Wiardgroup

> That piques one's curiosity as to what led up to and brought 
> about the keyboardless approach?  

I have a long time keyboardless relationship with synthesizers, dating
back to my studies with Subotnick and the Buchla in the 70's and
several decades of Serge modular, leading up to my present Wiard
system, which has been a very logical progression.  The approach was
not about creating "a sound", but creating musical "gestures".  For
example, instead of creating the sound of violins, one would create
the sound of a string section performing a particular musical moment
in an orchestral score.  To a certain extent, this distinguishes much
of the music created on Buchla-infuenced music systems from the Moog,
Arp, etc. systems, who are more keyboard based.  (Of course, this is a
gerneralization - there are many exceptions).

My Wiard system is controlled by four sequencers 2 Sequantizers, a
Milton and a Doepfer Schaltwerk.  A French Connection aids in
providing a transposing reference.  Add to that the meta-event makers
(Woggle bugs and the noise ring), and you can see that this system has
plenty of fingers....

> 
> May I ask what else was being worked with in terms of 
> instruments? 

The score is realized primarily with Synclavier, Gigastudio, ACID, the
Waldorf Wave, and the Wiard.


Gary