Wind Synthesized Electronic Music
"The man that hath no musicke in himselfe,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoyles,
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections darke as Erobus,
Let no such man be trusted ...
Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Recently I've started to work with Yamaha's WX series of "wind
controllers". The WX11 is an electronic instrument played through
amplifiers and external electronic sound modules (synthesizers). It
looks like a high-tech electronic saxophone, has flute/sax-type
fingerings, but can sound like virtually anything from trumpets and
horns, to electronic cello, techno sounds, e-saxophones, guitars, or
original sound sculptures. The WX11 permits greater expressive control
of synthesized music than keyboards because the player can use breath to
add articulation and shape to the sound while it is played. My axe can
also be played loudly enough to blow the hair off your head.
"River
of Thought" . Original composition 09/2006 in Em. Except for the
drum machine rhythm track, all parts are original performances on the
wind synth, 4.6 megabytes.
"Transit of
the Soul" . Original composition 05/2006 in Em7/GM. Except for the
drum machine rhythm track, all parts on wind synth, including
guitars. 9 megabytes
"February"
(improvisation on a phrase from "Yumeji's Theme" by
Umebayashi Shigeru) . 12/2005 in Bmin. All parts on wind
synth, including guitars. 5.2 megabytes
"Cookie
Monster" . Original composition 11/2005 in Cmin. This tries out
some recently acquired world percussion loops from zero-g. Wind synth
was used to produce the sax and oboe parts. 4.5 megabytes
"Intrigue at the Midnight Food Bowl" . Original composition 6/2005.
First attempt at a multipart recording. Drum part and bass line is
produced by a drum machine, wind synth on all other parts. 5 megabytes
Bach's
Prelude in G for cello. 5 megabytes
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