Electric MMVI.51 [analog modeling synth] Protologue

play for me some pads, as i twiddle many knobs. many sounds we make. ... Welcome to the inauguration of the Strandgeist Media podcast. The 'Tranquility' podcast has an obvious theme - into which some of what i do will never fit. So here i am -suffering from 'LaPorte' syndrome - maniacally adding ever more podcasts to my 'publishing empire'. ;-] ... This is from a gig crash, oh... what? 4 or 5 years ago? When i first started playing Emmajoes Coffeehouse, where i was alternating Monday nights with a friend named Hunter Wade.  I was curious to hear what he played, so i went to his gig. He did some truly excellent Cat Stevens covers; his arrangements are ace!  He has a Roland analog modeling synthesizer which does amazing things - with an interface reminiscent of the analog synths from the '70s (like the Arp 2600 and the Moog Sonic Six) - with the notable exception being that the Roland can play polyphony. {The major limitation of the old synths was that they could only play one note at a time. So it was impossible to play complex music Live; you had to layer all the parts together using a multi-track tape recorder. Wade's Roland has no such limitation - which allows one to play the music 'straight ahead', Live, which is what we did.}  He invited me to play a set - most of which he recorded. {There is a whole suite i played before he decided to press the 'Record' button on his little MiniDisc Recorder. Bummer. But i'm glad he did press it when he did.} 'Protologue' begins with Wade laying down some nice pads as i twiddled the analogue modeling parameters. This then progresses to just one source note - with which i create the second part of the suite out of thin air - working with nothing more than the analogue modeling parameters.  I hope you have as much fun listening as we did playing. Share and Enjoy!  My next post will be 'Exstasis' from that same fateful evening. We switched seats, and i played the MIDI keyboard (with the broken 'F' key), whilst Wade played 'Analogue Modelling Artist' on the Roland console to my playing.  ~joan  © MMVI Joan Heath Patrie ... Creative Commons Deed 3.0 (the attribution/non-commercial use/share alike license) ... http://joanpatrie.com