Re: OT: Building a Midi Breakout Box

[Ricky Graham <rickygrahammusic@gmail.com>]

Sounds great, Per. I hope to invest in a Chapman stick down the line.

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Ricky Graham
<rickygrahammusic@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a guide at the bottom of this page:
> http://rickygraham.com/pages/research

Interesting reading! The audio clips at the botton are nice too :-))
In the 80ths/90ths I played some MIDI guitar and researched the
concept of having unique sounds for each string, then by using
samplers and synths. Since ten years back I've been toying with the
idea of migrating this project into using separate real string sound
outputs and unique effect processing for each string. But last year I
decided to, for now, follow a *duophonic" route rather than
*polyphonic* (like Hal's idea about routing a bunch of strings into a
shared output). In my case I picked up a Chapman Stick, that is
duophonic in that it routes each one of two six stringed fretboards
out its own dedicated output. What I like in this solution is to be
able to play with the electro magnetic pickup tone I love so much, to
have the option of balancing up to six string clusters through the
same output compression, or other effects, while still combining two
separate effect processing chains. Finally the for me new experience
of playing two handed  - tonally improvising "ensamble style" like
piano players and harpists can do and rhythmically by exploring poly
rhythmic two hand patterns normally utilized by drummers.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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