Music
Gymnopédie 3
05 February 2023
An electronic
arrangement of this famous piece by Erik Satie
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Gymnopédie 1
01 January 2023
An electronic
arrangement of this famous piece by Erik Satie
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Amen
20 October 2022
A few months
ago I had the chance to chant the word “Amen” during
a spiritual retreat with hundreds of other
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Septimal Heaven 2
07 August 2022
Another piece
featuring the “Septimal Heaven” tuning system by
X.J.Scott
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Septimal Heaven 1
03 July 2022
“Septimal
Heaven” is a non-octave scale created in 1999 by
X.J.Scott
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Promemoria cantati
01 February 2022
Una tecnica
per aiutarci a mantenere un atteggiamento positivo
durante la giornata Read
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Microtonal Calisthenics
01 January 2022
This video
combines my two main interests: microtonal music and
calisthenics Read
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Assyrian Women Mourners
02 December 2021
My
arrangement of this piece written by Georges
Ivanovitch Gurdjeff and Thomas De Hartmann
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Nr. 40
02 November 2021
My
arrangement of this piece written by Georges
Ivanovitch Gurdjeff and Thomas De Hartmann
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Armenian Song
02 October 2021
My
arrangement of this piece written by Georges
Ivanovitch Gurdjeff and Thomas De Hartmann
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Duduki
02 September 2021
My
arrangement of this piece written by Georges
Ivanovitch Gurdjeff and Thomas De Hartmann
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Peter Gunn 13 (PG13)
01 July 2021
A microtonal
version of this famous theme by Henry Mancini
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Lotus Variations
01 March 2021
This video
shows some yoga-inspired calisthenics that are part
of my daily routine Read
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Zawigam
05 January 2021
How to send
the output of a microtonal arpeggiator to the
ContinuuMini Read
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Bhairava Bungalow
01 December 2020
The idea was
to see if I was able to create a microtonal
arpeggiator Read
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Sonic Seasonings 2020
05 September 2020
Two pieces
inspired by the album “Sonic Seasonings” by Wendy
Carlos Read
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Hal Dreams Symphony
04 July 2020
A piece
recorded only using the Haken ContinuuMini. No MIDI
data involved Read
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Lux Aeterna
03 June 2020
My version,
in Just Intonation, of this famous piece by Edward
Elgar Read
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Quarantine 1
18 March 2020
This is the
effect of the quarantine for the Coronavirus on
me! Read
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Sunday Mourning
16 January 2020
A short piece
featuring Reason 11 and the Haken ContinuuMini
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Shenandoah
19 December 2019
My
interpretation of this American folk song for Haken
ContinuuMini and virtual orchestra
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Alphanon
01 September 2019
This is my
first experiment playing xenharmonic music with the
ContinuuMini Read
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Historia De Un Amor
15 August 2019
A performance
with my Haken ContinuuMini of this famous song by
Carlos Eleta Almarán Read
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Mini Callin' You
01 August 2019
A few months
ago I found this arrangement of “Calling
You”... Read
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Close encounters of the nth kind
15 July 2019
Few days ago
I received my Haken ContinuuMini Read
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Claude Bolling - Suite per flauto e trio jazz
21 June 2019
Secondo la
copertina del disco io suono il basso...
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Claude Bolling - Suite for flute and jazz trio
21 June 2019
According to
the album cover I play bass... Read
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Rêverie
21 March 2019
Recently I
discovered by chance that this old album I had
recorded, was available on YouTube
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Non-Octave Melancholic
01 February 2019
This piece is
an experiment using a 28ED3 tuning system
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Eidolons: A Survey of Contemporary Electronic Music
04 July 2018
This
compilation includes one of my compositions
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Atlantis
01 June 2018
Another
atmospheric piece, this time using what I call a
Pseudo Asian tuning Read
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J.F.Sebastian's Lullaby
01 May 2018
Two At Once 2
09 March 2018
A remake of a
piece composed in 2009 using old and new
sounds Read
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Lament for Marco
15 December 2017
Marco Lamioni
(1956 - 2017) was a friend of mine who passed away
six months ago Read
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Slowly Waiting
01 November 2017
A video
recorded early in the morning, in my garden, few days
ago Read
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Scintilla Divina
01 October 2017
Fonte
inesauribile di Vita, Creatività, Bellezza, Saggezza
e Amore Read
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Buffalo Run
16 August 2017
My very first
experiment with a lap steel guitar but also with any
guitar whatsoever Read
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Valkyries Slowly Landing
07 August 2017
An experiment
with the Vienna Symphonic Library Read
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Far Away From Home
02 July 2017
Done with
Arturia’s V Collection of Legendary Keyboards
Reinvented Read
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The making of Barefoot Meditation
20 June 2017
This video
shows the procedure I followed to record my piece
“Barefoot Meditation” Read
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Perchè noi amiamo la pace - scrolling score
18 May 2017
After the
piano arrangement I did of this song, I recorded a 4
voices a cappella version of this piece by C.
