From Crtrdge003 Sent Sat, Jul 3rd 1999, 22:13
From Crtrdge003 Sent Sat, Jul 3rd 1999, 22:13
This is how I'd do it. First off.. two musicians. Kurzweil PC88mx controller hooked up to a nice Yamaha A3000 V2 Sampler.. use the A3kv2 to divide all your sample loops and variations up on the kurzweil. Kurzweil Has 4 parts.. dedicate one part to.. oh say.. about 1/3 of the keys (I'd use the low end) each key will be used to trigger a seperate sample loop/variation. then... You dedicate the rest of the keys/parts to controlling synths (synths of your choice, won't get into that.. I just named the A3000 and Kurzweil by name because the A3000 has that function that divides out it's loops across the keys for you and the kurz because it's a great controller) you mentioned pedals? the kurz has 4 switch pedal inputs.. use those for your flanging/reverb/chorus/etc. It also has momentary and toggle switches on the board which can also be used for the changing of effects parameters during performance. then.. you get yourself one of those Yamaha DTX electronic percussion systems and attach it to some form of analogue (or not analogue if that's your taste) drum synth. And there you have it.. a much more live show than some guy pressing the "play" button on his software sequencer. One guy plays the melodies on the keyboard and triggers various sample loops using the kurzweil.. that same keyboard guy also will control the effects. Then you've got the drummer to play the percussion. Of course you could come up with endless variations on this arrangement.. you could even add a bass player. 'course for electronic music I'd be careful on choosing what the drummer dude plays. Then again.. depends on what you're going for musically. For the percussion lines you *do* want to sound mechanical and perfectly in time (i.e. if you're using a 4/4 unlying bass kick) then don't have the drummer guy playing that line. Have him play overlaying percusion.. percussion that would benefit from an organic touch. Same with the keyboardist guy.. use an organism (human being) for rhythm you want to sound organic, and use a machine for rhythm you want to sound mechanical. If you have need for an underlying 4/4 bass kick (or any melody or percussion for which you want the rhythm to be exact and mechanical) you can always use your sequencer to do that. Is that what you had in mind? Many numerous musicians are already doing similiar set ups... I couldn't name a buncha IDM names off the top of my head who use similiar set ups because I don't know of any. Anyone know of any idm names who use live percussion set ups? (even if the actual sounds themselves are electronically produced patches) -=Aaron In a message dated 7/3/99 2:39:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time, xxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx writes: > In addition to the pads, there might also be foot pedals to allow for more > options. Perhaps there could also be a small keyboard on there. Switches to > > shut certain pads off or set them into a permanent or temporary loop. Hell, > > it could get REAL crazy with some kind of head piece that activated sounds > depending on where the head/neck/shoulders would be moving.