debitgel, a new track
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 7:56 PM
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http://www.last.fm/music/just+john/_/debitgel

The first thing I ever did with a synth was in 1973 or so. That was a homebuilt thing (of somebody else's) with a keyboard swiped from a chord organ and featuring contacts of bent paper clips. When you hit more than one note, the synth would play a note that was the sum of the frequencies of the keys you hit.

Or at least usually.

So it had sort of a bagpipe-y feel to it.

Anyway, this new track hearkens back to that whole experience, but now with a modern synth and intentional special effects.

Also, it uses a concept I've been messing with: Routing multiple loops of note information into a monophonic voice. This track uses 7 sequences into 2 voices. I sat there as the loop played on the XL-7, playing with the muting.

(Uploaded to last.fm 'cuz SoundClick's new upload system seems to be having problems.)

Edited to add: Okay, SoundClick seems to be recovering ... So here's where it is, there: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7648528
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