Pesch Read
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Weil wir den Frieden lieben
01 May 2017
A short
version of a piece for choir and orchestra by C.
Pesch Read
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Nightfire
03 March 2017
A short movie
I recorded in the night when I saw the fire was
unexpectedly still burning in the fireplace
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White Woman Speaks Up For #blacklivesmatter
01 August 2016
A microtonal
soundtrack added to a previously released
video Read
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Alpha Penguin Tanz
01 June 2016
A microtonal
rendition I did of the famous Penguin Dance of
1956 Read
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Brain The Size Of The Universe
01 May 2016
A radio
drama. This was my final project for an
electroacoustic composition class at the
conservatory Read
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Alpha Asana
01 March 2016
I recorded a
video of some exercises in order to compose some
music as soundtrack Read
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Next Xen
06 February 2016
Today, NEXT
XEN, a compilation by various artists (including me)
has been released Read
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A Nearly Normal Sunday
08 November 2015
This jazzy
piece is the outcome of an experiment with a LMSO’s
feature: Tuning Latch Read
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11 Dwarfs
01 September 2015
A “Silly
Song” for the upcoming movie: “Snow White and the
Eleven Dwarfs” Read
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A backup of my microtonal works
14 August 2015
It took me a
long time to upload all this stuff
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Leo e Gioconda
31 May 2015
A movie I
used as background in order to compose music and
sound effects for a smartphone app
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Sea Of Tranquility
01 March 2015
When I
composed this piece I was looking for a peaceful
retreat... Read
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Alto-itis (fake but accurate version)
05 December 2014
A piece
written by Oliver Nelson and recorded in 1960 with
Eric Dolphy Read
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Miles of Space
01 November 2014
A new piece
composed using the Carlos Alpha tuning system and my
Alpha keyboard Read
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Beiderbecke's In A Mist
05 October 2014
The second
piece I am retrieving from the hard disk of my
Atari Read
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Barber’s Adagio For Strings in 23ED2
01 September 2014
The first
piece I am retrieving from the hard disk of my
Atari Read
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Alpha Abstract 1
02 July 2014
A song played
with my Alpha keyboard tuned to Carlos Alpha
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Tenori Blofeld
12 June 2014
An experiment
improvising with a Yamaha Tenori On and my Carlos
Alpha keyboard Read
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Out of Gamma Body Experience
04 May 2014
This piece is
the first one using Carlos Gamma in a long
time Read
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Berimbau 13
23 March 2014
One more song
using a dodecatonic mode of 13ED2 played with an
Halberstadt keyboard Read
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MP13
17 February 2014
This song is
an experiment testing a Kawai MP6 as a microtonal
sound module Read
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Alpha Delinquent
29 January 2014
A piece
featuring my newest synth, a Waldorf Blofeld and my
Alpha15 keyboard Read
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Hocus-Bogus 13
13 October 2013
One more
piece featuring 13ED2 (the
Equal
Division of ratio
2:1
into
13 steps of 92.308 cents
each) Read
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In Memoriam JY
10 September 2013
This piece is
a follow-up to my previous blog entry: Jorgensen’s
7+5 temperament Read
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JY's Infra-Worlds
17 August 2013
This piece
was inspired by “A Theory of Evolving Tonality”, a
book written by Joseph Yasser Read
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Smooth 10
01 June 2013
Waltz 10
01 May 2013
Blues 10
04 April 2013
New World
01 March 2013
FunkEight 1
01 February 2013
Night Music
01 January 2013
A mini-album
I recorded in 2011 and (with new pieces from
2012/2013) Read
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Alpha Rain
02 December 2012
Galactic Overload
16 September 2012
This song is
the second one featuring my cannibalized M-Audio
Keystation 61es keyboard Read
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Ode For Ada
26 August 2012
A
cannibalized keyboard, some strings and theremin
sounds for my cat Ada Read
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Concertina 13
01 July 2012
A new piece
featuring 13ED2 and MOTU Ethno2 retuned with
LMSO Read
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Thirteenstan
11 June 2012
A vocal piece
in 13ED2 (Equal
Division of ratio
2:1
into
13 steps of 92.308 cents
each) Read
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SazDul 13
03 June 2012
My third
piece in 13ED2 (Equal
Division of ratio
2:1
into
13 steps of 92.308 cents
each) Read
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Fast And Furious 13
20 May 2012
My second
piece in 13ED2 (Equal
Division of ratio
2:1
into
13 steps of 92.308 cents
each) Read
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13 Miles
01 May 2012
Bossa Sbilenca
16 April 2012
The title
refers to the fact that a straight bossa nova rhythm
is used to play a slightly “sbilenco”
non-octave piece Read
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Primitivo
08 April 2012
This
audio/visual work was composed during the Spring of
2007 as..... Read
