MOTM

Sounds great, Jim! Really nice piece and I enjoyed reading your description
of the process you went through to create it. :-)

John L Rice

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> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Gordon
> Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 12:28 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Novel use of 850 Pedal Interface
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> Ever hear of an EWI (Electronic Woodwind Instrument)?  Its a 4
> oscillator virtual analog synth, played like a woodwind
> instrument.  Its similiar to a clarinet or soprano saxophone (my wife
> says it looks like a vacum cleaner attachment).
> 
> There's a picture of one on the main page of my website www.jimsjazz.com .
> 
> The EWI outputs both audio and MIDI.  I wondered if I could control
> my MOTM gear from the EWI MIDI output.  I plugged the MIDI signal
> into the 650 MIDI-CV converter.  Not good results.  The EWI has lots
> of breath information, no volume info, and other data that the 650
> won't handle.  650 crashed often.
> 
> The next step was to record the EWI info (I use Sonar).  I spent
> several seconds "composing" a little tune: 8 bars, 4 chords.  Made a
> simple loop of it.  Played an EWI solo, saving both the audio and
> MIDI info in Sonar.  Sloppy
> performance, so without listening to the first EWI performance, I
> recorded a second pair of EWI tracks.
> 
> Then I got this idea: maybe I could use the phrasing info from the
> audio track to control the MOTM output.  (Too lazy to put together an
> envelope follower.)  A little experimentation: the recorded EWI audio
> signal goes to the 850 mix in.  The gate output is a solid gate
> signal, goes to gate input of 800 envelope generator.  The 850 CV
> output is a little tricky.  As a control input to 190 VCA its
> somewhat useful, although some of the audio reappears in the 850 CV
> output.  The EWI's pitch info appears at the 650 CV output.  Controls
> the pitch of two 300 VCOs (tuned to an octive below the EWI audio)
> and 420 filter.
> 
> I recorded the MOTM output, once for each EWI pass.  At this point
> there are 5 tracks:  EWI audio for each pass,  MOTM audio for each
> pass, and a simple rhythm loop.
> 
> Well the audio tracks aren't so hot (I played sloppy) and the MOTM
> stuff is not really tracking so well.  I decided to bury the mistakes
> with some pads.  I found that with some reverb I could use both EWI
> performances simultaneously, if you don'f mind some parallel minor
> seconds (maybe that's "ethnic").  Not buried enough yet, so I added
> more rhythm tracks.  Added an intro and ending, a sort of arrangment
> appeared.
> 
> You can hear the result via www.jimsjazz.com/Francesco.mp3 .  Corn is
> good for the soul.
> 
> Jim
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