During my year of pandemic lock-down, I developed an electronic rig that captures the sounds of my beloved real-world instruments.
The core of the rig is the Sylphyo – an electronic wind instrument developed by Aodyo in France. It is augmented by hardware and software virtual instruments and a looper setup that lets me layer sounds.
In October 2021, I offered two solo ambient concerts at Flute Harvest in Encino, CA. The music of the first five tracks was played live over a sparse nature soundscape. I played the last three tracks live, supported by the recorded music of my mentor, David Darling, pianist Alexander Nakarada, and the drone sounds of a particular species of “drumming fish”.
I played virtual versions of these real-world instruments: Native American flutes, clarinet, oboe, cello mandolin, tubular bells chimes, Armenian duduk, bansuri, and silver flute. I also played various virtual instruments that do not have real-world equivalents: Heaven Bells, Respiro (Desert Wind), EVI-NER, Marble, and Matt Traum’s IndiaFlute and Beauty.
** Gear
Sylphyo electronic wind instrument by Aodyo, Yamaha VL70-m, DynaSample XpressO, Boss RC-505, RME Babyface Pro FS, Samson SM10, and a Toshiba laptop running Kontakt, Reaktor, MassiveX, and Cantabile.
credits
released December 9, 2021
Cover image by Marcyn Del Clements.
Virtual instruments and effects by Chet Singer (French Horn), Christian Henson (Spitfire Audio Labs / Pedal Pads: Ethereal Piano), Christian Knufinke (SIR3 Convolution Reverb), Christoph Scholl (Heaven Bells), Clint Goss (Kontakt sound libraries for Native American flutes: Cypress NAF CG, Cherry NAF CG), Davidson Carpenter (EVI-NER), Gino Chimenti (Sonopuro / Duduk), Ingo Scherzinger (DynaSample Xpresso / Cello, Mandoline, Tubular Bells), Matt Traum (VL70-m Turbo / Clarinet, Oboe, IndiaFlt, Beauty), Rene Dohmen and Joachim Dürbeck (Cinematique / Marble, Chimes), Rudy Verpale (Imoxplus / Respiro, Desert Flowers V), Sean Costello (Valhalla Shimmer), Steve Duda (Cthulhu), and Uli Baronowsky (Native Instruments / Galaxy Instruments / The Grandeur Piano).
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