This is my first post on this blog. I’ll be writing a journal reflecting on my work during my research masters degree that i’m studying at De Montfort university in leicester, UK.
My research will be focussed on electronic music composition and performance. After many years of writing and producing electronic music (See Bathysphere) i am looking to develop new skills and tools for composing and playing music. One area of interest to me in granular synthesis.
Today i’ve been playing with Nathan Wolek’s Granular Toolkit externals and abstractions for MAX MSP. I’ve just built the gran.groove abstraction into my own patch for use with a midi controller. I’ve also customised the posCal subpatch to allow me to select a loop from within the whole sample file.
I’ll be working my way through all the abstractions to build my own patches which i can then use and test in the studio. Once i’ve built each abstraction into a workable patch i intend to integrate them all into one patch with a single interface which can switch easily between the different granulation processes.
Other things i’d like to integrate include;
- tempo based controls.
- pitch control from midi keyboard..
- modulation of parameters – envelope, lfo, step sequencer, external signal following, random.
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