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Resonates with me! daniel On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:39 AM, kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Over the last year I've lurked more than I've posted so I'm writing to > share some philosophical, musical, and technical thoughts. > > As musicians we get many of, what I call, "15 minute of fame" moments. > We all decide what to do with them. In a sense, an internet post is > also such a moment and I am aware that for some people my post will lack > resonance, some will find it entertaining, and perhaps someone will take > some piece of fresh knowledge or inspiration from it. The same with a > performance or really with any interaction. I try to avoid posting when > I'm in a bad mood because the transient negativity will find its way > onto the page and achieve permanance. > > Anyway, I've spent a good deal of time with DIY electronics -- furiously > adding new modules to my modular synth. My synth has a MIDI-to-CV > converter and, among other functions, converts MIDI Clock messages to > clock signals. > > The LP1 is a rock-solid MIDI clock source. The way it works is that > when one records and ends the master track (by default, the first track) > the LP1 -- based on the length of the track and the Beats-per-Measure > setting, outputs perfectly aligned MIDI clock events. > > This opens up possibilities to do tightly synced work with the > synthesizer. One of the first issues that arise is that the result of > these repeated triggers is repitition -- that is, percussive envelopes > restart on every trigger producing a marimba or mandolin effect. > > I modded some hardware logic circuits such that it would combine the > triggers (from the MIDI CLOCK) with gates (from my keyboards) such that > a Logical "AND" drives the output 'high' and remains high until a > logical NOT OR condition occurs. This allows long envelopes to start > precisely on a clock without repeating on subsequent clocks. > > This allows me to build very long loops that start with seemingly random > events with big gaps of silence between them and to slowly add events > that eventually coalesce into a groove. The clock assures that each > event will happen "on the beat" so to speak. > > This track, entitled "Mysterious Bells" demonstrates this idea: > > http://kevinkissinger.com/downloads/music/mysteriousbells_681.mp3 > > I created this track in 2010 -- and if I already shared this with you, > please forgive me -- I honestly can't remember if I wrote about this > here. > > There was a recent thread here about the use of the LP1 when slaved to a > clock -- however I like to use it as a master. > > Off topic: > > I haven't really done much music in 2011. Last August my (grown up) > kids, on a whim, decided to visit a nearby dropzone to do a "first jump" > course. They asked if I wanted to join them and I apprehensively > agreed. I was in a state of shear terror as I sat in the door of the > airplane but as soon as I jumped out I was hooked and decided to keep > jumping. I'm up to 35 jumps and around 10 minutes of freefall time and > will have my license in just one or two more jumps. This has become > pretty consuming -- much harder and more time-consuming that I ever > imagined -- and I look forward to getting back into the studio once I > get the skydiving license and with the onset of winter in a few months. > > All the best to one and all! > > -- Kevin >