Wow, i am jealous that you've watched them perform. Definitely little to go on here in the states, mostly heard about them through the Wire mag. And I had the same impression as you first did regarding how they made their music, I find your direction, using triggers, much more compelling. keep on, its great work!
Toby On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:48 AM, PSPunch <sh...@pspunch.com> wrote: > > Hi Toby, > > > > (2010/07/13 12:58), Toby Sinkinson wrote: > >> wow, really liked this! Are you a fan of the work of Asa Chang at all? >> > > Funny you noticed.. is he well known out of Japan? > > Primitive concepts of my work included triggering patches on my Dumbek. > After getting as far as hooking up pickups, I met recordings by "Asa-chang > & Junrei" which kind of turned me off, getting to know what they had already > achieved. > > But then, later from visiting one of their concerts.. although I could be > wrong, my understanding as of today is that their concept is to play > sophisticated rhythms along with pre-recorded tracks.. not specifically > triggering sounds on their drums. > > This discovery gave me a reason to get back to my desk and continue > working, although I still gave up using percussions to avoid obvious > overlaps in the resulting sound. > > I still highly respect their work, and wouldn't mind driving 3 hours to the > concert hall like I did previously. :) > > > -- > David Shimamoto > > > > >> Toby Sinkinson >> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 6:29 PM, PSPunch <sh...@pspunch.com >> <mailto:sh...@pspunch.com>> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Hans, >> >> >> >> (2010/07/13 2:38), Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> > I did >> > find a bit distracting when you did press the keys on the laptop >> tho, it >> > took the focus away from you and the doll a bit. >> >> In order to avoid dealing with the PC at all, I actually assigned >> all controls to the functions keys on my soundcard.. However, you've >> stated a great point that, to the viewer it is equally distracting >> and doesn't matter where I reach out to. >> >> Thanks for the helpful tip. I'm already on my way to program my foot >> controller. >> >> >> Cheers >> -- >> David Shimamoto >> >> >> (2010/07/13 2:38), Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> >> >> Nice! I like the mix of media, live guitar plus computer sound >> plus live >> visuals. The staging is well done too, it took me a little while to >> realize that you were being lit by the screen of your laptop. >> You were >> barely looking at it, so its a clever way to keep the laptop >> there yet >> not make it a typical staring-at-the-screen laptop performance. >> I did >> find a bit distracting when you did press the keys on the laptop >> tho, it >> took the focus away from you and the doll a bit. >> >> You should post a video of the whole performance, if you have it. >> >> .hc >> >> On Jul 11, 2010, at 8:53 PM, PSPunch wrote: >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> I've uploaded some excerpts of a piece I performed last night. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzYT0HVjG4 >> >> >> Nothing fascinating going on, especially in terms of DSP >> business, but I >> was quite fascinated to try out myself what a single laptop >> can manage >> nowadays. >> >> >> -- >> David Shimamoto >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-list@iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@iem.at> mailing list >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> "It is convenient to imagine a power beyond us because that means >> we >> don't have to examine our own lives.", from "The Idols of >> Environmentalism", by Curtis White >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-list@iem.at <mailto:Pd-list@iem.at> mailing list >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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