Monday, October 12, 2015

Moby Technology Research

YAMAHA SPX990 MULTI-EFFECTS UNIT ROLAND TR909 DRUM MACHINE
4 Pre-effects Sound source for drum loops
36 Main effects 11 Different percussion sounds
3 Post effects 16 beat loop
all effects are programmable
MIDI Control



EMU PROFORMANCE PIANO SOUND MODULE ROLAND JUNO 106
Piano sound source Synth bass sounds
Old Yamaha Synth sound MIDI-equipped
Emu Piano sound Polyphonic synth
16 voices Programmable
3 playmodes 1 DCO per voice


YAMAHA SY22 & SY85 SYNTHESIZERS AKAI S3200 SAMPLER
String/synth pad sounds Sampling vocal tracks
61 note keyboard 32 Voice polyphony
16 part multitimbral MIDI synth 16 bit stereo sampling

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Final Week Reflection

Everyone learned all the parts to the piece and we completed our recording. We didn't play the entire song, but instead went through each section only once. For the "these open doors" section, the rhythm of the chords were very confusing, so I decided to go with the same rhythm I had for the previous section.

In our final recording, the piano and the percussions sound as good as the original. The singers also did an excellent job, but I feel a microphone for the singers would have made our performance even better.

The piano notes and chords were very easy so I did not have to put in too much effort to learn my part for the performance. The main effort from my side was to be a good accompanist. Since the piano starts off the song, I had to make sure that I played the opening bars well and set a good tempo for the others, and I think I did a reasonably good job.