of the randomizing feature, which is very much in line with my current generative music experiments. And ANA does deliver some wildly unpredictable […]
Posted on 23/05/2016
Metaphysical Functions is a part of Native Instruments’ Reaktor package – currently at version 6. So you need to have Reaktor installed to use the instrument. It has been a part of Reaktor for a long time, so even early versions of the program may contain it, since it is part of the official NI […]
Posted on 18/05/2016
Sometimes you need to do further work on a piece, but you only have a full stereo mix. This can be the case for remixes or mixtapes, and for creative re-use of your own past creations. [gdlr_quote align=”center” ]A full stereo mix, although seemingly limited, is a valuable source of musical material, if you take the time to de-compose […]
Posted on 17/05/2016
In line with the many other randomized and algorithmic experiments, I have looked into the consequences and pitfalls with shuffled playback of pieces. It is appealing, that the user will get a new and surprising experience every time they turn to your platform. But it also puts high demands on consistency and quality, since ANY […]
Posted on 17/05/2016
I have always been a big fan of Brian Eno‘s “Oblique Strategies” concept. The thought of letting chance influence on your work is very appealing, since it prevents you from being stuck in comfort zones and “business as usual”. The random concept was already put to use early on, e.g. on chord selections, and arrangement decisions. The […]
Posted on 15/05/2016
The Algorithmic DJ As one of my ongoing experiments with randomizing in music, the track “Unfinished Business” has evolved into a full work. Click the player above to hear a 12 min edit of the track, with focus on the rhythmic side. The track is a large collection of material, that is being sequenced and arranged […]
Posted on 14/05/2016
The Fluxic way of remixing stuff is somewhat deviant from general practices. By isolating the various elements of a track, and then preparing and looping that information algorithmically you will get a coincidental sequence of the elements that will produce results, ranging from the brillant to the useless. Depending on the raw material, this method […]
Posted on 09/05/2016
You are in the middle of your next masterpiece, when you suddenly remember the cool funk part you had on an earlier version of the track. That would fit very well to the current arrangement. But wait… Exactly which version was it? Was it the “premix final version 7” version? Or the “radio master revised […]
Posted on 08/05/2016
The term “dogmatic sound use” covers situations, where you only have one – or very few – basic sounds at your disposal. Such a limited basic sound set can be stretched and tweaked to get maximum mileage out of every sound. Some examples of what you can do to achieve this play the sound at a higher […]