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Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.24
28 March 2012
TECNOLOGIA E
SISTEMI DI ACCORDATURA: Risorse hardware, software e
online per la musica microtonale
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Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.23
27 March 2012
TECNOLOGIA E
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Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.22
26 March 2012
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Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.21
26 March 2012
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Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.20
25 March 2012
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Tecnologia e Sistemi di Accordatura p.19
24 March 2012
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23 March 2012
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22 March 2012
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21 March 2012
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20 March 2012
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Alpha seems to be the hardest world
01 March 2012
Alpha Choir
01 February 2012
A short
“a cappella” composition for four
voices at a moderate tempo tuned to a dodecatonic
mode of Carlos Alpha. Read
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Alpha El Din
15 January 2012
Melodyning
02 January 2012
Gadudyne
18 December 2011
Adagio KV540 - 55ED2
14 December 2011
I used to
play this piece, when I considered myself a
pianist... Read
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DisMLosphere
01 December 2011
This video
shows an experiment using my Opal Chameleon sending MIDI data,
through Disarray, to
M and, from there, to
Spectrasonics Omnisphere, through
Logic Pro. Read
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Cubana Al Cubana Pha
03 November 2011
This piece is
a study in the use of different user
interfaces. Read
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AlphaTherem Waltz
07 October 2011
This lyrical
piece is the second one featuring Carlos Alpha tuning system played
with my Opal Chameleon. Read
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Alpha Dulcimer
01 October 2011
Austrian Fantasy
05 September 2011
This movie
was filmed in and around Salzburg during a recent
vacation me and my family spent in Austria.
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Desert Winds in 23EDO
23 July 2011
Spectra Trio
11 July 2011
These 3
pieces are studies I recorded while learning how to
interact with the Spectrasonics trio of
softsynths Read
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Possible Worlds
10 July 2011
I am very
pleased and honored to be part of this xenharmonic
compilation released by Spectropol Records
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UGDoLA
19 June 2011
This song is
the Carlos Beta version of Un Giorno Dopo L’Altro
(1966) by Luigi Tenco Read
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Angela B.
01 June 2011
Beta Easter(n)
23 April 2011
Retuning Reason 5 with LMSO
14 April 2011
Reason is not
a microtonal-friendly application so you have to
force it into it and LMSO does it beautifully.
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Tribalism #2
02 April 2011
This is a
follow-up to Tribalism #1
because
part of the material used this time had been
recorded for the previous song and then split
off. Read
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Five years ago I got LMSO!
24 March 2011
I received
the installation CD from X.J.Scott at the end of
March 2006... Read
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Over The Beta Rainbow
01 March 2011
“Over The
Rainbow” after receiving a “Beta treatment”
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Lonely Beta Woman
02 January 2011
A Carlos Beta
version of “Lonely Woman” by Ornette Coleman
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Linus, Lucy and Halberstadt
06 October 2010
Two years
after “Goodbye
Halberstadt” and more than one
after ”Will
I ever bid farewell to
Halberstadt?” I still play the
piano, once in awhile! Read
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Double Trouble
21 September 2010
As promised
at the end of my
previous article, I am posting a
couple of video examples employing the note
layouts presented there Read
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Elba Gamma
01 September 2010
An
audio-video recording inspired by my recent vacation
on the Elba island Read
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A review of “Musical Mathematics” by Cris Forster
22 August 2010
My review of
a great book Read
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Bicycles and Bowls
21 August 2010
Edonoists Of The World Unite!
17 July 2010
I think I
coined the term EDONOI in July 2009 when I created
the group “Equal Division of Non-Octave Intervals” at
Xenharmonic Alliance Read
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Crack My Pitch Up
12 July 2010
I am very
pleased and honored to be part of this microtonal
compilation released by Split Notes Microtonal
Netlabel Read
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Gamma Breezin'
01 July 2010
The Solstice Song
20 June 2010
The premiere
of this song was broadcasted June 19th, 2010 as part
of the
Summer Solstice 2010 Online Streaming
Concert Read
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The Summer Solstice Online Streaming Concert
09 June 2010
16 hours of
live music streamed online: 23 artists from UK, USA,
Italy, Netherlands, Croatia, China and Sweden
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Gamma Raga
01 June 2010
MOTU Ethno2
violins, a Nord G2 drone sound and a few percussion
loops for an Indian setting. Read
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Delta Gamma Blues - Version 2
25 April 2010
Delta Gamma Blues...
