Herbie Hancock and Meyer Sound: Experimenting with Concert Surround Sound
In summer 2013, at Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall, keyboardist and jazz pioneer Herbie Hancock rolled out a concept he has been fascinated with for over 20 years. Using a multichannel surround system from Meyer Sound, Hancock brought the surround sound of movie theatres to a one-of-a-kind live concert experience that cannot be heard elsewhere.
To realize Hancock’s vision, Meyer Sound set up a system with 45 loudspeakers and 28 channels. The heart of the system was the SpaceMap® multichannel surround panning technology, which allowed Hancock to pan sounds around the 800-seat concert hall in real time, controlling movement via a touch-screen tablet.
Watch Hancock and Jason Rauhoff, senior digital audio products specialist for Meyer Sound, discuss the artist’s vision of surround sound in a concert setting and the technology that helped bring it to life.
Learn more about SpaceMap:
http://www.meyersound.com/products/d-…
Herbie Hancock official website:
http://www.herbiehancock.com/
Norwegian act SHATOO – “Floodlights”
Promo video for the new Floodlights EP from Shatoo, coming out 13.12.2013
Preorders can be made at http://www.emmo.biz/en/Emmobiz-Record…
Video edited by Roy Julian Digre
Photos [C] Ixtlan
A few Kawai K5000S pads
A few Kawai K5000S pads from the ASL4 library
About the synth:
The K5000 was Kawai’s top of the line music workstation digital synthesizer when it was released back in 1996. It’s a bold and elegantly designed synth with a large LCD display, realtime controls and incredible sounds! The look and functionality is rivals the competition from the time…the Korg Trinity and Kurzweil K2500
Programming sounds with the K5000 can be a breeze (once you learn how) although it has over 1,000 parameters per patch! That’s plenty to play with. It combines additive synthesis and PCM sampled waveforms for you to layer and combine to design a whole range of sounds. Plenty of LFO modulation, filters and envelope controls allow you to shape and morph your sounds further. On-board multi-effects add the final touch of life to your sounds.
Once you’ve created some sounds, there’s the on-board sequencer (K5000W only) for creating songs or loading Standard Midi File sequences (via disk-drive). It has a 40,000 note capacity and 40 tracks. Real-time record and step-edit modes are available and the sequencer is pretty straight forward.
The K5000S (pictured above) adds 12 dedicated knobs for hands-on control of filter, LFO and envelope parameters. There are 4 user-definable knobs and 2 assignable switches. The K5000S also has a 40-pattern arpeggiator on-board with 8 user-definable patterns too! K5000’s have been used by Kraftwerk.
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Tinysizer FM Percussion & MF104M delay
FM percussion patch on the Tinysizer. Using Waveshaping + linear FM (Frequency Modulation). No filtering. Pattern made with Max for Live mono-sequencer (Ableton 9) controlled with nanoKontrol2
Arturia Spark Vintage Linn Drum + OP-X PRO-II performing “One Million Years”
Background video description:
In this video I am using the Arturia Spark Vintage drum machine along with the Sonic Projects OP-X PRO-II. This is part of one of my original compositions that is still in the making. Thanks for taking the time to check it out!
New video from David Bowie: I’d Rather Be High – Venetian Mix (Wasted Edit)
Music video by David Bowie performing I’d Rather Be High. (C) 2013 ISO Records, under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
MicroBrute: How to make drum sounds
How to make drum sounds with the Arturia MicroBrute, including a kick/bass drum, high hats and a sort of “hand clap”. Pause the video on the stills to check out the positions of all the controls required to recreate these sounds.
Octave-Plateau VPK-5 Voyetra 8 Eight Polyphonic Keyboard Synthesizer Module Testing with Audio
This a test to show the functionality of the Octave-Plateau VPK-5 Keyboard and the Voyetra 8 Synthesizer Module working.
We used a XLR cable as needed for the keyboard controller input. For audio output we used a dual mono TS to single TRS cable going through a mixer and amplifier. And also used the mono output through a powered monitor.
umidi – a new fully customizable MIDI controller
umidi – a new MIDI controller that’s completely customizable.
Using a web-based interface, you can change the types of knobs, lights, switches and sliders on the controller, customize the colors and add designs. The components are high-end, and the case is CNC’d from a solid block of aluminum, which is then bead blasted and anodized. You can even customize the shapes and colors of the lighting around your controls.
Our goal is not to compete with mass produced products, We designed the umidi with no compromises on quality, structure of materials and components. That’s why each controller is made from a single block of aluminum, less than 1 inch thick and uses only the best components. Each controller is unique, and hand built/tested by us.
Each umidi can have the up to 36 components, which include:
- Knobs
- Faders
- Encoders
- Jog Wheels
- Aluminum Push Buttons
- Drum Pads
- Silicon Buttons
At the heart of umidi are 288 RGB LED’s, which can be controlled to do whatever you want. This allows for music-driven lighting, button effects, visualizing mixing, millions of colors and other lighting effects.
When you’ve created your ideal layout, you can get your custom controller built to order.
Moog Sub Phatty x monome 128
For more information:
http://twinfigure.com
http://soundcloud.com/twinfigure
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