Steve Reich
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Filed under: Free Music Software, Software Effects & Audio Processors
Free Music Software: In the late 60’s composer Steve Reich stumbled across a technique he called phasing, which was to have two identical tape loops that run at slightly different speeds, the result is that every possible combination of sound is cycled through until they arrive back in sync. The result with a melodic piece of music is that it moves through moments of chaos and moments of melody.
Phase Shifter is a Windows VST designed to make it easy to create phase shifting music, like the early work of Steve Reich. It also has a built in recorder so that the output can be recorded directly to disk. It works by loading up to 2 WAVs, and is triggered via a MIDI keyboard. Middle C will play the WAV at it’s original speed.
You can preview the results of Phase Shifter below.
Download here.
This video demos 12Step – a neural sequencer developed by Ted Hayes at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) for New Instruments for Musical Expression (NIME).
Software used: Puredata 0.41.4-extended, Ableton Live 8, Native Instruments Akoustik Piano.
via Tedb0t:
first iteration of software model with manual (software) input, demonstrating high-weight selection, multiple concurrent sequences, weight randomization and mode changes.
Philip Glass & Steve Reich, eat yr heart out X-)
The Pendulum Electronica
The Pendulum Electronica
via sciencefidelity:
This is a work from 2002 inspired by the Pendulum Music by Steve Reich. Four torches hang directly above four light sensors, four assistants pull back and release the torches simultaneously, as each torch passes its light sensor a sound is played.
The sounds are field recordings made in the city the work is being performed. Cities the work has visited include Nottingham, Glasgow and Paris, here are clips from two different performances in Cardiff.
Torley’s Tangerine Dream Love On A Real Train Piano Variations is a classical piano work based on Tangerine Dream’s electronic music based on Steve Reich’s classical ensemble works based on his experimental electroacoustic work and his experiences with West African rhythms.
Torley explains it better:
I was humming Tangerine Dream’s Love on a Real Train (as featured in Risky Business) so much (mostly because I can’t whistle) that I decided to improvise some piano variations around it.
It’s a free download, from the player above or via Torley’s site, where you can also watch his piano-roll style video for the work. To download, click the down arrow in the SoundCloud player.
Leave a comment with your thoughts on Torley’s take on a Tangerine Dream classic.