13 April 2010
Dynamic modulation vs. static retuning techniques - part two
01 April 2010
Dynamic
Modulation “enables you to
instantly change the anchor settings of your scale,
to move the note that the tonic note of the scale
appears on to a new anchor key, and to transpose the
anchor frequency of the scale accordingly so that
things line up.” Read
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Dynamic modulation vs. static retuning techniques - part one
24 March 2010
This is the
first installment of a two-part article about
“dynamic modulation vs. static retuning
techniques” Read
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The Singing Alchemist
14 February 2010
This is a
song born from a couple of recent updates to my
setup: Camel Audio Alchemy BigTone sound library
and Spectral Vocoder, a Nord G2 patch by Swiss
synthesist Tim Kleinert Read
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Breath of the Chameleon
12 January 2010
Chameleon +
breath controller + VL70m + Carlos Gamma...
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Chameleon and me - a short video
23 December 2009
First attempt
at filming myself playing the Opal
Chameleon... Read
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Gamma Monk and The Semitones
10 December 2009
One night I
had a dream of myself playing B*** M*** by T*********
M*** on my Opal Chameleon... Read
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Gamma Elegy
13 November 2009
A song
featuring a new note layout for an
isomorphic keyboard
and
Carlos Gamma tuning system
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RibboMan And The Maniacs
26 July 2009
Soprano RibbonSax
13 July 2009
R2M and CC#1
09 July 2009
Moonlight Gamma Serenade
01 July 2009
Moonlight Gamma Serenade
is the
third piece I compose using the same mode
of Carlos Gamma after
Adagio Gamma
(see it
for explanations about this tuning system and the
related mode I use) and Gammalan... Read
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Will I ever bid farewell to Halberstadt?
20 June 2009
I don’t think
so but I am going to start experimenting with
alternative musical user interfaces, soon!
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Gammalan
01 May 2009
Gammalan, as the title
implies, is a composition based on
Carlos Gamma tuning system (the
same I used for Adagio
Gamma) using a gamelan
inspired virtual orchestra. Read
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Adagio Gamma
19 April 2009
This piece is
called Adagio Gamma because it is a slow
piece using Carlos Gamma tuning system.
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Underwater Dreaming
01 February 2009
Underwater Dreaming
started
out as an experiment while browsing the new sounds
of Spectrasonics Omnisphere 1.0.3
update... Read
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Neutral Steel
25 January 2009
Neutral Steel
is a song
for lap steel guitar and drums. It reminds me of
the style of Ry Cooder or Bill Frisell but with a
twist... Read
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88 Jingle Bells
20 December 2008
I have
arranged this version of Jingle Bells in 88cET just
in time for the Holidays!
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Carlos Glass 1
11 December 2008
Carlos Glass 1
is a short
example demonstrating DYNAMIC MODULATION. It means
live modulation changes during performance
transposing the anchor to the pitch and key of a
note in the original scale. Read
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88 Bulgarians
04 December 2008
An Omnisphere
choir sound tuned to 88cET (equal division of the
perfect fifth into 8 equal parts) for a
pseudo-Bulgarian folk song Read
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Goodbye Halberstadt
01 November 2008
The reason to
present this collection of tunes is to show my skill
as piano player and arranger in the environment of 12
tone equal tempered (12tET) tuning system using an
"Halberstadt keyboard". Read
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MoonSuite
01 October 2008
"Moonsuite" is an experiment
using an "empirical" tuning I made up while
studying LMSO's new tuning latch
function Read
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7EDO Dance
01 September 2008
Qablitum
01 August 2008
Qablitum is a piece inspired by
listening to a lecture of February 1971 by Lou
Harrison about "The Tuning of the Babylonian
Harp". The piece features a violin and a harp
using an ancient Mesopotamian scale
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Alphadesert
01 July 2008
Alphadesert is again a piece
featuring Carlos Alpha, a non-octave scale
based on the division of a perfect fifth into 9
equal parts (each step 77.995 cents)
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Alphapanther
01 June 2008
Alphapanther is an electronic
rendition of the famous "Pink Panther
Theme" by
Henry Mancini... Read
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Hijaz the Charmer
01 May 2008
A piece
composed using a dodecatonic mode of
53 EDO based on the
traditional Arabic mode called Maqam Hijaz... Read
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Retuning Logic Videos
31 March 2008
2 videos
showing the environment page of Logic Pro 8 configured for
retuning incoming midi data thru
LMSO... Read
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